Summer 2017

FoundationFocusThe official publication of the TGH Foundation

TGH Foundation’s 20th Annual GalaThe Tampa General Hospital (TGH) Foundation’s 20th Annual Gala, “The Wizard of Oz: There’s No Place Like TGH!,” was held on May 6, 2017, at the Hilton Tampa Downtown. Guests at the exclusive Patrons’ Party arrived in twister-hit Kansas and were whisked away down the yellow brick road to Munchkin Land, where they were greeted by gala co-chairs Fred and Lesley Dobbins and Philip and Theodora Carroll. While sipping on the Witch’s Brew Appletini, guests enjoyed music by TGH heart transplant recipient #421, Bill Ismer, and were able to memorialize the evening with a caricature artist drawing.

At 7:00 p.m. sharp, our lions and tigers and bears were escorted through the gates of Oz into the Hilton ballroom, which had

been transformed into the Emerald City. Vibrant emerald green lit up the room and covered the tables, which were adorned with Wizard of Oz-themed centerpieces. With the tables set, guests were surrounded by a larger-than-life stage and a dance floor illuminated with a winding yellow brick road and greeted by characters from the beloved tale and movie.

Throughout the night, guests had the opportunity to give back by purchasing “Courage Cubs” that will be donated to the children in the Children’s Medical Center and Healthpark Clinic. They also enjoyed a Wine Pull and Lollipop Guild Jewelry game. Foundation board chair, Doug Dieck, was accompanied by gala co-chairs Fred Dobbins and Philip Carroll to draw the

Long-time Tampa radio personality Jack Harris served as the evening’s emcee.Gala chairs Fred and Lesley Dobbins and Philip and Theodora Carroll welcome the sold-out crowd.

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Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion wanted to find their way to TGH.

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2017 GALA COMMITTEE

Event Chairs Philip & Theodora Carroll

andFred & Lesley Dobbins

Honorary Chairs Jeff & Penny Vinik

Robin DeLaVergne, Executive Director

Jamie Powell, Special Events Manager

Courtney Cullen, Special Events Coordinator

From the Chair

43rd Annual Dinner Thursday, October 5, 2017

The TGH Foundation’s Annual Dinner will be held on Thursday, October 5, 2017, at Palma Ceia Golf and Country Club. The Bank of Tampa will return as our Dinner Sponsor for the 11th year. This year, we will welcome our new CEO, John Couris, and will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the privatization of TGH. We will turn over the gavel to vice chair Drew Graham and he will give his report as the new Foundation Chair on the accomplishments and activities of the past year. The chair of the Florida Health Sciences Center board of directors will give the hospital report. The prestigious James M. “Red” McEwen Award recipient will also be announced.

19th Annual Golf Tournament Monday, October 30, 2017

We are excited to return to the beautiful Avila Golf and Country Club for our 19th Annual Golf Tournament. We are honored to welcome the Yerrid Foundation as Tournament Sponsor for the 12th year and Carlton Fields as our Legacy Sponsor for the second year. Tournament chairs Danny Jackson and Brandon Day are working with their committee on making it a magnificent day on the links. This year we will bring back the Helicopter Ball Drop! Proceeds will benefit TGH’s Pediatric Rehabilitation Services and the TGH Foundation’s Fund for the Future.

TGH Night at Disney on Ice Thursday, March 22, 2018

The curtains have closed on Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® Circus, but the TGH Foundation’s partnership with Feld Entertainment remains strong. We are excited to announce TGH Night at Disney on Ice on Thursday, March 22, 2018, at Amalie Arena. This event will be chaired by Anne Compton and Lauren Thomas Compton. This event is a great opportunity for families to spend priceless time together and enjoy music and scenes from their favorite Disney movies. Proceeds will benefit TGH’s Children’s Medical Center.

UPCOMING EVENTS

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I would like to applaud all of our donors who have made this past fiscal year such a huge success. Your generosity has touched more lives than you can imagine.

TGH employees showed their love for the hospital by raising over $365,000 through the 2017 Employee Campaign,

“TGH Cares.” It is no wonder that TGH is the number-one hospital in Tampa Bay.

Buck McInnis and his Board Champions, Corey Neil and Matt Wash, are hard at work raising money for the Rehabilitation Equipment and Technology Fund. I encourage you to read more about this endeavor in the article in this issue of the FoundationFocus.

