Vol. 17, No. 2
Spring/Summer 2007
Hand and Feet - From Buttoning to Toe-tapping, they're the 'Every Day' Tools
Advanced Wound Healing Comes to Winthrop
Winthrop Selected as National
Training Center for CyberKnife¨
Winthrop Celebrates Survivors
Healthy KIDS Takes the Show on the Road
Precious Purls Project
Knits Memories for New Moms & Babies
Volunteer Louise Mazzaro Saluted for 33,500 Hours of Service
Smiles for Scott Foundation
Brings Smiles to Pediatric Patients
Smiles for Scott Foundation
Brings Smiles to Pediatric Patients
Golfers Raise More than $400,000 Under Sunny Skies
at Winthrop’s 22nd Annual Golf Tournament
10th Annual Opera
Night Hits a High Note
First Annual Black & White Ball Raises More than $300,000 for CCK
Sleep Disorders Center Achieves Fourth Reaccreditation
Travel Smart: Visit Winthrop's Travel Center
Miracle Foundation Makes
Second Grant of $50,000
Research at Winthrop Addresses Vioxx Heart Attack Risk
Accolades for Winthrop
New Smoke-Free
Campus Policy
Michael Magro Foundation
Donates VeinViewer Imaging System
Annual Swim-a-Thon
Makes a Splash for Pediatrics
New Music Therapy Program
Helps Patients Cope
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 The VeinViewer
utilizes near-infrared light and
sophisticated technology to illuminate veins.
The new VeinViewer Imaging
System by Luminetx™ locates veins
and projects real-time images of them
onto the surface of the patient's skin,
making blood tests and IVs much easier
for both healthcare professionals
and patients.
Young patients at Winthrop and
their parents have the Michael Magro
Foundation to thank for this nifty new
tool, which is portable and can be
wheeled directly to the patient's bedside
when the staff needs to draw
blood or start an IV.
"No matter whether a child is
admitted to the hospital for a serious
condition or a not-so-serious one, blood
tests and intravenous treatments are
always a major concern for the patient
and their parents," said Warren
Rosenfeld, MD, Chairman of the
Department of Pediatrics at Winthrop.
"The donation of the VeinViewer by the
Michael Magro Foundation goes a long
way toward making blood work and IVs
a lot less stressful for children and
parents alike."
 The new VeinViewer is dedicated at the Hagedorn Pediatric Inpatient
Center of Winthrop-University Hospital by (l.-r.) Ed Chewens,
Administrative Director of Winthrop's Department of Pediatrics; Paul,
Terrie and Marc Magro of the Michael Magro Foundation; AnnMarie
DiFrancesca, Director of the Child Life Program at Winthrop; Warren
Rosenfeld, MD, Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics and Robert
Lee, MD, Chief Resident in Pediatrics at Winthrop.
The Michael Magro Foundation,
established by the Magro family in
honor of Michael Magro, who passed
away in July 2004 after a courageous
battle with leukemia, assists children
who are undergoing medical treatment
and their families. The Foundation has
donated X-Box game consoles and
game cartridges, as well as portable
televisions with stands to the Hagedorn
Pediatric Inpatient Center at Winthrop,
so that children in treatment have the
opportunity to play games that allow
them to relax and escape for a little
while, as well as arts and crafts supplies
and books.
The Foundation also provides
support and recreational respite to
children being treated at Winthrop's
Cancer Center for Kids and their families.
The Foundation makes grants to
families in hardship, and provides gift
cards to local entertainment outlets
that enable them to get out and relax.
The new VeinViewer technology is
just one more way that the Michael
Magro Foundation is helping young
patients and their families at
Winthrop.
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