Join us

Thursday, November 9, 2023

OMNI BOSTON HOTEL AT THE SEAPORT
450 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210

The pandemic has brought new urgency to supporting the well-being of the healthcare workforce so that they can provide compassionate care to patients and families. With 27 years of experience supporting, educating and training hundreds of thousands of professional caregivers, we are uniquely positioned to meet the needs of our healthcare community.
 
Thanks to donors like you, we have been able to enhance our evidence-based programs, including Schwartz Rounds® and Stress First Aid, and launch the Healing Healthcare Initiative. This senior leadership team education and support program will guide healthcare leaders to reimagine their system’s operations, so their health workers can find strength and safety in prioritizing their mental health and well-being and deliver equitable, compassionate patient care, ultimately resulting in lasting organizational change.
 
As we look to the future, we will continue to support individual caregivers and teams while also expanding support for leaders to drive organizational change. This evening, you’ll hear from Corey Feist, co-founder and president of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation, about their affiliation with the Schwartz Center to create a comprehensive organization that will work across health systems and inspire hope for the future of healthcare.
 
You will also hear the inspiring stories of the National Compassionate Caregivers of the Year® awardees, who are helping create healing environments for patients, families, colleagues, and communities.
 
Tonight, we gather to honor and celebrate the commitment, resilience, and compassion of healthcare workers. Funds raised this evening will provide programs and crucial resources to support the mental health and well-being of all caregivers so that they can provide compassionate patient care.
 
Thank you for joining us in our vision of a world where all who seek and provide care experience compassion.
 

Ellen R. Cohen

Board President

Mark E. Reynolds

Board Chair

Elizabeth Hickman

Interim CEO & COO

Support the Schwartz Center

Every year, this event raises vital funds for programs that support the well-being of healthcare professionals so that they can provide compassionate care to patients. If you haven’t already, there is still time to make a gift. Please donate now.

Dinner Program

WELCOME

MARK REYNOLDS

Schwartz Center Board Chair,

President & CEO, CRICO

NATIONAL COMPASSIONATE CAREGIVERS OF THE YEAR® AWARD

SUSAN DONAHUE

Dinner Co-Chair, Schwartz Center

 

INTRODUCTION OF DR. DEBLIEUX

TRAVIS MCCREADY

Dinner Co-Chair, Executive Director/National Practice Leader, U.S. Life Sciences Markets, JLL

SUPPORTING SCHWARTZ CENTER PROGRAMS

PETER DEBLIEUX, MD

Chief Experience Officer and Emergency Physician, University Medical Center New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

SPECIAL PERFORMANCE

MR SPEED

INTRODUCTION OF COREY FEIST

DEBORAH MARCUS

Dinner Co-Chair, Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation Board Member, Executive Director, CAA Foundation

KEYNOTE REMARKS

JOHN BERMAN, CNN Anchor

 

DESSERT RECEPTION AND ENTERTAINMENT

Leadership & Donor List

We’re so grateful for our volunteers and donors who help make this event possible.

Who We Are

Founded in 1995, the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare is a national organization whose mission is to put compassion at the heart of healthcare through programs, education and advocacy. 

What We Do

We provide training, support, education, community and recognition programs that enable healthcare professionals to create and sustain a culture of compassion.

Keynote Speaker

John Berman, CNN Anchor

 

Event Committee

Ann Muschett and Michael Blau, Retired, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP

Gloria Respress-Churchwell and Kevin B. Churchwell, MD, President and CEO, Boston Children’s Hospital

Ellen Cohen, MSW, Founder, Schwartz Center Board

Wendy Cohen

Robert Coughlin, Managing Director, JLL

Ethan Crain, Managing Director, Northeast Health Practice Leader, Marsh McLennan

Mishele and Robert Fields, Executive Vice President & Chief Clinical Officer, Beth Israel Lahey Health

Kerry A. Flynn

Betsy Pingree Frawley and James M. Litton

Elizabeth Maringer and Jay Shiland, Partner, MTS Health Partners LP

Sharon McNally, President, Camp Harbor View Foundation; Chief of Staff, Connors Family Office

Jo Frances Meyer, Director, Puddingstone Consulting

Kendalle Burlin O’Connell, Esq., Chief Executive Officer & President, MassBio

Clare Reilly and Mark Reynolds, President, CRICO

Colette and Daniel Stanzler, Portfolio Manager, Beaumont Financial Partners, LLC

Marjorie and Paul Stanzler

Elizabeth Vernaglia, PhD and Lawrence Vernaglia, Partner, Foley and Lardner LLP

Peter and Ellen Zane

Dinner Chairs

Sree Chaguturu, MD

Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, CVS Health

Susan Donahue

Peter L. Slavin, MD

Operating Partner, Advent International and Former President, Massachusetts General Hospital

Recipients

Since 1999, the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare has honored outstanding healthcare professionals who display extraordinary devotion and compassion in caring for patients and families.

 

The National Compassionate Caregivers of the Year Award recognizes extraordinary healthcare professionals from across the country who embody the characteristics of compassionate care and whose professional achievements have helped to create healing healthcare environments for patients, families, colleagues, and communities.

 

Six award recipients were chosen by a national review committee, and represent a variety of healthcare professions and interdisciplinary teams of healthcare professionals.

Kristy Capps, BSN, RN

Laura Harmon, MD

Complex Discharge Team UK Healthcare, KY

Kathryn B. Kirkland, MD

Assumptah (Summie) Mwai, CHPNA

Sonia Sutherland, MD

With a performance by:

The ‘greatest Kiss tribute band in the world’ “Mr. Speed” pays homage to the rock icons, hot off their three day set at the Stark County Fair.

 

History

The Schwartz Center reflects the vision of Ken Schwartz, a Boston healthcare attorney who died of lung cancer at age 40 and found that what mattered to him most was the human connection he felt with his caregivers, which he said made “the unbearable bearable.” He established the Schwartz Center in 1995 – just days before his death – to ensure that all patients and families are treated with compassion.

Special Thanks

The Schwartz Center is grateful to everyone who helped make this 28th Annual Dinner a success by contributing time and in-kind support.