2/2 -- The University Hospital Celebrates "Go Red for Women: Love Your Heart"
Red was EVERYWHERE as The University Hospital and the Newark campus celebrated "Go Red for Women: Love Your Heart." This day-long event, a national initiative of the American Heart Association, was not only a day devoted to wearing red, but more importantly, raising awareness about heart disease among women.
Event highlights included a heart disease lecture featuring Marc Klapholz, MD, FACC, Associate Professor of Medicine at NJMS and Director, Division of Cardiology; heart healthy dishes in the Garden Café (cafeteria); and free blood pressure screenings in the cafeteria.
Heart lecture attendance: 37
Blood pressure screening: 36
Take a look at the scenes from the day:
The University Hospital President and CEO Darlene L. Cox led the way on
Go Red Day.
The team that offered blood screenings consisted of Jacinta Ukah-Ogbonna,
Rosalina (Sahlee) Manongdo, Ludmilla Gustave and Ned Okarter.
Not pictured: Ketty Thertus.
Didn't the Go Red table look great?
Simone Johnson of the Cancer Registry helped staff the Go Red table
while Ned Okarter took blood pressures.
Go Red Day featured a scrumptious lunch menu that included pasta
primavera, salmon with fresh basil sauce and tarragon chicken. Here,
Ingrid Dobson serves one of these delicious dishes.
Healthy desserts, such as this strawberry shortcake served by Michelle
Quinones, were also part of the Go Red menu.
Fruit-filled smoothies were on the menu too. Shahida Garrett
prepares to make one.
Darlene McFarland and Gina Kearney enjoyed making the God Red dishes.
Quydale Booth of Food and Nutrition offers a delicious sandwich.
Gwen Harrell helped supervise the delicious Go Red day meals that were prepared.
Mary Ann Moylan of Food and Nutrition was very pleased to Go Red!
Deneen Blow of Surgery orders her Go Red meal.
Going red was a team effort for the Medical Staffing Department's (l to r)
LaToyia Small, Katyana Thompson and Catherine Williams .
Eileen Kirkland of Medical Records made sure that she wore red on Go Red Day.
Alan Levin of Nursing Quality and Standards and Kitty Donohue strike a pose.
Darlene Roberts (l) and Kitty Donohue (r) were all smiles about going red.
Kecia Alexander (l) and Betty Patterson-Pearson (r) looked great in red.
Donnett Brown of Nursing Education sports her red.
(l to r) Gloria Igwe of the FICN, Kitty Donohue and Donna Jackson of F-Blue
all made Go Red a part of their day.
Say cheese! (l to r) Nursing Administration staff members Angela Merritt,
Alan Levin and Diana Johnson join Minerva Rodriguez of The University
Hospital Administration.
Nursing Administration staff members (l to r) Donna Cill, Shezell Mathis, and
Jana Cortez join Florence Rice of H-Yellow to show off their red.
They may be from the F-Green unit, but these nurses are ready to Go Red!
Pictured left to right are Ingrid Bruce, Alisha Mayers, Annie Webb and
Patricia Anderson.
More F-Green nurses going red: (l to r) Joy Webb, Patricia Anderson,
Ingrid Bruce and Kimberlyn Smith.
Blue is their unit, I-Blue that is, but they were excited
to Go Red for a day! Shown here (l to r) are Tina
Musa, Jean Cole-Baltram, Karen Romano, Ryan Mattessich
and Michelle Robinson.
Staff members from I-Yellow-2 were proud participants of Go Red.
Sporting red are: (l to r) Runa Mendoza, Tess Balbin-Esteban, Beatrice
Mabuthe, Lauren Mavus and Joel Regalado.
Laura Diaz-Morik of The University Hospital Administration took a
moment to pose in her red.
Laura Diaz-Morik, Tamekiyo Robinson and Betty Patterson-Pearson of
The University Hospital Administration couldn't help but Go Red.
Yes, a red tie DOES count as wearing red on Go Red day. Just ask
Garba Jimmeh of Food and Nutrition.
Minerva Rodriguez of The University Hospital Administration is all
smiles on Go Red Day.
Kitty Donohue (l) of Service Excellence and Tiffany L. Smith of the
Dept. of Service Excellence, Marketing and Communications sport a
combination of red and black.
2/26 -- The University Hospital Employee Lecture Series presents "My Experience in West Africa"
Staff members took a trip to Ghana, West Africa as Charletta Ayers, MD, shared her experiences in providing care to women and families in Ghana.
Dr. Ayers, an associate professor, is the director of the Division of General Obstetrics and Gynecology at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
She dedicates two weeks each summer to providing this medical mission trip.
Attendance: 31
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