The
United Hospital Fund has honored Anthony L. Watson, chairman and
chief executive officer of EmblemHealth, Inc.; Rear Admiral Robert
A. Rosen, NYNM (Ret.), founder of The Florence and Robert A. Rosen
Family Wellness Center for Law Enforcement and Military Personnel
and Their Families; and The New York Community Trust, one of the
city's preeminent philanthropic leaders, for their respective
contributions to improving health care in New York.
The awards were presented at the United Hospital Fund's annual
gala, held on Monday, October 6, 2008, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The
event marks the opening of the Fund's 130th fund-raising campaign
on behalf of New York City's non-profit hospitals and the Fund's
work to shape positive change in health care in the city. The
benefit chairman was J. Barclay Collins II, chairman of the United
Hospital Fund.
The United Hospital Fund is a health services research and philanthropic
organization whose mission is to shape positive change in health
care for the people of New York.
Herbert Pardes, MD, president and chief
executive officer of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, and Nancy
S. Wexler, PhD.
Frank J. Branchini, chief executive officer of Group Health Incorporated; Steven M. Safyer, MD, president and chief executive officer of Montefiore Medical Center; and Patricia J. Wang, president of Healthfirst, Inc.
