More than 450 Guests Honor Paolo Fresco
May 18, 2016
NYU Langone
Medical Center raised $7 million at its annual Violet Ball, held at
The Metropolitan Museum of Art on 5th Avenue in New York City
on the evening of May 16th. Paolo Fresco, former chairman of Fiat and
former executive vice chairman at General Electric, was honored at the event
for his visionary leadership in establishing NYU Langone's Marlene and Paolo Fresco Institute
for Parkinson's and Movement Disorders in the fall of 2015.
Proceeds raised at the gala will be used to
attract and retain brilliant young minds through scholarships, advance the
medical center's bold vision, and strengthen the medical center's role as a
resource for the diverse communities of New York and beyond.
Ken and Elaine Langone, Robert I. Grossman, MD, Dean and CEO of NYU Langone, Elisabeth J. Cohen, MD, and honoree Paolo Fresco at NYU Langone's 2016 Violet Ball.
Addressing an audience of over 450 guests, Robert I. Grossman, MD,
the Saul J. Farber Dean and CEO of NYU Langone Medical Center said, "Paolo
Fresco is a man who has gone above and beyond to ensure that our past will be
prologue to the extraordinary."
Mr. Fresco is committed to promoting
excellence in patient care, education, and scientific discovery for Parkinson's
and movement disorders here in the United States—at the Fresco Institute
headquarters in New York City--and in his native Italy. Through a first-of-its
kind collaboration with the Neuroscience Institute at NYU Langone and the
clinical and scientific community in Italy, the Fresco Institute is promoting
international scientific collaboration to improve treatments and find cures.
The Fresco Institute has made significant
progress towards its goal of becoming the world's top Parkinson's and movement
disorders institution, including:
• The recruitment of prominent young basic
scientist Nicolas Tritsch, PhD, to the Neuroscience Institute at NYU Langone.
Dr. Tritsch is working to identify novel Parkinson's treatments through the
study of the functional organization of neural circuits that orchestrate
voluntary motor actions.
• The launch in the summer of 2016 of the Fresco
Institute's Network of Excellence that will award collaborative grants to up to
four Parkinson's and movement disorders centers throughout Italy, with a goal
of fostering international clinical and scientific collaboration.
• The launch in the summer of 2016 of a unique
fellowship program for up to four young Italian clinicians and researchers to
train with the teams at the Fresco Institute and the Neuroscience Institute at
NYU Langone.
• A recently-finalized collaboration with The
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research to launch its highly
regarded Fox Trial Finder (FTF) program the Fresco Institute's Fresco Network
of Excellence in Italy.
"I am incredibly honored to be here
tonight," said Mr. Fresco, who has been a trustee of NYU Langone since
2013. "But more importantly, I am excited for the great advances the
Fresco Institute will make as a result of our growing international program. My
hope is that this initiative will continue on indefinitely, helping those who
suffer from movement disorders."
Underwriting support for this year's Violet
Ball was provided by Nancy and Arthur Calcagnini, Lisa Pevaroff-Cohn and Gary
Cohn, Lori and Laurence D. Fink, and Elaine and Ken Langone, chair of NYU
Langone's Board of Trustees, and the Tisch family. Mr. Langone also served as
Gala Chair, and Dr. Grossman was the Gala Physician Committee Chair.
Guests included Nancy and Larry Bossidy,
Marjorie and Walter Buckley, Barbara and David Calhoun, Elisabeth J. Cohen, MD,
Isabel and Francesco Genuardi, Trudy Elbaum Gottesman and Robert Gottesman,
Sheree and Marc Holliday, Julia Koch, Ofer Nemirovsky, Laurie Perlmutter, Klara
and Larry Silverstein, Leonard Tow, Gwen Towns and former Rep. Ed Towns, Patty
Newburger and Bradley Wechsler, Suzy and Jack Welch, and Beatrice and Anthony Welters.
About NYU Langone Medical Center:
NYU Langone
Medical Center, a world-class, patient-centered, integrated academic
medical center, is one of the nation's premier centers for excellence in
clinical care, biomedical research, and medical education. Located in the heart
of Manhattan, NYU Langone is composed of four hospitals—Tisch Hospital, its
flagship acute care facility; Rusk Rehabilitation;
the Hospital for Joint Diseases,
the Medical Center's dedicated inpatient orthopaedic hospital; and Hassenfeld Children's Hospital,
a comprehensive pediatric hospital supporting a full array of children's health
services across the Medical Center. Also part of NYU Langone is NYU School of Medicine,
which since 1841 has trained thousands of physicians and scientists who have
helped to shape the course of medical history, and the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer
Center, a National Cancer Institute–designated cancer center. The
Medical Center's tri-fold mission to serve, teach, and discover is achieved 365
days a year through the seamless integration of a culture devoted to excellence
in patient care, education, and research.
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