Category: Donor Tier 3

Joe Kapur participated in Haymakers for Hope in an effort to raise funds for the BIDMC Institute for Pancreatic Diseases. He was inspired to do so by his grandmother, Ani Kapur, who underwent pancreatic cancer treatment.

The Institutional Strategic Plan for Innovation, Research, and Education (InSPIRE) is a five-year effort for Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) to reconceive and support its modern, vital research enterprise. Gyongyi Szabo, MD, PhD, Chief Academic Officer of Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) and BIDMC, heads the InSPIRE program and oversees and sets the vision for the BILH system’s broad range of research and teaching programs.

For the past 50 years, Bowdoin Street Health Center has provided high-quality, culturally inclusive care to the residents of Dorchester and beyond. The center has continued to grow and evolve over the past half century to meet the ever-changing needs of the population it serves. Funded by generous donors, the new pharmacy exemplifies the importance of philanthropy to all future initiatives at BSHC.

David Avigan, MD, sets the vision and strategic direction for cancer care, research, and education for the BIDMC Cancer Center and the BILH network. With his approach to cancer care and groundbreaking clinical trials, the future is bright for cancer care at BIDMC.

Mary Tolan’s investment in an endowed chair to support the innovative work of Lev Perelman, PhD, aims to transform the standard of care and save lives far beyond the hospital’s walls.

After participating in a clinical trial at the BIDMC Cancer Center to successfully treat an aggressive form of lymphoma, Cambridge resident gives back to support cancer research.

A trip abroad ended in a harrowing health scare for Andover resident Suellen Robinson. It led to an unexpected cancer diagnosis and extended stay at BIDMC—followed by a generous gift.

The new inpatient building is BIDMC’s highest philanthropic priority, and leading the way in supporting this effort are three couples with deep ties to the medical center: Midge and Tom DeSimone, Carol and Howard Anderson, and Lis Tarlow and Steve Kay—who have all generously increased their original commitments.

As Chair of the Department of Neurology at BIDMC, Seward Rutkove, MD, has seen the vital impact of philanthropy—both during his first year as chair and throughout his nearly three-decade-long career serving the medical center.

Made possible by a generous gift, the Jeffrey S. Flier and Eleftheria Maratos-Flier Lectureships in Metabolic Disease will take place annually to bring together trainees, physicians, and world-renowned thought leaders.

Over more than four decades, the late Ruth and Carl Shapiro were dear friends and generous supporters of the Beth Israel Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Their philanthropic legacy continues today with a gift of $5 million to support the new West Campus building.

Dan Revers understands the power of investing in human ingenuity. In fact, it was his success in starting his own firm 20 years ago that fueled his drive to establish the groundbreaking Raymond James Revers Enterprise Fund for Patient-Centered Care at BIDMC with a generous $1 million gift.

With an eye to the future, the Li family supports BIDMC’s new inpatient building.

Susan and Aron Ain’s gift will support BIDMC’s caregivers and new inpatient building in a profound way.

Exceptional care is a very personal thing to the Lubin family.

Arguably one of David Frankel’s most prized skills is performing due diligence.

Continually inspired by the promise and power of science and technology, Brit d’Arbeloff has always been a trailblazer.