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Golden Heart Luncheon Raises

Nearly $600,000 For Children’s Health Care

Celebrating 19 years of inspiring hope and
promoting world-class pediatric care, the Nicklaus
Children’s Health Care Foundation raised nearly
$600,000 during its annual Golden Heart Luncheon
at The Country Club at Mirasol on Jan. 30.
The 16-time Grammy award-winning composer
and producer David Foster, and his wife, American
Idol alumna and singer Katharine McPhee, attended
the luncheon as special guests, using their music and
voices to help raise money for the foundation. The
celebrity couple wowed the crowd after performing
iconic music classics such as The Prayer and Glory
of Love, and For Just a Moment from the movie St.
Elmo’s Fire.
However, 6-year-old Jaxon Budnick stole the show
and the hearts of guests. Jaxon was born with metopic
The Budnick Family
Golden Heart Luncheon Raises on page 17 Nicklaus Family, David Foster and Katharine McPhee

Alexandra Taylor Kavanugh, Eddy Taylor, Patti Patrick, Traci Simonsen, Patty Christina Strunk, Allison Nicklaus, Casey Monique Brechter, Patty McDonald,
Casey Taylor McDonald Nicklaus Belinda Pike

Palm Beach County Resident Experiences The

Academic Medicine Advantage Of Tampa General

Hospital

Tampa General Hospital Is resources; they don’t have to leave the state to receive world-
Bringing World-Class Academic class medical care.
TGH has been the primary teaching hospital of the

Medicine And Research To USF Health Morsani College of Medicine since the school
Florida’s East Coast was created in the early 1970s. TGH patients have access
to cutting-edge academic medicine and resources, which
include a wider variety of clinical trials, research studies
Cilette Morris, a West Palm Beach resident, had been on a and breakthroughs, options for advanced immunotherapy
kidney transplant list with a local hospital and the process was procedures, enhanced personal treatment plans and a
dragging. “A family member in Tampa suggested I try Tampa convenient path to complex surgeries.
General Hospital (TGH). It was a fast and straightforward “As a research and academic hospital, we’re not just Palm Beach County physicians, like Dr. David Amrose of
process compared to the other hospital,” Morris said. “TGH practicing medicine. We’re defining how it is practiced,” said TGH Advanced Kidney Care, connect patients in need of
was very caring and very efficient; there’s a whole institute John Couris, president and CEO of TGH. transplants, with experts like Dr. Kiran Dhanireddy, vice
dedicated to transplants. The team keeps in touch and keeps More than 700 medical school residents and fellows receive president and chief of the TGH Transplant Institute. quality
you up to date, making sure you’re doing what you’re supposed specialty training at TGH in areas ranging from general internal care and improves patient outcomes.
to do when you’re supposed to. They almost put more interest medicine to neurosurgery. In addition, University of South
into everything than the patients do!” Florida medical, nursing, pharmacy and physical therapy respected programs. These outstanding metrics also position
Since the transplant procedure, Morris has been participating students all receive part of their training at TGH. Faculty of us to attract the highest caliber students and faculty, further
in an observational research study, thanks to the academic the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine admit and care advancing our program into the national spotlight for its
medical institution. The study uses a mailed blood test to for patients at TGH, as do private practice physicians, many outstanding education, exceptional research and world-class
analyze how well patients are receiving their donor organs and of whom also serve as adjunct clinical faculty at USF Health. clinical care.”
to detect early signs of possible organ rejection. TGH is one of the highest-ranked hospitals in Florida by TGH has created a framework of state-of-the-art services
“I decided to take part in the research not only because U.S. News & World Report for 2022/23 and the USF Health for patients on Florida’s East Coast, with the expertise and
I stood to benefit, but also because I was grateful and saw Morsani College of Medicine is ranked among the best graduate innovation of a preeminent academic medical center. The
an opportunity to help other people,” explained Morris. schools in medical research for 2023. The college is committed initiative began with an alliance with the Cancer Center of
“The testing tracked my bloodwork and let the team correct to converting discoveries into best-practice clinical care by South Florida, which is now the TGH Cancer Institute. Since
anything wrong very early. Fortunately, everything went building meaningful, applicable research programs. It has then, TGH has also established TGH Concierge Health,
well for me, so most of my follow-up care has been through made significant strides in increasing the quality and diversity TGH Digestive Health Center (formerly TGH Gastro Group
telehealth appointments.” of research, helping drive USF’s record growth in federally of the Palm Beaches), TGH General Surgeons of the Palm
When patients need care for rare or complex medical sponsored research and recruiting preeminent scientists who Beaches, TGH Advanced Kidney Care and TGH Imaging.
conditions, they look for the latest treatments and technologies secure funding from the National Institutes of Health. “We are the state of Florida’s hospital. We want to
and highly experienced doctors. Those are often found at “Our sustained rise in national rankings reflects the rapidly support, complement and augment current care in the
academic medical institutions and TGH is bringing that level increasing strength of our educational, research and clinical community, so patients can get what they need without
of care and service to Florida’s East Coast. Palm Beach County mission,” said Dr. Charles Lockwood, executive vice president leaving the state,” Couris added. “TGH is building a patient-
and Treasure Coast patients who need a higher level of care of USF Health and dean of the Morsani College of Medicine. centered system to deliver world-class care.”
now have a direct connection to TGH’s academic and research “We are now competing with the nation’s most storied and To learn more, please visit TGH.org/ThePalmBeaches.
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