Keep reading and you will see lots of photos from our 20th Annual Gala, “The Wizard of Oz: There’s No Place Like TGH!” Thanks to our generous sponsors, the net proceeds from the gala exceeded $630,000! A big thank you goes to Skanska Building USA, who was our Presenting Sponsor for the eighth year in a row. Our chairs, Philip and Theodora Carroll and Fred and Lesley Dobbins, went above and beyond motivating their dedicated committee to take us to new heights. I thank all of the committee members for their hard work. A big thanks also goes to our honorary chairs, Jeff and Penny Vinik.

On behalf of the Foundation’s board of trustees, a very special thank you and appreciation to Robin DeLaVergne and her incredible staff for all of their wonderful work over the past two years. It has been my pleasure to serve as your board chair. I have enjoyed getting to know TGH at a deeper level and look forward to staying involved with this great organization. You are in good hands as Drew Graham takes the reigns as your chair. He will do great things for TGH and the Foundation.

I hope that you and your family have a safe and relaxing summer and I look forward to seeing you at our Annual Dinner on Thursday, October 5, 2017, at Palma Ceia Golf and Country Club. This will be our opportunity to publicly recognize the board members whose terms are ending for their years of service: Phil Casey, Charlie Funk, Mike Murray and Bob Walter. We will also welcome five new board members: Dr. Patricia Emmanuel, Patti Jurinski, Tom Loncar, Yvette Segura and Teale Taggart Smith. We will also have an inspiring patient testimonial highlighting the expert care that patients receive at TGH and we will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the privatization of TGH.

Doug Dieck

2015–2017 Chair, Tampa General Hospital Foundation

winning ticket and announce the winner of this year’s $10,000 chance drawing. Music by the Bay Kings Band kept the dance floor bustling before and after the seated program, which was emceed by long-time Tampa radio personality, Jack Harris. Our guests proved to be all “good witches” after the patient testimonial video, featuring Bill and Debbie Ismer, tugged at their heartstrings, raising over $70,000 for the TGH Heart Transplant and VAD Programs. The live auction had paddles in the air with packages ranging from trips to Telluride, Colorado, and Boca Grande, to an ultimate Tampa Bay Rays fan package and a basket of extremely rare bourbon and cigars. The lively band, as well as the amazing dessert provided by Norman Love Confections, welcomed our fifth annual After-Party guests, who arrived at 9:30 p.m. The After Party was chaired by Chelsea Cone-Suarez and Tyler Owens.

This year’s gala, under the guidance of Philip & Theodora Carroll and Fred & Lesley Dobbins and honorary chairs Jeff and Penny Vinik, raised a record-breaking $630,000 in net proceeds for TGH’s Heart Transplant and VAD Programs and the TGH Foundation’s Fund for the Future.

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Gala co-chairs Philip Carroll and Fred Dobbins, TGH Foundation board chair Doug Dieck and emcee Jack Harris pulled the winning $10,000 chance drawing ticket.

Courage Cubs, sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb, were sold for $50 and donated back to patients at the Children’s Medical Center.

Guests enjoyed swag bags with goodies from Hyde Park Village, a new amenity this year.

Natalie Annis GoodwinGregory Celestan

Catherine Christie-ZanghiChelsea Cone-SuarezKatherine Dobbins

Gretchen DominguezBryan Durkin

Charles Edwards, M.D.Mary Erwin

Hailey FeldmanJane Gowarty

Andrea GramlingAngela Holcomb

Eleni Hytoff

Tammy KingWayne LewisSloan Miller

Candace MoyaTyler Owens

Heidi RaschkeStephanie SnipesGabby Soriano

Ali St. CyrKendall TroskyKatie White

Monica WilliamsRufus WilliamsCarin Zwiebel

Drs. Krishna and Sami Nallamshetty and their sons Ketan and Ayan delivered the Courage Cubs that they purchased at the Gala to patients in the Children’s Medical Center.

