From left: Eva Andersson-Dubin, MD; Shoshana and Kenny Dichter; Laurie Margolies, MD; and Elisa Port, MD
The Dubin Breast Center of The Tisch Cancer Institute at the Mount Sinai Health System recently celebrated its “five-year milestone” with a benefit at the Mandarin Oriental, New York. About 500 guests attended the event on Monday, December 5, raising more than $2.3 million to support the Center. The evening honored Shoshana and Kenny Dichter, whose private aviation company, WheelsUp, sponsors the #WheelsUpGoesPink campaign, seeking pledges and donating a portion of its membership initiation fees during October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In addition, the company flies the Pink Plane, a Beechcraft King Air 350i, as a year-round symbol of support and awareness for the cause. “We are so grateful to Kenny and Shoshana Dichter for their innovative thinking when it comes to fundraising and their advocacy for the Dubin Center,” says Mount Sinai Health System Trustee Eva Andersson-Dubin, MD, who presented the awards with Elisa Port, MD, FACS, the Center’s Director. “It’s been a match that fits perfectly with the innovation we do at the Dubin Breast Center.”
The event also honored Laurie Margolies, MD, Associate Professor of Radiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Director of Breast Imaging at the Dubin Breast Center. “Dr. Margolies has played a critical role in the development and success of the Dubin Breast Center,” Dr. Port says, “and it was so fitting that we honor her on the Center’s fifth anniversary.” Dr. Dubin, who founded the Center in 2011 with her husband, Mount Sinai Trustee and philanthropist Glenn Dubin, says, “I don’t think the Center would be even close to what it is if it were not for Laurie Margolies.” The Dubin Breast Center offers the latest, most innovative approaches available for breast health and the treatment of cancer under one roof.
The 15,000-square-foot facility is located on the campus of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and houses a range of services from cancer prevention to survivor support. The Center represents Mount Sinai’s vision for patient-centered breast cancer treatment and research—one that focuses on the emotional as well as the physical health and wellness of people who have, or may be at risk for, cancer.