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The 2012 annual report from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, “Illuminating Discoveries | Bridging Research, Care and Community.” Includes features stories on pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, eosinophilic disorders, tuberous sclerosis and asthma. See our list of donors: As a not-for-profit hospital and research center, Cincinnati Children’s relies on our friends to provide hope and healing to the children and families entrusted to our care.
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C O V E R Jordan Scott, 9, has eosinophilic esophagitis and is a patient of the Cincinnati Center for Eosinophilic Disorders.
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
Message from our CEO and Chairman
Message from our Finance Leaders
Casting Light on a Rare Lung Disease
Tribute: William Kuenneth Schubert, MD
Deciphering the Mysteries of Eosinophilic Disorders
Revealing the Power of a Life-Altering Drug
Guiding Asthma Patients to a Better Quality of Life
The Convalescent Hospital for Children: Evolving, Educating, Empowering
Donor Recognition
Financial Report
Our Leaders
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Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is a teaching
affiliate of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
The medical center is accredited by The Joint Commission;
CARF, The Rehabilitation Commission; and the Association
for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs, Inc.
We have been awarded Magnet recognition from the American
Nurses Credentialing Center for quality patient care and nursing
excellence. Our pediatric residency training program is approved
by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
Cincinnati Children’s affirmatively seeks to attract to its staff
appropriately qualified persons of diverse backgrounds. The medical
center does not discriminate against any employee or applicant
based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation,
ancestry, national origin, age, disability, political affiliation or
status as a disabled veteran or veteran of the Vietnam conflict.
Cincinnati Children’s ranked third among all pediatric hospitals in the
2012 U.S. News & World Report survey of best children’s hospitals.
©2012 Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
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In our annual reports, we try to capture in words and pictures the vision that drives Cincinnati Children’s and our many partners: the passion to improve child health; the commitment to discovery, innovation and improvement.
This year, we focus on one of the most powerful ways we improve child health: through patient-oriented research.
Research at Cincinnati Children’s spans the entire arc from basic science through application and outcomes research, from bench to bedside and into the community. Every day, we strive to cast new light on complex diseases–and most importantly, to translate discoveries into new treatments that make a difference for patients.
In this report, you’ll read about three programs that excel in bridging research, discovery and care.
You’ll learn about two girls from Kuwait who are in Cincinnati for lifesaving care of a rare lung disease, and about pioneering research that offers them hope of a cure. You’ll learn how researchers and parents formed a productive partnership that resulted in rapid advances in the fight against eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders. And you’ll learn about leading-edge clinical trials of the first medicine that can shrink brain, kidney and lung tumors in patients with tuberous sclerosis.
T O P T O B O T T O M Michael Fisher, Thomas Cody
Dear Friends,
S I N C E R E L Y ,
M I C H A E L F I S H E R
President and CEO
T H O M A S G . C O D Y
Chairman
These inspiring achievements are changing the outcome for our patients today–and illuminating the way to a healthier future for children everywhere.
As leaders of Cincinnati Children’s, we know that a great and enduring institution must excel in the present and continually look to the future. The strength of Cincinnati Children’s today is a tribute to the wisdom, vision and actions of leaders, staff and supporters throughout our 129-year history. It’s the responsibility of this generation to plan for the well-being of the children and families who will need us 129 years from now.
We were proud, therefore, to announce plans in April 2012 to build a new clinical sciences building. When it opens in 2015, it will provide space to consolidate and expand patient-oriented research activities. It will allow us to strengthen the critical link between research and patient outcomes. It will help us do more, learn more and improve the lives of more children and families.
This investment is a mark of our unwavering commitment to improve child health. We move forward knowing that achieving the best results for children will take support from many partners and donors who share the passion to make a difference. Together, we will advance knowledge, improve care and change lives.
We remember 2012 as a year of exciting beginnings but also sad losses. In February, we lost one of our greatest leaders–William Kuenneth Schubert.
In a career spanning nearly 50 years at Cincinnati Children’s, Dr. Schubert was a distinguished pediatrician, teacher, child advocate, researcher and leader, as well as a generous supporter.
He made immeasurable contributions to our institution, our community and to the families we are privileged to serve. We continue to build on the legacy he left.
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In many ways, fiscal 2012 represents the culmination of a long, steady financial journey and first steps toward a new way forward.
For the past seven years, Cincinnati Children’s has been exceptionally focused on improving and expanding programs, facilities, partnerships and infrastructure to meet two complementary but different goals: to better serve our community’s children and to be the global leader in providing complex care for patients from all geographies. The responsibilities and stewardship associated with these roles required financial excellence in two very different and demanding business models.