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AFTER PARTY SPONSOREWI Construction

COFFEE SPONSORMelitta Coffee

DESSERT SPONSORNorman Love Confections

PRINTED PROGRAM SPONSORCardinal Point Management

SIGNATURE DRINK SPONSORAGW Capital Advisors

SWAG BAG SPONSORHyde Park Village

VALET SPONSORSeven One Seven Parking Services

WINE PULL SPONSORRyan Companies

JEWELRY SPONSORContinental Wholesale Diamonds

SOUND & LIGHT SPONSORBay Stage Live

EMERALD CITY SPONSORS

YELLOW BRICK ROAD SPONSORS

OVER THE RAINBOW SPONSORS

ARCO Murray Construction Company

Barton Malow Company

Caspers Company McDonald’s Restaurants

CDW Healthcare

Celestar Corporation

DeBartolo Family Foundation

Dr. Barbara Cook, Reitzel Cook Family Foundation

Dr. Raviender & Lavanya Bukkapatnam and

Drs. Mohamed & Amira Helal

Eleanor & Buck McInnis

Healthgrades

LifeLink Legacy Fund

Medtronic

Oracle Corporation

Pamela & Leslie Muma Family Foundation, Inc.

PH Dermatology, Dr. Amy S. Ross

Phelps Dunbar LLP

Prosys Information System

Roig Lawyers

Rooms to Go Foundation

Sansoro Health

Stephen G. Brantley, M.D.

The Bank of Tampa

The Elan Group Inc.

DOROTHY & TOTO SPONSORS

Callan Associates

Darin & Mary Pederson

DeLaVergne & Company

Drew & Betsy Graham

Feldman Equities

GetWellNetwork

GNC Consulting

Hill Ward Henderson

Jitterbit Inc.

John & Susan Touchton

John T. Sinnott, M.D.

Legacy Data Access

LogicStream Health

MHD Communications

Optiv Security Inc.

RL Solutions

Siemens Industry Inc.

Smith & Associates Real Estate

Stericycle, Inc.

STERIS Corporation

Tate & Stacy Taylor

Tiffany & Co.

Toni Everett

Tower Realty Partners

Trimar Construction Inc.

VoltAir

Walter P. Moore and Associates Inc.

Wichman Construction

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Whiting

PRESENTING SPONSOR

LEGACY SPONSOR

AUCTION SPONSOR

BAR SPONSOR

COMMEMORATIVE PHOTO SPONSOR

COURAGE CUBS SPONSOR

ENTERTAINMENT SPONSOR

MEDIA SPONSOR

PATRONS’ PARTY SPONSOR

VIDEO SPONSOR

2017 GALA SPONSORS

2017 GALA IN-KIND DONORSBill Ismer

Bobby Newman

Captain Nelson Italiano III

Chris & Anita Roederer

conceptBAIT

Continental Wholesale Diamonds

Courtyard by Marriott

Dr. Claude Guidi & Wayne Lewis

Event Show Productions

Fieldstone Landscape Services

Florida Health Sciences Board of Directors

Gasparilla Outfitters

Hashtag Housewife Designs LLC

Highwoods Properties

Hyde Park Village

Jack Harris

J. McLaughlin

Kendra Scott

Kilene Schelle

McKibbon Hospitality

Melitta Coffee

Michael Connelly

ON SWANN

Philip & Theodora Carroll

Rick Gallo, Auctioneer

Sallee Promotions

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa

Showtime Transportation

Southwest Airlines

Telluride Ski & Golf Resort

Tito’s Handmade Vodka

Tampa Bay Rays

Tampa Bay Lightning & Lightning Foundation

Tampa General Hospital

Temptation Restaurant

TGH Foundation Board of Trustees

TGH Foundation Gala Committee

TGH Foundation Women’s Leadership

Council

Third Street Café

The J.C. Newman Family

The Fuente Family

Vineyard Vines Hyde Park

Zoo Studios

TGH Foundation’s 20th Annual Gala (continued from page 3)

Larger-than-life “fighting trees” greeted guests as they walked past Dorothy’s house and down the yellow brick road.

Heart transplant recipient #421 and long-time TGH volunteer, Bill Ismer, played the piano for guests at the Patrons’ Party.

Acting TGH CEO Steve Short and his wife, Ellen, arrived in their emerald city dapper.

Robin DeLaVergne, executive director, Chris Roederer, Acting TGH EVP, Corporate Services & Chief Human Resources Officer, and Anita Roederer.

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Hailey Feldman and Elizabeth Mack enjoying the Patrons’ Party.

Tammy King and FHSC board member Dr. Thomas Bernasek.

John Brabson, chair of the FHSC board of directors, and his wife Tilda.

Mark Anderson, TGH SVP of Ambulatory Services, Kathy Melser, and Les and Pam Muma.

