{"id":2799,"date":"2016-12-02T15:13:36","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T15:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/?p=2799"},"modified":"2016-12-02T15:29:19","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T15:29:19","slug":"jamaica-hospital-celebrates-125th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/jamaica-hospital-celebrates-125th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamaica Hospital Celebrates 125th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a name=\"fb_share\" type=\"box_count\" share_url=\"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/jamaica-hospital-celebrates-125th-anniversary\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php\">Share<\/a><\/div><div><script src=\"http:\/\/static.ak.fbcdn.net\/connect.php\/js\/FB.Share\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2809\" src=\"http:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DSC_6221-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_6221\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DSC_6221-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DSC_6221-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DSC_6221-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DSC_6221-453x300.jpg 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>On November 19, 2016, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center celebrated the important milestone of serving the community for 125 years.\u00a0 The momentous occasion was commemorated at the hospital\u2019s annual Rainbow Ball dinner- dance and fundraiser which took place at Citi Field.<\/p>\n<p>The venue was filled to the maximum capacity of 650 guests, consisting of hospital staff, community leaders and supporters of Jamaica Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Hospital President and CEO Bruce J. Flanz commenced the evening by welcoming everyone and sharing a brief history of the hospital since its humble beginnings in a rented four- bedroom house to the 408-bed institution it is today.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Flanz exuded pride as he spoke about the institution\u2019s evolution over the last century and continuous commitment to providing quality health care. \u00a0He took a moment to highlight Jamaica Hospital\u2019s ability to engage with the community and identify services needed to improve the population\u2019s health.\u00a0\u00a0 One of the departments to provide a much-needed service over the years has been the Department of Orthopedic Surgery.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2805\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2805\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2805\" src=\"http:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DSC_6199_1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Jamaica Hospital President and CEO Bruce J. Flanz and Chief of Orthopedic Surgery Nader Paksima MD\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DSC_6199_1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DSC_6199_1-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DSC_6199_1-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DSC_6199_1-453x300.jpg 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R) Jamaica Hospital President and CEO Bruce J. Flanz and Chief of Orthopedic Surgery Nader Paksima MD<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The department was recognized for providing highly specialized care to hundreds of thousands of patients and producing some of the nation\u2019s best surgeons from its residency program.\u00a0 Department head and Chief of Orthopedic Surgery, Nader Paksima MD., accepted an award on behalf of the stellar team. Proceeds from the Rainbow Ball were earmarked to benefit the Department of Orthopedic Surgery to help them continue their outstanding work.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2801\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2801\" class=\"wp-image-2801 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DSC_6205-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Jamaica Hospital President and CEO Bruce J Flanz and John O\u2019Keefe; Senior Vice President of Operations, Underpinning and Foundation Skanska Inc. \" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DSC_6205-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DSC_6205-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DSC_6205-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DSC_6205-453x300.jpg 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2801\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R)Honorees Ryan Eller; President Resorts World Casino\u00a0and John O\u2019Keefe; Senior Vice President of Operations, Underpinning and Foundation Skanska Inc.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Additional awards were presented to the honorees for the evening, Ryan M. Eller; President of Resorts World Casino and John O\u2019Keefe; Senior Vice President of Operations, Underpinning and Foundation Skanska Inc. \u00a0Both were honored for displaying a strong commitment to Jamaica Hospital as well as communities in which the organizations operate.<\/p>\n<p>In all the 2016\u00a0Rainbow Ball was a fantastic night of celebration. \u00a0Thank you to all who have contributed in making the event a success and to those who have supported Jamaica Hospital in its endeavors over the years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ShareOn November 19, 2016, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center celebrated the important milestone of serving the community for 125 years.\u00a0 The momentous occasion was commemorated at the hospital\u2019s annual Rainbow Ball dinner- dance and fundraiser which took place at Citi Field. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/jamaica-hospital-celebrates-125th-anniversary\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2799"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2810,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2799\/revisions\/2810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}