Ronald O. Perelman Heart Institute
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Ronald O. Perelman Heart Institute is a "medical town square" dedicated to the treatment of heart disease in New York City. Ronald O. Perelman
, chairman of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc., made a $50 million (philanthropic) gift to the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center on February 28, 2009, to establish the institute, in support of health care in New York City and around the world. The gift also will support new research and clinical care initiatives at the Center for Reproductive Medicine — which will now be known as the Ronald O. Perelman and Claudia Cohen Center for Reproductive Medicine. The Heart Institute is complete with a welcome center, a clinical trials enrollment center, and an interactive education resource center that includes medical information on heart disease — with an added focus on cardiac disease in women. The newly named Ronald O. Perelman and Claudia Cohen Center for Reproductive Medicine has changed the lives of people by making it possible for them to have a child.
Opening ceremonies in September 2009 was attended by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg
and comedian David Letterman
.
Ronald Perelman
Ronald Owen Perelman is an American business magnate. Through his company MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc., he has invested in various companies in grocery, cigar, licorice, makeup, car, photography, television, camping, security, lottery, jewelry, banks, and comic book industries.-Early...
, chairman of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc., made a $50 million (philanthropic) gift to the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center on February 28, 2009, to establish the institute, in support of health care in New York City and around the world. The gift also will support new research and clinical care initiatives at the Center for Reproductive Medicine — which will now be known as the Ronald O. Perelman and Claudia Cohen Center for Reproductive Medicine. The Heart Institute is complete with a welcome center, a clinical trials enrollment center, and an interactive education resource center that includes medical information on heart disease — with an added focus on cardiac disease in women. The newly named Ronald O. Perelman and Claudia Cohen Center for Reproductive Medicine has changed the lives of people by making it possible for them to have a child.
Opening ceremonies in September 2009 was attended by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Rubens Bloomberg is the current Mayor of New York City. With a net worth of $19.5 billion in 2011, he is also the 12th-richest person in the United States...
and comedian David Letterman
David Letterman
David Michael Letterman is an American television host and comedian. He hosts the late night television talk show, Late Show with David Letterman, broadcast on CBS. Letterman has been a fixture on late night television since the 1982 debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC...
.