The late Beverly McClafferty loved to paint flowers and stars as part of the Art Therapy Program at the Carol G. Simon Cancer Center. It got her out of the house and took her mind off more pressing matters. She wrote an inscription on one of her favorite pieces that read: “I was floating amongst the […]
After 60 years of work in the legal system, the Honorable Alfred Wolin, Esq. could interpret evidence and hand down verdicts in his sleep. So, when the 87-year old Warren Township resident and retired senior Judge of the United States District Court for New Jersey had a routine heart procedure, under the care of Doctors […]
More than 36 years ago, a significant storm blew across the Hudson River and shook the foundations of Morristown Memorial Hospital. The rest is history. In 1984, after completing her pediatric residency at Babies Hospital, a part of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Mary Ann LoFrumento, MD, accepted a one-year position as chief […]
Beloved wife and mother Jean Magnum spent her final days last spring being cared for in the Nancy and Skippy Weinstein Inpatient Hospice and Palliative Care Center. As her family faced this difficult and grief-filled passage, it was the nurses on Simon 3 who helped ease their patient’s transition and guided her loved ones through […]
After learning about essential oils at a hospital-based class, Renee Trambert, RN, nurse at the Carol W. and Julius A. Rippel Breast Center, had a hunch that aromatherapy could reduce anxiety in patients during image-guided breast biopsies. She was right. A $2,500 Foundation Mini Grant let Ms. Trambert put her theory to the test. A research study […]
The CARES Act, which was passed in March, increases tax incentives for making charitable contributions, some of which are only in effect for 2020. The community has done a great job of supporting Morristown Medical Center through the COVID-19 pandemic, however, the Growing Forward Campaign was announced late last year to expand and renovate three of Morristown’s […]
Long-time Foundation for Morristown Medical Center supporter, The Rippel Foundation, has provided a $50,000 gift to proactively help Morristown Medical Center in the fight against COVID-19. “We are very grateful to The Rippel Foundation for their continued support. We are humbled by this unsolicited donation while we continue to provide a comprehensive response to COVID-19,” said Trish O’Keefe, president […]
On Wednesday, February 12, 2020, donors, former patients and team members gathered for a ceremonial beam signing and hard hat tour of the Valerie Fund Children’s Center at Goryeb Children’s Hospital hosted by the Foundation for Morristown Medical Center. To start the evening, Jessica Carter and Zippy Cimino shared their stories of how they overcame cancer with […]
Thomas and Ann Haeussler always knew that nurses are special people, but during Mr. Haeussler’s 30-day stay at Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute, that sentiment was reinforced again and again. It all started last spring, when Mr. Haeussler, 51, was admitted for a simple valve repair. Due to unforeseen complications, his expected five-day visit turned into a month, […]
February 20, 2020, Morristown, NJ – As individuals and organizations across the nation gather to raise awareness of heart disease during American Heart Month, Thomas P. and Sally Mac Mahon and Ken and Claudia Silverman have marked the occasion by giving $1.5 and $1 million, respectively, to further expand the largest cardiovascular program in the state — Gagnon […]