Dr. Debbie Rinde-Hoffman and Fred Hoffman. Even our gala co-chair, Theodora Carroll, got into character for the enchanted evening.

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TGH Foundation board of trustees member Jeffrie van Loveren and husband Dr. Harry van Loveren.

The Bay Kings Band kept the energy high throughout the evening.

Chair of the FHSC board of directors, John Brabson, and wife Tilda, Jeff and Penny Vinik, TGH acting CEO Steve Short and wife Ellen, Mayor Bob Buckhorn and Dr. Cathy Lynch Buckhorn, and Debra Bauman and Larry Casey representing Skanska Building USA, our Presenting Sponsor.

Yellow Brick Road sponsor TeamHealth enjoying their table.

Vice chair of the TGH Foundation board of trustees, Drew Graham, and wife Betsy, gala co-chairs Philip and Theodora Carroll, TGH Foundation executive director Robin DeLaVergne, gala co-chairs Fred and Lesley Dobbins, and chair of the TGH Foundation board of trustees, Doug Dieck.

Guests from Entertainment Sponsor, Radiology Associates of Florida, really got into theme this year.

Guests of Kimmins Contracting enjoyed the evening. Guests of Auction Sponsor, ReliaQuest, enjoyed their first year as gala attendees.

Auctioneer Rick Gallo helped us raise over $81,000 in the live auction and over $70,000 in the Fund the Need.

Yellow Brick Road Sponsor, Vology, and their guests.

Stepping into character, our gala co-chairs, Lesley Dobbins and Theodora Carroll, joined the cast on stage.

Nikki Yourison and Michael Balles enjoyed hitting the dance floor during the After Party.

Dr. David and Barbara Picca danced their way onto the floor during the fifth annual After Party.

The dance floor was packed as guests celebrated a record-breaking evening.

Channeling her inner wicked witch, Lynne Couchara danced with Dr. Mark Frankle.

FHSC board treasurer John McKibbon III, as “Doctor Oz,” checking the pulses on wife Letitia and Kristen DiGacomo.

The gates of Oz opened to the ballroom, which had been transformed into the beautiful Emerald City.

The team from Norman Love Confections wowed guests with a dessert display that even the great Wizard couldn’t dream of.

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Kenneth Brant had no idea he had liver cancer — let alone a cancer so advanced and aggressive that fighting it would require a surgery never done before at TGH.

After a bout with colon cancer five years ago, Brant had a scan just to be sure he was cancer-free. Unfortunately, the scan delivered bad news: Tumors had invaded his liver.

“To me, it was shocking because I felt fine,” Brant said last week at a news conference.

But even that scan didn’t show the severity of Brant’s situation. Brant knew he would need surgery to remove the diseased part of his liver, but he expected that it wouldn’t be a “huge, huge deal.”

It wasn’t until Brant was in surgery in February that a new scan showed his surgeon, Dr. Julio Sokolich, who specializes in advanced liver procedures, that traditional surgery would not work.

Sokolich scrubbed out, left the operating room and came out to deliver the news to Brant’s wife, Jeanne.

“We had to make a really hard decision with Mrs. Brant in the waiting room,” Sokolich said.

Because the tumors had grown so quickly, the traditional surgery — removing the diseased part of the liver — would not work. It would leave so little of Brant’s liver that it would probably fail, and Brant would die. Brant was not a candidate for a transplant.

That left Jeanne Brant with two choices: to abandon the surgery or go with Plan B, a more complex and highly unusual two-part surgery. Dr. Sokolich had already explained to the couple that it would be the back-up plan if things looked bad.

Jeanne Brant chose Plan B.

“It was obviously very stressful,” she said. “But he had said that if it came to that, that’s what he wanted … we got through it as a team.”

So Sokolich returned to surgery and began to cut Kenneth Brant’s liver in two.

The surgery that Sokolich performed is called ALPPS, or Associating Liver Partition and Stage Hepatectomy. First described in 2011, the procedure has been performed about 500 times around the world.

The ALPPS procedure is one of several techniques that the TGH liver disease team can perform to battle advanced liver disease, said Dr. Angel Alsina, medical director of TGH’s liver transplant program. The group performs other advanced surgeries and recently participated in the clinical trial for a new drug to treat liver cancer.

“We’re here to help you when sometimes there may not be hope,” Alsina said.

Here’s how ALPPS works: First, Sokolich divided the liver in two, separating the tumor-filled right liver from the small, healthy left liver. The healthy liver was only 16 percent of the total liver’s size.