As the community’s leader in promoting and improving the health of our region’s children and teens, Cincinnati Children’s recognizes that healthcare must shift from a system focused on delivering medical services to a new model that empowers children and families to take charge of their own health. This year’s annual report features a story about our efforts to help families whose children have asthma manage the disease more effectively and reduce their need for hospital care. This shift in philosophy requires a new business model–one focused on strengthening the patient’s self-management skills and on ensuring that when care is required, families have access to the right care, at the right time, in the right setting, which may well be outside our hospital walls.
Dear Friends,
T O P T O B O T T O M Scott Hamlin, Robert D. H. Anning, Felicia Williams
This approach demands that we work with community partners and stakeholders in ways we are only beginning to harness and adequately support.
Conversely, our commitment to being the global leader for complex pediatric care requires a business model based on unique clinical capabilities coupled with leading-edge scientific discovery. To succeed, we must differentiate our services from the national and global market and establish Cincinnati Children’s as the destination of choice for highly specialized care.
The improved financial results of fiscal 2012 (see Financial Report, pages 77-79) hint at the powerful potential locked within our journey to become far better at both roles–community leader and global leader. The statistical highlights in our financial report show that we were able to touch the lives of a record number of patients and families in virtually every setting in which we provide care. Increased demand for our services and expertise led to operating revenues that grew nearly 9 percent to $1.85 billion this year. And equally satisfying, our per patient encounter cost of providing clinical care actually decreased about 4 percent on an inflation-adjusted basis, as a result of an institution-wide effort to decrease costs and improve efficiency and productivity. A nation hungry for demonstrably better value from its healthcare system is demanding that we take this success much further in the coming years–and we are committed to doing that.
In the end, revenue growth stimulated by increased demand for services, coupled with successful per-patient-treated cost reductions led to net operating revenues of over $128 million–a strong improvement over last year. This, in turn, will allow us to accelerate our investment in new scientific discovery, new program offerings, expanded community partnerships and in the infrastructure and family support our patients require.
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Nourah Al-Shammari came to Cincinnati Children’s for lifesaving treatment for a rare lung disease. Now a cure is on the horizon, thanks to pioneering research.
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CASTING LIGHT
Nawaf and Fatemah Al-Shammari searched the world for a doctor who could help their daughter. By the time the search led them to Cincinnati Children’s, hope was running out for 3-year-old Nourah.
She was desperately ill from a mysterious lung disease.
At Cincinnati Children’s, the Al-Shammari family found a doctor with expertise in the complex treatment Nourah needs. And more, they found a research team with expertise in lung biology.
It’s a rare combination: outstanding patient care side-by-side with outstanding research; collaboration among the doctors who treat sick children and the researchers studying what underlies disease; basic science grounded in clinical challenges.
For Nourah, it’s a combination that made all the difference.
The best available treatment saved her life. Innovative research offers hope for a complete cure.
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Born in Kuwait in 2005, Nourah was an apparently healthy baby until she was 2½ years old. Then suddenly she became very sick with asthma and coughing. She grew lethargic. She turned blue.
What was making her so sick?
A lung specialist wanted to do a bronchoscopy exam, but Nourah was too sick to risk giving her anesthesia for the procedure.
Within a month Nourah was in the ICU, unconscious, on a respirator. While she was in the ICU, her doctors performed the bronchoscopy. The results were surprising: They didn’t find infection or inflammation, but sediments– evidence of a very rare lung disease.
Her parents and medical team began searching for help outside Kuwait.
“I sent her records to many hospitals,” her father recalls, “but no one would accept her case.”
Nourah’s doctor sought advice from pulmonary experts worldwide through an online discussion group on the internet. That’s how he found Robert Wood, MD, PhD, director of bronchoscopy at Cincinnati Children’s.
“I saw his inquiry and recommended whole lung lavage,” says Dr. Wood. “He asked if he could send his patient to me.”
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Whole lung lavage (WLL) is a complicated procedure, used to treat pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP). For decades the only thing known about this rare disease was that patients with PAP have too much surfactant in their lungs, making it difficult for them to get air in.
Surfactant, a fatty substance produced by the lungs, reduces surface tension and keeps the lung’s tiny air sacs (alveoli)
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W H O L E L U N G L AV A G E Nourah undergoes whole lung lavage every three to six weeks. In the OR, Dr. Robert Wood inserts a breathing tube into her lungs. He keeps one lung mechanically ventilated and dry while he fills the other with saline, vibrates her chest wall to mix the surfactant into the saline, and then drains her lung. He repeats this several times. The process is repeated at a later time to clean the other lung.
open. Having either too little or too much surfactant is life-threatening.
