University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health Dean Maureen Lichtveld, MD, MPH, joined Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) leaders and staff at the 125th anniversary celebration of the Ladies Hospital Aid Society (LHAS) on December 4 at the newly named Daniel G. and Carole L. Kamin Science Center, formerly the Carnegie Science Center.
The purpose of the gala was to benefit the LHAS Spirituality Center and LHAS Kosher Hospitality Room at the UPMC Presbyterian Tower, a state-of-the-art medical facility under construction across the street from the Public Health Building in Oakland. The event also recognized Sandra Radar, DNP, RN, president of UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, for her decades-long role as a champion of innovative change in health care.
“The LHAS is proud to commemorate 125 years of service to the Pittsburgh community,” said LHAS President Carole L. Kamin. “In a world where the only constant is change, LHAS has never wavered from our tradition of caring.”
The JHF was a sponsor of the event, which paid tribute to generations of women who participated in the LHAS. Joining Drs. Lichtveld and Feinstein were JHF staff, board members and friends including Sheila Reicher Fine, Nancy Zionts, Ann Thompson, Debra Caplan, Amanda Lenhard, Valerie Njie, Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob and Caryn Rubinoff.
“How fitting that a table of distinguished women leaders in health care would celebrate together an historical moment for an historical organization,” said School of Public Health Board of Visitors Member Karen Feinstein, PhD, JHF president and CEO, whose father’s sister-in-law was among the women who helped the LHAS create Montefiore Hospital at the turn of the 20th century.
“The event was a superb celebration of women leaders across our region,” added Dean Lichtveld. “It was a true honor to celebrate the transformative power of women working together to improve the health of communities then, now and in the future ”
-Clare Collins