Next, Sokolich manipulated a vein to feed blood cells to the healthy part of the liver. Then he finished the surgery, leaving the tumor-filled liver in place.

Over the next two weeks, the division and increased blood flow prompted the healthy part of the liver to do something no other internal organ can: regenerate. It quickly grew, making up 26 percent of the liver’s normal size. Meanwhile, with the unhealthy liver kept separate, no cancer cells crossed into the healthy part of the liver.

Then Sokolich operated a second time, removing the diseased liver and leaving the healthy liver in place. Since that surgery in March, the remaining liver has continued to grow. Eventually it will be about 70 to 80 percent of the size of a normal liver, Sokolich said, and should allow Brant to lead a normal lifestyle.

“He’s going to do well,” Sokolich said. “He’s basically cancer-free at this point.”

Brant still faces a preventive course of chemotherapy, but he can only agree.

“I’m recovering very, very well,” he said.

So well that Brant didn’t realize until later just how serious his diagnosis had been.

“It never really got into my head that I wouldn’t make it until later on,” he said. “Everybody kept coming into my room and saying, ‘You look fantastic.’”

A team of employees from Andersen Windows & Doors, along with Cheeriodicals, delivered cheer in the form of 150 big green boxes and two children’s wagons to patients at TGH’s Children’s Medical Center during a “Cheeriodicals Day” event held on February 1, 2017. Cheeriodicals are “big, green boxes of cheer” containing age-appropriate magazines and activity books, room decorations, puzzles, stickers and games for the children to enjoy. There are even parent-focused boxes that include items of comfort for caregivers, such as magazines, bath products and snacks.

Approximately 400 employees from Andersen Windows volunteered their time to assemble the one-of-a-kind children’s gift boxes and wagons on the last morning of their national sales meeting at Saddlebrook Resort. “We held the Cheeriodicals team-building activity for the first time at our 2016 National Sales & Service Meeting in Arizona and our employees loved the idea of giving back to the local community and participating in something bigger than

themselves. It was such an amazing experience that we decided to repeat this event at our national meeting in Tampa in 2017,” said Meagan Schmitt, Events Manager for Andersen Windows.

Before employees started building the boxes and wagons for delivery, they learned more about TGH from a family’s first-hand experience: Melissa Ranieri shared her son Evan’s story about their time in the Children’s Medical Center, and Andersen employees enjoyed having Evan test out the new wagons.

“It has been evident throughout the planning process that both the Cheeriodicals and Andersen Windows teams have our littlest patients and their families in mind with everything they do,” said Jocelyn Lister, annual giving officer for the TGH Foundation. “They did a fantastic job of ensuring the boxes of cheer not only brought smiles to our patients, but also to their parents, siblings and caregivers, too.”

Now that tax season has passed for most of us, it is a perfect time to review your charitable giving goals for the current year. Charitable giving is a yearlong process. Therefore, consideration should be given to the effective methods for making charitable contributions to organizations such as the TGH Foundation.

Two effective ways to donate to the TGH Foundation are:

• Using appreciated securities to make donations

• Using your IRA to make charitable contributions, if you have reached your required minimum distribution age

The two above mentioned strategies are not mutually exclusive and may be used together. Utilization of either charitable giving technique can be very powerful in meeting a donor’s charitable goals along with reducing the donor’s overall income tax liability.

Appreciated Security Donations

Investable assets have increased significantly since the Great Recession. Most likely, there are investments in your taxable investment portfolios that have large unrealized appreciation and a long-term holding period. Instead of selling those investments, generating the cash to make the donation, donating the actual security or a portion of the security will yield the same charitable result while avoiding the tax on the capital gain. The capital gain would be given to TGHF while the donor would receive the average of the fair market value of the security provided on the date of the gift as the charitable deduction.

Qualified Charitable Distributions from Individual Retirement Accounts

For certain individuals who are 70 ½ years old or older, using your IRA distributions to make charitable contributions is a very powerful tool. By simply directing the amount you want to donate to TGHF from your IRA, you are able to exclude the portion donated from your taxable income. For most of us, our retirement accounts are the largest sources of liquid assets. If some of the IRA distributions are going to be used for our charitable endeavors, understanding how to make these kinds of donations can yield to tax savings simply by making the contribution correctly. Please note there is a maximum amount one can donate to charity directly from your IRA.