Without it, air sacs in the lung collapse when we exhale and struggle to expand with a new breath. This is what happens in premature babies who are born before their lungs have developed the capacity to produce surfactant.
But if we have too much surfactant, as in PAP, it fills up space that should be filled with air.
There’s only one treatment for PAP: washing the lungs to get rid of excess surfactant. “Lung laundering,” as Dr. Wood calls it.
Not many hospitals have the ability to perform whole lung lavage on a child as young, tiny and fragile as Nourah.
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Dr. Wood, one of the world’s experts, has 40 years of experience with the procedure in children. He agreed to see Nourah.
The US and Kuwaiti embassies worked together to get the family the necessary travel visas and arrange the 6,800 mile trip, accompanied by a doctor and nurse.
Dr. Wood performed Nourah’s first lavage treatment just three days after she arrived in Cincinnati in November 2008. He washed her lungs with many liters of saline to remove the surfactant sediment. Within three weeks, she was well enough to leave the hospital.
Though the treatment is effective, lavage is a temporary fix. Nourah’s lungs continue to become clogged with
excess surfactant. As a result, her family has remained in Cincinnati since 2008. Dr. Wood washes her lungs every 3 to 6 weeks.
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Nourah is alive today because of the expert care available at Cincinnati Children’s. But the story is far more complicated.
Back home in Kuwait, her cousin, Bashayer, also suffered from pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. Not long after Nourah arrived in Cincinnati, Bashayer’s family moved here, too.
Dr. Wood now was treating first cousins–just 3 and 4 years old–with PAP.
Very unusual.
For decades, PAP was believed to be an acquired disease, occasionally seen in children, but mostly in adults.
Today, because of Nourah, Bashayer and a handful of other young patients, researchers at Cincinnati Children’s have identified a previously unknown hereditary type of PAP (hPAP).
Working rapidly, a research team led by Bruce Trapnell, MD, developed a test to diagnose hPAP and is conducting
laboratory studies of an innovative genetic therapy that, in preliminary tests, cures it.
Nourah and Bashayer will be in the first group of patients offered the new therapy when it is approved for testing in humans.
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Scientists at Cincinnati Children’s have been at the leading edge of research on surfactant-related diseases since the 1980s, when a team led by neonatologist Jeffrey Whitsett, MD, did groundbreaking work on respiratory distress syndrome in premature infants.
The lungs of premature babies are not able to produce enough surfactant. Respiratory distress due to insufficient surfactant is a killer in these tiny babies.
Dr. Whitsett made an important breakthrough in the fight to save preemies. He identified and cloned two proteins essential to human surfactant. His research made it possible to produce a genetically engineered surfactant treatment for preemies. Surfactant replacement therapy is now routinely used in newborn ICUs–saving thousands of babies every year.
“ You have to know enough basic science to be able to problem solve, and you have to understand the
disease enough to know what you’re looking for. Cincinnati Children’s brings the two halves together–
research and clinical care, tools and patients. The combination makes this one of the best places on the
planet to do pulmonary research.” B R U C E T R A P N E L L , M D
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Dr. Whitsett and his research team have continued to focus intensively on lung biology and surfactant-related diseases. In fact, their research in the 1990s helped explain the basic biology of PAP.
T H E B A S I C S O F P A P
The work began when scientists at MIT turned to Dr. Whitsett for help. They were trying to understand the role of a newly identified protein, GM-CSF (granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor). The protein appeared to promote the growth of macrophages. It was important to understand GM-CSF’s role, because macrophages in our white blood cells are a key part of the immune system.
Described as garbage collectors, macrophages travel through the body, looking for trash, such as worn out cells or toxins or bacteria. When they find something that shouldn’t be there, they surround it and digest it.
To learn more about the role of GM-CSF in this process, the scientists created a model in mice by knocking out the gene that makes the GM-CSF protein. They expected to find that the mice would not be able to make macrophages.
That’s not what happened. The mice did produce macrophages, but oddly enough, the mice had a lot of surfactant in their lungs. Why?
The researchers needed an expert in lung disease and surfactant. They turned to Dr. Whitsett, who recognized the mice had PAP.
Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s have been studying PAP ever since.
“When this work began, no one knew how PAP developed,” says Dr. Trapnell. “In fact, there was a lot of misunderstanding.” People thought PAP was the result of the body producing too much surfactant. Piece by piece, a different picture emerged from laboratory research at Cincinnati Children’s.
It turns out that PAP is not due to overproduction of surfactant but under-clearance of old, used surfactant.
