From left, honorees Steven J. Burakoff, MD; Brooke Morrow; and Kara DioGuardi.
The Dubin Breast Center of The Tisch Cancer Institute at the Mount Sinai Health System recently held its sixth annual benefit at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in Manhattan. The celebratory event attracted 520 guests and raised a record $3.4 million to support the Center’s breast health and treatment programs.
From left, Eva Andersson-Dubin, MD; Kenneth L. Davis, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mount Sinai Health System; and Elisa Port, MD, FACS.
The evening honored Kara DioGuardi, Brooke Morrow, and Steven J. Burakoff, MD, Dean for Cancer Innovation at The Tisch Cancer Institute. Eva Andersson-Dubin, MD, founder of the Center and a Mount Sinai Trustee, and Elisa Port, MD, FACS, the Center’s Director, presented the awards.
Ms. DioGuardi and Ms. Morrow, close friends who helped each other through two different breast cancer journeys at the Center, were recognized for their inspirational stories of survivorship and their ongoing support of the Center. Dr. Burakoff was honored for his overall commitment to cancer research and clinical care and for his role in leading The Tisch Cancer Institute to be recognized as a National Cancer Institute designated cancer program. Dr. Burakoff, the Founding Director of The Tisch Cancer Institute, is also Lillian and Henry M. Stratton Professor of Cancer Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.