Ash Tewari, MBBS, MCh, left, and Arthur Blank
The Milton and Carroll Petrie Department of Urology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai raised more than $1 million at its Fourth Annual Prostate Cancer Research Gala on Wednesday, November 6, to support patient care, research, prevention, and education. Roger Goodell, Commissioner of the National Football League (NFL), and Don Garber, Commissioner of Major League Soccer (MLS), were Co-Chairs of the event, held at Cipriani 42nd Street. Television host Seth Meyers was the emcee.
The gala honored Arthur Blank, owner of the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons and MLS’s Atlanta United; and Nina Bhardwaj, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine (Hematology and Medical Oncology) and Director of Immunotherapy at The Tisch Cancer Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
“We’re grateful to Mr. Blank and Dr. Bhardwaj for their support in advancing our understanding of prostate cancer,” said Ash Tewari, MBBS, MCh, Chair of the Department of Urology at the Mount Sinai Health System and the Kyung Hyun Kim, MD Professor of Urology at the Icahn School of Medicine, who spearheaded the gala.
Nina Bhardwaj, MD, PhD
Mr. Blank, owner and Chairman of the Blank Family Businesses and a member of The Milton and Carroll Petrie Department of Urology Chairman’s Board, said, “The work being done by Mount Sinai has forever changed the course of research and medicine. I feel beyond fortunate to have been one of the lives saved because of their work and will continue to be a champion for their efforts.”
The gala kicked off the three-day 2019 International Prostate Cancer and Urology Symposium at The Mount Sinai Hospital, which featured in-depth training and lectures from more than 100 urologists, surgeons, oncologists, and other providers. Guest speaker Deepak Chopra, MD, FACP, a renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation, discussed the mind/body cancer connection.