Research showed that GM-CSF is needed for macrophages to mature. If the cells don’t mature, they can’t do their job. In the lung, a key job is to get rid of used surfactant. If they don’t do this, the surfactant accumulates as sediment. Over time, the lungs fill up.
As this insight became clear, a research team in Japan discovered that patients with PAP had an antibody against GM-CSF. By the early 2000s, the Japan and Cincinnati teams were working together.
Meticulous work at Cincinnati Children’s proved that the antibody was not merely present, but was actually causing the disease.
This finding defined PAP as an autoimmune disorder– a condition in which the body mistakenly attacks its own normal functioning.
One output of the research was a diagnostic test for autoimmune PAP, making a bridge from the basic science lab to clinically relevant information. Today Cincinnati Children’s is one of just four centers worldwide that performs diagnostic testing for autoimmune PAP.
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After a decade of work, we thought we had a pretty clear picture of the basic biology of PAP. Until we started seeing patients like Nourah and Bashayer.
Because it turned out, they don’t have the antibody.
H E R E D I T A R Y P A P
In 2007, Dr. Wood saw a 6-year-old girl from North Carolina who appeared to have PAP. But when Dr. Trapnell ran the diagnostic test on a blood sample, she did not have the antibody. When he measured her GM-CSF level, it was elevated.
This was something new.
Over the years the research team had carefully maintained a database of patient information and blood samples.
They reanalyzed the data and retrospectively found five other cases. Then Nourah and Bashayer arrived.
By now there were enough cases to begin to define the natural history of this new condition. Going further, Dr. Trapnell developed a test to diagnose it, and he created a mouse model to study it in the lab.
Molecular analysis identified a genetic defect in the macrophages. They can’t receive signals from GM-CSF. Since they don’t get the right message, they don’t clean up old surfactant.
The outcome is the same as in autoimmune PAP–too much surfactant in the lungs. But the disease pathway in hPAP is quite different.
L E F T Jeffrey Whitsett, MD, conducted research in the 1980s that resulted in lifesaving surfactant replacement therapy for premature babies with respiratory distress syndrome. R I G H T Cincinnati Children’s investigators have continued to focus on surfactant-related diseases. The research team studying hPAP includes (l-r) Takuji Suzuki, MD, PhD, Brenna Carey, PhD, and Bruce Trapnell, MD.
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In a stunning advance, the basic research quickly led to a new type of therapy: pulmonary macrophage transplantation.
In the lab, Dr. Trapnell’s team is able to correct the gene defect in mice macrophage cells and put the cells back into the lung.
“Because the GM-CSF levels are high, the macrophages we put into the lung proliferate,” he explains. “They go through the lung like Pac-Man, cleaning up surfactant. As they do this, they also get rid of excess GM-CSF, so the whole system comes back into equilibrium. It works so well, with just one treatment.”
Cincinnati Children’s is uniquely positioned to move this research from the lab to patients.
“We have all the facilities here,” says Dr. Trapnell. “We’ll do the preclinical studies on safety and dosing. The Cincinnati Children’s Vector Lab will make the gene therapy vector and the Cell Manipulation Lab will prepare the cells for genetic therapy. We have all the necessary infrastructure.”
For Nourah and Bashayer, macrophage transplant offers the hope of a complete cure.
“We’re very happy that there’s a treatment,” says Fatemah Al-Shammari. “The girls can’t have lung lavage all their lives.”
“Despite more than 20 years of research, not one lung disease has been successfully treated by gene therapy,” Dr. Trapnell points out. “This has the potential to be a major advance, the first successful lung gene therapy.”
L E F T Bashayer Al-Shammari, Nourah’s cousin, also has hPAP and undergoes regular whole lung lavage treatments at Cincinnati Children’s. R I G H T Nawaf Al-Shammari searched the world for a hospital that could help his daughter. Here he shares a quiet moment with Nourah.
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Parents, physicians and researchers all feel a sense of urgency, yet know the work must move forward step by step. It may take two years or more before all the preclinical work is completed and Cincinnati Children’s receives approval to begin human testing through a clinical trial.
In the meantime, Nourah and Bashayer need regular lavage treatments. Is there a way they can have these treatments in Kuwait?
Dr. Wood has begun training Kuwaiti physicians to perform whole lung lavage in children as small as Nourah and Bashayer. As a first step, a Kuwaiti team visited Cincinnati Children’s in April to observe the procedure. A second trip for more training and hands-on experience is being planned, in preparation for the children to return to Kuwait.
“They deserve to be home,” Dr. Wood says.
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PAP is a very rare disease–fortunately. One of the reasons to focus on rare diseases, Dr. Trapnell points out, is that they typically have a single cause that can be isolated and studied.