No donation, no matter the size, is insignificant. Please consider the TGH Foundation in your charitable goals. Your generous donations will impact the Tampa community, one patient at a time.

Please consult your tax advisor regarding using appreciated securities or qualified charitable distributions from Individual Retirement Accounts and how it will impact your specific income tax situation.

Tom Loncar

Reilly, Fisher & Solomon, P.A.

Surgeon Uses Unusual Technique to Fight Aggressive CancerCheeriodicals Hosts Team-building Event with Andersen Windows & Doors to Benefit Tampa General Hospital Children’s Medical Center

Charitable Giving Goals

New TGH Foundation Trustees

Dr. Patricia Emmanuel

Jeanne Brant, left, and her husband Kenneth talk to Dr. Julio Sokolich after a press conference about the ALPPS surgery.

Patti Jurinski Tom Loncar Yvette Segura Teale Taggart Smith

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Linda Crowley used to ski and ice skate. Yet when she arrived at TGH, the Lakeland resident couldn’t even wiggle her left thumb. A series of strokes in October 2014 paralyzed her entire left side. In September 2016 at TGH’s Rehabilitation Reunion party, she shared her rehabilitation story. The days when she found it “exhausting just getting up out of that wheelchair” were long behind her. “I’m very proud to be here standing, talking, eating,” she told the group. “I dressed myself today. I’m very proud of that.” Crowley takes time to celebrate such victories; some are larger (Crowley can skate and ski again) and some are smaller (she can open jars). “I can cook,” she joked. “I can burn food again.”

Imagine needing to relearn the smallest things you took for granted, such as brushing your teeth or taking a short walk to the mailbox. This is the reality that most patients who enter the TGH Rehabilitation Center face each day. In honor of their fight, this summer, the TGH Foundation is launching the Rehabilitation Center Equipment and Technology Fund.

One of the most needed pieces of equipment is the Bioness/Zero G Overground Gait and Balance Training System. The equipment reduces the fear of falling during activities such as sitting, standing or walking. It also gives patients greater confidence in their recovery by allowing

them to practice “real-life” scenarios that might otherwise be too risky to practice.

Currently, no rehabilitation facility in the Tampa area has this piece to serve patients in need. Your support will allow us to upgrade the TGH Rehabilitation Center’s current equipment and purchase new state-of-the-art equipment. Our team works every day to help patients reclaim quality of life and to return to active roles in the family and community. We would like your support to not only purchase the Bioness Training System, but also other pieces of equipment for our patients.

2017 Bucket of Laughs

Rehabilitation Center Equipment and Technology Fund Mini-Campaign Launch

For the fourth consecutive year, Becker’s Hospital Review, a national health care publication, named TGH one of the “100 Great Hospitals in America.”

We are one of only three hospitals in the state to make the 2017 list.

The publication’s website states hospitals were selected for their excellence, innovation, quality patient care and clinical research. Top hospitals also received recognition across various publications and accrediting organizations. Becker’s editorial team selected hospitals based on analysis of several ranking and award agencies, including U.S. News & World Report’s 2016–17 Honor Roll and specialty rankings, CMS star ratings, Leapfrog grades, Truven Health Analytics top hospitals, Most Wired hospitals and Magnet accreditation.

76 percent of the hospitals on the list are teaching hospitals and 14.7 percent have 1,000 or more beds.

The publication noted TGH’s U.S. News & World Report ranking, our burn and Level 1 trauma centers and our comprehensive stroke center, neuroscience intensive care unit and transplant center that has completed more than 6,000 adult solid organ transplants.

Becker’s Hospital Review features up-to-date business and legal news and analysis relating to hospitals and health systems and is geared toward hospital leaders.

For the sixth consecutive year, TGH has been recognized for its dedication to environmental sustainability.

TGH earned the 2017 Partner Recognition Award from Practice Greenhealth, the nation’s leading organization dedicated to environmental sustainability in health care.

The award is one of the Environmental Excellence Awards given each year to honor environmental achievements in the health care sector. It’s presented to health care facilities that are changing their practices to become more sustainable and have progressed in areas such as waste reduction, food purchasing and mercury elimination. They also must have a recycling rate of at least 10 percent for their entire waste stream.

