{"id":330,"date":"2017-07-26T16:20:42","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T20:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/healthynyc\/?p=330"},"modified":"2017-07-26T16:20:42","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T20:20:42","slug":"bezos-foundations-25million-gift-to-a-brooklyn-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/healthynyc\/bezos-foundations-25million-gift-to-a-brooklyn-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Bezos Foundation’s $25Million Gift To a Brooklyn Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"

(photo) Jackie and Mike Bezos read to children and families at NYU Langone Hospital \u2013 Brooklyn<\/em><\/p>\n

Original Media Source:<\/strong> NYC Newswire<\/a><\/p>\n

NYU Langone Hospital, <\/b>in Brooklyn,\u00a0<\/b>formerly NYU Lutheran Medical Center, announced a new name and a major philanthropic gift, marking a significant collaboration and unifying vision to improve the health and wellness of diverse populations across the\u00a0Brooklyn<\/span>\u00a0community.<\/p>\n

The philanthropic pledge of\u00a0$25 million<\/span>\u00a0made by the Bezos Family Foundation will support major initiatives to help mothers, children, and families in the\u00a0Brooklyn<\/span>\u00a0community. The gift will provide long-term funds for critical new positions and initiatives based on the science of early brain development to advance mother\/baby care across the institution and support families during the critical first years of a child\u2019s life. The investment will also establish a lasting partnership between the Departments of\u00a0Population Health<\/a>and\u00a0Obstetrics and Gynecology<\/a>\u00a0to ensure that there is a measurable impact on family and community outcomes over generations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a significant step forward for our medical center, which has made considerable changes and improvements to better help patients and communities across\u00a0Brooklyn<\/span>,\u201d said\u00a0Bret J. Rudy, MD<\/a>, executive hospital director and senior vice president, NYU Langone Hospital \u2013\u00a0Brooklyn<\/span>. \u201cThis generous gift from the Bezos Family Foundation represents a major milestone in our institution\u2019s history. What our talented physicians, researchers, and staff will be able to accomplish thanks to the Foundation\u2019s support will enable NYU Langone Hospital \u2013\u00a0Brooklyn<\/span>\u00a0to provide outstanding care for the community\u2014making us a destination for growing families.\u201d<\/p>\n

Helping Mothers, Children, and Families in the\u00a0Brooklyn Community<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

As a leading hospital in the\u00a0Brooklyn<\/span>\u00a0area, NYU Langone Hospital \u2013\u00a0Brooklyn<\/span>\u00a0is on track to deliver approximately 4,500 babies annually by 2018 and has more than 600,000 visits per year to its network of nine Family Health Centers\u2014many of these visits for prenatal and infant health. This gift represents a milestone in a philanthropic history spanning a decade between the Foundation and NYU Langone, most notably leadership giving towards ParentCorps, an early childhood education program now being scaled throughout NYC\u2019s Pre-K programs, reaching more than 70,000 4-year-olds each year, an endowed professorship in the Department of Population Health, held by\u00a0Laurie Miller Brotman, PhD<\/a>, and initiatives across the institution.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we first visited NYU Langone Hospital \u2013\u00a0Brooklyn<\/span>, we realized why it has been a beacon for Sunset Park and the surrounding community for more than 100 years,\u201d said\u00a0Jackie Bezos<\/span>, president of the Bezos Family Foundation. \u201cGiven the nearly decade-long relationship our Foundation has had with NYU Langone, and the high-quality outcomes they have achieved, the combination of academic rigor and community commitment presented an important new opportunity to support their work and provide resources to infuse the latest science on early brain development,\u201d added\u00a0Mike Bezos<\/span>, vice president of the Bezos Family Foundation. \u201cThis is a wonderful community and our hope is for them to experience care that is greater than they have ever had before.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of the gift, an endowment will be established, allowing the Department of Population Health to work closely with Obstetrics and Gynecology to develop and track measures of family and community well-being, including physical health, school readiness, economic stability, and other qualities of daily life that are increasingly understood to drive gains in overall family health. Additional innovations supported by the gift include:<\/p>\n