Autoimmune PAP is caused by an antibody that attacks only one protein in a single signaling pathway that macrophages require to function normally. Hereditary PAP is caused by a defect in another single component of the same signaling pathway.
“We know exactly where the target is,” says Dr. Trapnell. “By deepening our understanding of the basic biology, we can move toward therapy for these conditions, and we are likely to learn something more general about autoimmune and genetic diseases that can be applied to other, more common and complex conditions.”
The long-term investment in lung research at Cincinnati Children’s has had an enormous impact. It bridged the gap between understanding basic biology and advancing care to improve the health of children.
Basic science studies of surfactant led to a lifesaving treatment for respiratory distress syndrome in premature infants and to an ongoing interest in other surfactant-related diseases, including PAP.
Studying hPAP led to inventing a new procedure– pulmonary macrophage transplantation. “It’s not just a new treatment,” Dr. Trapnell says, “but a new class of treatment.” It opens the potential for new therapeutic approaches to other lung diseases.
The possibilities are speculative at this stage. But that’s a critical part of clinical science: linking clinical need, creative thinking and meticulous basic science to push the boundaries of knowledge, advance care and improve outcomes for patients.
Cincinnati Children’s is proud to be at the forefront of such cutting-edge translational research.
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The Cincinnati Children’s community mourns the passing of one of our greatest leaders, William Kuenneth Schubert, MD.
In a career spanning nearly 50 years at Cincinnati Children’s, Dr. Schubert dedicated his life to improving the health of children in our community and around the world. He made immeasurable contributions as a physician, child advocate, researcher, teacher, mentor and leader. And throughout his career, he gave generously to support the work of the institution he loved.
A Cincinnati native, Dr. Schubert attended the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and completed his pediatric residency and fellowship training at Cincinnati Children’s. After seven years in private practice, he joined Cincinnati Children’s full-time in 1963, as the founding
director of the Clinical Research Center. In 1968, he established the Division of Gastroenterology. He also served as director of the pediatric residency program and chief-of-staff. He went on to be chairman of the Department of Pediatrics and director of the Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation (1979-93) and president and CEO (1983-96).
Dr. Schubert was a compassionate physician, a brilliant diagnostician and an outstanding educator. He inspired generations of pediatricians and pediatric specialists.
As a scientist, he did important research on liver disease, cholesterol, iron deficiency and Reye syndrome. He was a model of the clinician/researcher and encouraged physicians to pursue research careers.
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As a child advocate, he was a spokesman for the position that no child should be turned away for lack of ability to pay. He worked tirelessly to pass the Hamilton County Health and Hospitalization tax levy and to consolidate pediatric care at Cincinnati Children’s, so that all kids could be treated equally.
Under his leadership as chairman of Pediatrics and president and CEO, Cincinnati Children’s grew in clinical and research programs, recruited world-class talent and added new facilities. After he retired in 1996, Dr. Schubert continued to serve Cincinnati Children’s as a trustee, advisor and elder statesman.
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Ashton Burke learns about eosinophils during lab day, when patients with eosinophilic disorders get to meet researchers and have fun playing educational games modeled on real research activities.
DECIPHERING THE MYSTERIES
“ I remember telling my daughter Jori, when she was 14 years old, that she would not be able to eat food anymore,” recalls Ellyn Kodroff. “We sat at the kitchen table and sobbed as she took small sips of the vile-tasting formula, the only thing she could now have.”
Jori, now 20, has an eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorder (EGID). She and her parents travel to Cincinnati Children’s from Chicago every three months so that she can be treated by the Cincinnati Center for Eosinophilic Disorders (CCED), led by Marc Rothenberg, MD, PhD.
Cincinnati Children’s has become the acknowledged leader in treating and studying eosinophilic disorders–newly recognized conditions in which the body’s immune system treats food as a harmful entity, a foreign invader.
In response to food, the body rapidly produces too many immune cells called eosinophils. The cells attack the pathway that food takes–esophagus, stomach, intestines and other organs.
The eosinophils trigger chronic inflammation, pain and tissue damage. Individuals with EGID suffer from growth problems, stomach cramps, vomiting and diarrhea, and have trouble swallowing.
Some patients do well if they eliminate specific foods from their diet. Others are forced to stop eating all food and live on a liquid formula diet. The social, emotional and psychological effects can be staggering.
“Food is far more than just nourishment,” says Karen Philip, whose 12-year-old daughter, Grace, lives with an EGID. “It is an expression of our cultures and traditions. To have to view something so life- and soul-sustaining as a physical threat is daunting and, at times, exhausting.”
