Vol. 18, No. 3
Fall 2008
A Gift... Beyond the Gift of Life
12 Winthrop Specialists Named to New York Magazine’s 2008 “Best Doctors” List
Cancer Center for Kids Moves to a New Home
Friends & Benefactors Annual Reception
Winthrop Helps Postal Clerk Get Some Sleep
Winthrop: A Gateway to a Top-Rated Kidney Transplant Program
DiStasio Family Makes Donation to NICU
The Center for Advanced Care of Chronic Conditions
New Center for the Advanced Care of Chronic Conditions: Easing Patients’ Burdens through a Single Coordinated Plan of Care
Golfing for the CCFK
Annual Gala Celebrates Winthrop’s Passion for Care without Compromise
CCFK Families Celebrate Life
Unique Program Helps New Mothers Cope
Saving Lives in Bolivia
Winthrop’s New Welcoming Ambassadors
Tenth Annual Cancer Survivors Day Celebrates Life
Bay’s Big Bash Does it Again!
Spizz Family Supports CCFK
Pediatric Unit Receives Quilt Donation
Amanda Styles Cirelli Foundation Makes Generous Donation to CCFK
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When Winthrop recently upgraded one
of its Cardiac Catheterization Labs,
the Hospital donated the General
Electric (GE) Cardiac Catheterization
X-ray unit that was being replaced to
the Hospital
Municipal
Universitario
Japonés in Santa
Cruz de la Sierra
in Bolivia. In
July, Anthony
Gambino, MD,
interventional
cardiologist, and
Luis Davila,
interventional
cardiovascular
technician, traveled
to Bolivia to
provide medical
training to physicians
there and
free cardiac services
to people in
need.
 Winthrop’s Cardiac Catheterization Team was
recently recognized by the Hospital Municipal
Universitario Japonés in Santa Cruz de la Sierra
in Bolivia for their outstanding commitment to
providing world-class patient care services to
impoverished Bolivians. Pictured (l.-r.) are Liz
Rerisi, Nursing Director, Cardiology; Cathy
Flamino, Administrative Director of Cardiology;
Garry Schwall, Vice President, Heart Institute;
Kevin P. Marzo, MD, Chief of Cardiology; Anthony
Gambino, MD, interventional cardiologist and Luis
Davila, interventional cardiovascular technician
who traveled to Bolivia to provide pro bono cardiac
services; and Srihari Naidu, MD, Director of
the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory.
The donation
was arranged by
Mr. Davila, who
is a native of
Bolivia. “It was a
privilege to help
people who do
not have access
to the type of
life-saving
health services
that we offer
every day here
at Winthrop,” said Mr. Davila.
During the team’s seven-day visit
to the Hospital Municipal Universitario
Japonés, they treated 15 patients suffering
from various heart conditions
including Chagas – a parasitic disease
which causes heart failure, arrhythmias
and heart block; Takayasu disease
– chronic inflammation of the aorta;
and other heart aliments. Dr. Gambino
also provided training to Hospital
physicians to enhance the cardiac
services available to Bolivians after his
departure back to the United States.
 Anthony Gambino, MD, interventional cardiologist (center) and Luis
Davila, interventional cardiovascular technician (third from right)
are joined by physicians and staff from the Hospital Municipal
Universitario Japonés during their recent trip to Bolivia.
“Thanks to the dedication and
support of Winthrop, Mr. Davila, and
all of the companies who donated to
this cause, people’s lives have been
forever changed,” said
Dr. Gambino.
The trip to Bolivia was
not the first for Dr. Gambino
or Mr. Davila, who has traveled
to his native country on
several occasions to help
others. Dr. Gambino and Mr.
Davila’s first tour together
took place more than a
decade ago and included
Scott L. Schubach, MD,
Chairman of the Department
of Thoracic & Cardiovascular
Surgery. The team will return
to Bolivia in November to
perform additional cardiac
procedures, this time with
the help of Winthrop experts Jeffrey
Snow, MD, electrophysiologist; Joseph
Germano, DO, electrophysiologist; and
Ralph Caselnova, MD, interventional
cardiologist.
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