The hospital’s recent initiatives include working with vendors to remove extra items from pre-packaged operating room surgical kits, which reduced waste by more than 800 pounds. New signs in the Food Court waste area encourage employees and visitors to put plastic and glass bottles, clean paper and cardboard items and metal drink containers in recycling bins. Another sign shows items to be placed in trash receptacles. Earth Day events held during the last two years included safe disposal of unwanted and expired medications and electronics, secure document shredding and educational programs. The hospital’s recent initiatives include working with vendors to remove extra items from pre-packaged operating room surgical kits to reduce waste by more than 800 pounds per year.

TGH Named One of America’s 100 Great Hospitals

TGH Receives National Award for Sustainability, Waste Reduction Linda Hurley has had a “date” with the Emergency Department (ED)

every Monday night since 1991.

That’s when she relocated from Brandon to South Tampa and started looking for a volunteer opportunity in the community.

“I drove by TGH every day. One day, I stopped to see if they had something for me,” she said. She signed up to rock newborns.

When the ED needed a volunteer on Monday nights, she jumped at the opportunity. It’s been her Monday night gig ever since.

Hurley has logged 6,453 service hours to the hospital since she started volunteering. She was honored for her years of service during the hospital’s annual Service Awards Dinner in March.

Although Hurley didn’t have any experience in an ED or “around blood,” she quickly adapted. Mondays are the busiest nights in the ED, she said. During her shift, which runs from 5:30 p.m. to 11 p.m., she provides patient updates to family members, issues visitor passes, takes family members to see their loved ones who are being treated, makes

beds and brings blankets to patients.

Hurley also focuses on talking to people in the waiting room to try and calm them while they are waiting to be treated.

“She is my rock every Monday,” said ED Patient Representative Pam Ford. “I can’t imagine Monday nights without her here. The kindness she shows to patients and families — she is TGH.”

“It becomes home to you,” Hurley said of the ED. “I love it. TGH is my family. It’s been a big blessing to me.”

Volunteer Dedicates Monday Nights to Emergency Department

Linda Hurley has volunteered Monday nights in the Emergency Department since 1991. She’s also served on the Auxiliary’s board of directors. She was honored at the hospital’s annual Service Awards Dinner in March for her years of service to the hospital.

Even though the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® Circus has closed its doors, our patients at the TGH Children’s Medical Center were able to receive smiles from donations received at the 2017 Night at the Circus.

Thanks to the generosity of The Beck Group, the “Buckets of Laughs” brought joy to patients and much-needed supplies to our Child Life Specialists. Sponsors of the buckets were able to hand deliver the items to children at the hospital.

Pictured are: FHSC board member Joseph Taggart of Taggart Properties, David DeWeese of SunTrust, TGH Foundation board member Buck McInnis of Tampa Bay Steel, Karen Vancleaf, Nurse Manager of Pediatrics, Pam Sanders, VP, Women & Children, Randy Hassen of McKibbon Hospitality, Adriana Williams of SunTrust, Andrew Lee of SunTrust, Robin DeLaVergne, Executive Director, TGH Foundation, David Penter and Henry Grady of SunTrust, and TGH patient Riley.

William Davis, 11, bottom, takes a photo with Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Tim Beckham and mascot Raymond during a recent visit.

Major sponsors of the 2017 TGH Foundation’s Annual Night at the Circus presented a check for the net proceeds of $260,000 to the TGH Children’s Medical Center.

Rays Visit

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2016-2017 Board of TrusteesOfficers

Douglas (Doug) J. DieckChair

Drew A. GrahamVice Chair

J. Eric (Tate) TaylorSecretary

Michael (Mike) S. MurrayTreasurer

Richard (Dick) DobkinAssistant Treasurer

Gregory (Greg) J. CelestanMember-at-Large

T. Corey NeilMember-at-Large

Jeffrie van LoverenMember-at-Large

Bruce Zwiebel, M.D.Member-at-Large

Board Members

Stephen (Steve) G. Brantley, M.D.Phillip (Phil) E. Casey

Charles Edwards, M.D., MBADr. Patricia Emmanuel

Mark FernandezCharles (Charlie) B. Funk

Gordon L. GilletteNatalie Annis Goodwin

Andrea I. GramlingFrank HancockBarbara HurstDanny JacksonDianne JacobPatti Jurinski Tom Loncar

Cleveland (Buck) McInnisYvette Segura Steve Short

Catherine Lowry StrazTeale Taggart Smith

Robert (Bob) A. WalterMathew Wash

David Wein, M.D.Ron Weisser

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