D E C I P H E R I N G T H E M Y S T E R Y
A growing number of patients around the world face the challenge of living with and finding care for eosinophilic conditions. In the last decade, rates of many types of allergic diseases have skyrocketed. EGIDs now affect as many as one in 1,000 people. Though they are more common than inflammatory bowel disease and Crohn’s disease in children, EGIDs are not yet as widely known and are often misdiagnosed.
During a recent orientation session for new patients at the CCED, several families talked about their difficulties of finding expert care: “My doctor had only seen one other patient with this condition,” said one.
“You’re kind of a mystery,” said another.
Cincinnati Children’s is at the forefront of deciphering the mystery by bringing eosinophilic disorders to the attention of the medical community, as well as conducting research to understand these conditions and advance care.
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The work began in 1999, with one child.
Gastroenterologist Philip Putnam, MD, had a new patient in clinic. A biopsy sample of the child’s esophagus showed a lot of eosinophils.
He consulted with Dr. Rothenberg, director of the Division of Allergy/Immunology, who had done extensive basic research on eosinophils and their role in triggering allergic inflammation.
That first patient at Cincinnati Children’s was soon followed by others. Dr. Putnam and Dr. Rothenberg started holding a combined clinic and meeting to talk about what they were seeing. Soon pathologist Margaret Collins, MD, joined their team.
At the time, there had been only a few reports in medical journals about patients who were thought to have reflux disease but did not respond to medication and had elevated eosinophils. Not much was known about the condition.
The Cincinnati Children’s team wanted to understand more about these mysterious conditions: How to recognize them. How to diagnose them. The underlying biological pathways. How to make life better for patients who suffer with them.
From that small beginning, a comprehensive patient care and research program grew. It was the first of its kind anywhere.
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Linking clinical and research expertise was critical to the program’s success. “We’d be flying blind without the basic
L E F T Lab day is open to patients and family members of all ages. Here a youngster gets his first look through a microscope. R I G H T Marc Rothenberg, MD, PhD (at left), leads the Cincinnati Center for Eosinophilic Disorders. Here he meets with postdoctoral research fellow Ting Wen, PhD.
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research,” Dr. Putnam points out. “We’d only be able to look at the end of the chain–the cells under a microscope. We wouldn’t understand the processes.”
As with any new research endeavor, securing funding to pursue new ideas was vital. In addition to traditional federal research grant funding, the partnership and investment of private donors proved essential to advance the study and care of EGIDs.
From hosting small fundraisers, to securing large-dollar support from nonprofits and foundations, to creating advocacy groups and testifying before Congress, the EGID community quickly established itself as an integral part of the CCED team.
The Kodroff family launched the Campaign Urging Research for Eosinophilic Disease (CURED), a national advocacy organization dedicated to raising public awareness of EGIDs and funds for research to cure it. The Buckeye Foundation, which is managed by the Philip family, also supports the CCED’s work. “It was a smart investment,” says Karen. “Dr. Rothenberg had the infrastructure needed to make a meaningful impact on the disease. We knew our investment would yield results.”
These two groups have become transformational partners, donating more than $4 million to advance the study and care of EGIDs at Cincinnati Children’s.
“Witnessing their huge commitment is a tremendous inspiration for our team,” says Dr. Rothenberg.
“Their partnership allowed us to pursue new ideas, often less conventional and more far-reaching than would be acceptable to typical funding agencies.”
T R A N S F O R M I N G T H E L A N D S C A P E
Today the CCED is the world’s largest, most experienced clinical program for EGIDs, and the most productive research center.
It has seen more than 1,000 children and adults since 1999. Families come from across the country and around the world seeking hope, healing and a better quality of life.
The center has brought major research discoveries from the laboratory bench to the clinic–transforming the landscape for patients living with eosinophilic disorders.
First, the CCED’s research in mouse models clarified the nature of these diseases. “Esophagitis used to be thought of as only acid reflux related,” says Dr. Rothenberg.
“Our early studies provided a new paradigm, which subsequently has been accepted–that esophagitis could be an allergen-driven inflammatory process.”
This discovery led to a now widely practiced treatment approach: anti-inflammatory drugs for eosinophilic esophagitis.
The CCED conducted the first controlled clinical trial to test this approach. Today, two anti-inflammatory drugs are routinely used to control symptoms, and others are under development.
In another important contribution, the CCED advanced understanding of the genetics of EGIDs.
The CCED’s patient data, along with information compiled from its web-based patient registry, revealed that the disease occurs in families, suggesting that genetics has a role.
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In fact, as EGIDs are better understood, many adults–including the parents and relatives of some of our pediatric patients–are finally being diagnosed after a lifetime of struggling with an unrecognized condition.
