Barbara Santangelo Honored as St. Vincent's Hospital Westchester Philanthropist of the Year
04/21/2006
Media Contact: Fran Davies, (914) 925-5411
fdavies@svcmcny.org
New York, New York, November 14, 2005-Today, in honor of National Philanthropy Day at a luncheon sponsored by the greater NY Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, St. Vincent's Hospital Westchester recognized Barbara Santangelo as its Philanthropist of the Year. The event, held at the Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center featured speakers Les Goodstein, President & COO, The New York Daily News and moderator Jane Hanson, WNBC
Correspondent and Host, Jane's New York.
St. Vincent's Executive Director, Dr. Brian Fitzsimmons noted, 'Since 1967, Barbara's dedication, generosity and good humor have contributed immeasurably to the success of the many tasks she has taken on for St. Vincent's Hospital Westchester. The Hospital has been truly blessed to have Barbara as an advocate for our behavioral health programs and services.'
Barbara is a member and past President of the Auxiliary Board, and has chaired Annual Luncheon and Fashion Shows, successful galas and expanded St. Vincent's Westchester Golf Outings into one of the Hospital's largest and most enjoyable annual fundraising events. Barbara has helped attract significant donations and gifts over the years that have directly benefited many programs and facilities at St. Vincent's Hospital Westchester. Barbara is a member of the Behavioral Health Advisory Council in Westchester, and served as chair of the Council's Development Committee. She is also an active member of the Foundation Board of Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers in New York City. No less important in her life are her four children, Toni Archibald, Robert Santangelo, Linda Santangelo, and Dina Pfohl and eight grandchildren.
Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers (SVCMC) is one of the New York metropolitan area's most comprehensive health care systems, serving nearly 600,000 people annually. SVCMC was established in 2000 as a result of the merger of Catholic Medical Centers of Brooklyn and Queens, Saint Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New York and Sisters of Charity Healthcare in Staten Island. Sponsored by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and Sisters
of Charity of New York, SVCMC serves as the academic medical center of New York Medical College in New York City.
The system includes six hospitals: Mary Immaculate Hospital, Queens; St. John's Queens Hospital; St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan; St. Vincent's Hospital Staten Island; Bayley Seton Hospital, Staten Island; and St. Vincent's Hospital Westchester. Resources include over 2,500 physicians, four skilled nursing facilities, a system-wide home care service, a hospice and over 60 ambulatory care sites which provide a broad array of medical, psychiatric and substance abuse services. In 2004, SVCMC recorded over 92,000 inpatient discharges, more than 1,100,000 outpatient visits, and 640,000 home care visits. Its emergency rooms, which include three Level 1 trauma centers, received 255,000 visits in that same year, while SVCMC is the largest private provider of EMS services in the New York City Fire Department's 9-1-1 service. Also in 2003, St. Clare's Hospital, now St. Vincent's Midtown, became affiliated with the healthcare system.