The CCED team has done pioneering research to decipher the genetic underpinnings of eosinophilic disorders. Dr. Rothenberg’s lab identified and defined the role of several genes and proteins involved.
These discoveries are fueling research for another promising treatment approach: antibodies against the proteins IL-5 and IL-13. Dr. Rothenberg led the first trials of anti-IL-5 and anti-IL-13. Several companies are now pursuing these approaches.
Dr. Rothenberg’s team also has developed a molecular-based diagnostic test for the disease. The test is currently being commercialized so that it can be available to patients everywhere.
Thanks to these and other achievements, doctors are better able to reduce patients’ eosinophil levels and control the disease.
Jori is now able to eat a few foods. Her college accommodates her very restricted diet by making her individualized meals with foods that are safe for her.
M O V I N G T O T H E N E X T L E V E L
“The partnership of philanthropists helped us bring three major findings from the bench to patients,” says Dr. Rothenberg. “Their investment helped us build
L E F T Jori Kodroff ’s family established the Campaign Urging Research for Eosinophilic Disease (CURED). Their partnership has provided critical support for research at Cincinnati Children’s. R I G H T Philip Putnam, MD, talks to 4-year-old Ellie Plummer before he performs an endoscopy procedure to test for eosinophils in her esophagus.
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the clinical research enterprise necessary for truly meaningful translation of our findings to patients.”
But more needs to be done to improve outcomes for those who live with EGID.
“We’re making groundbreaking discoveries, but we still understand too little,” Dr. Rothenberg says. “A recent study by our group, showed that children with EGID have the lowest quality of life compared with a wide number of other common pediatric chronic diseases. It’s humbling to see the degree of patient suffering despite all that we’re doing. We need to bring this whole field to a higher level– and we’re well positioned to do that.”
Dr. Rothenberg is convinced that “modern genetic approaches give us the technical capacity to begin to understand why people develop the disease–and that will help us develop better diagnostic tests and treatments, and ultimately find the cure.”
The patients and philanthropists who have run this race with him look forward to the day when they will cross the finish line together.
“I believe Dr. Rothenberg will find a cure,” Ellyn Kodroff says. “Then Jori and all the others suffering will have the opportunity to eat and enjoy life again.”
Ellie was diagnosed with eosinophilic esophagitis when she was a baby. At 2½ she was put on the elemental diet. She stopped eating food and got all her nutrition from an amino acid formula. After three months, the eosinophils cleared out. Then Dr. Putnam began testing one food at a time to see what foods are safe for her. Today, Ellie can eat six foods, including apples, potatoes and grapes.
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David Franz, MD, launched a clinic for patients with tuberous sclerosis (TS) in 1992. Today the TS program at Cincinnati Children’s is the world’s largest and is recognized for clinical excellence and leadership in clinical research.
REVEALING THE POWER
Alyssa Loftus was a baby when she was diagnosed with a rare disease. Little was known about it, and there were very few specialized clinics in the country to serve patients with it.
Since there was no clinic for her in Cincinnati, Alyssa’s parents traveled over 600 miles to take her to the nearest specialist–and he was about to retire.
Concerned, they reached out to David Franz, MD, a young neurologist who had trained at Cincinnati Children’s and was joining the staff. Would he start a clinic for patients with tuberous sclerosis (TS)?
He said yes, and the institution supported the effort.
That was 1992. Today that clinic is the largest, most comprehensive TS clinic in the world. It is transforming care for children and adults with tuberous sclerosis.
“It was a huge leap of faith on the part of Cincinnati Children’s,” says Alyssa’s father, Douglas Loftus. “The whole team’s commitment to creating a better future for kids with TS is just extraordinary.”
Alyssa, now 21, “has gotten the best care available,” her father says, “and it was right here in our backyard.”
F I N D I N G H O P E
Tuberous sclerosis is a genetic disease that can cause tumors to grow throughout the body–in vital organs, on the skin and in the eye.
Every patient is affected differently. In some, symptoms are mild. In others, they’re severe. Though the TS tumors are not cancerous, they can be devastating and life-threatening. Tumors in the brain can cause seizures, autism and profound developmental delay. Tumors can destroy kidney and lung function.
From the beginning, the Cincinnati Children’s clinic set out to offer a new level of care.
Patients once were isolated, and care was fragmented. At Cincinnati Children’s, care would be coordinated. Patients would find lifelong care for all aspects of the disease.
“All the specialties were there, in one clinic,” says Alyssa’s father. “The multidisciplinary approach was a huge benefit.”
In its first 10 years, the program gained recognition for clinical excellence. In its second decade, it became a powerhouse for clinical research.
The Cincinnati Children’s team has led a series of highly successful trials of the first drug that can alter the course of the disease. These studies resulted in rapid FDA approval of the medicine’s use for brain and kidney complications of tuberous sclerosis.
The future is no longer hopeless for patients with TS.
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F R O M G E N E D I S C O V E R Y T O T R E A T M E N T
New information about the genetics and molecular biology of tuberous sclerosis made this progress possible.
In the 1990s, researchers identified the TS mutation in two genes. By 2000, scientists had discovered that normally these genes control a protein, mTOR, that regulates cell growth throughout the body.
The research to identify the mTOR pathway was done by cancer biologists, but the Cincinnati Children’s TS team seized on the implications for tuberous sclerosis.
In individuals who inherit the TS mutation, mTOR is overactive, causing uncontrolled cell growth and tumors. But there was an existing drug, rapamycin, that inhibits mTOR. The Cincinnati Children’s team
reasoned this drug might reduce the growth of tumors in patients with TS.
Their insight opened the door to the first effective treatment.
They began to plan a clinical study of rapamycin and build the necessary infrastructure for the research.
The pilot study tested whether rapamycin could reduce the size of kidney tumors in TS patients and prevent new tumors from growing. It was led by nephrologist John Bissler, MD, the world’s leading expert on the kidney complications of tuberous sclerosis.
As the trial began in 2003, there were doubters.
Dr. Franz recalls, “The drug had been used for transplant and cancer patients. Skeptics asked what made us think
L E F T When Alyssa Loftus was a baby, her family traveled hundreds of miles to the nearest tuberous sclerosis specialist. Her parents asked Dr. Franz to start a TS program at Cincinnati Children’s. R I G H T Douglas Loftus is deeply grateful for the care his daughter has received, saying, “Alyssa would not have the life she has today if it were not for Cincinnati Children’s.”
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it could fix a genetic condition. Some thought it might make the tumors worse.”
E X C E E D I N G E X P E C T A T I O N S
“The families and patients who participated in the trial were more than equal partners in this research,” says Dr. Bissler. “They were courageous and altruistic.”
As a precaution, Dr. Bissler monitored the brain and lungs of study participants for potential harmful side effects of the drug. This led the research in unexpected directions.
One patient enrolling in the kidney trial was found to have a brain tumor. Early results of the kidney study suggested rapamycin was shrinking kidney tumors. Even though it was thought rapamycin did not penetrate
the brain, Dr. Franz wanted to try it. Could it also shrink this patient’s brain tumor? It did–leading Dr. Franz and colleague Darcy Krueger, MD, PhD, to launch a study of TS patients with brain tumors.
While monitoring patients’ lungs, Dr. Bissler found that those with a dangerous lung disease–lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)–showed improved lung function. LAM affects up to 40 percent of women with TS. Could rapamycin help them and others with LAM? A third trial was launched, led by pulmonologists Frank McCormack, MD, from the University of Cincinnati, and Bruce Trapnell, MD, from Cincinnati Children’s.
The rare combination of wide-ranging expertise in one institution, along with a commitment to clinical
Jonathan Fields underwent two surgeries for brain tumors caused by tuberous sclerosis. When he developed another tumor in 2008, his physician in New York referred him to the clinical trial at Cincinnati Children’s. The medication has reduced the size of the tumor and given Jonathan a better quality of life. Jonathan’s family moved to Cincinnati last year to be close to care.
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research, made it possible for Cincinnati Children’s to lead simultaneous trials for kidney, brain and lung.
In each case, results exceeded expectations.
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Results of all these trials have been reported at professional meetings and in major medical journals, beginning in 2006 when Dr. Franz published data for the first five patients with brain tumors to be treated with rapamycin. Tumor size decreased in all patients.
Results of a two-year study of patients with kidney tumors, LAM or both were reported in 2008. Participants received the medicine for a year, followed by a year without it.
The medicine reduced the size of kidney tumors in all participants. When it was stopped, tumors grew again in most patients. Of those with LAM, 70 percent had improved lung function that was partially sustained even after the medicine was stopped.
These initial findings supported the idea that inhibiting mTOR is an effective treatment, and led to larger follow-up studies.
Dr. Bissler organized a placebo-controlled trial of kidney tumors. The national TS Alliance spread the word that Cincinnati Children’s was recruiting participants. 118 patients in 11 countries enrolled.
L E F T Nephrologist John Bissler, MD (left), is the world’s expert on the kidney complications of tuberous sclerosis. Here he talks with research associate Brian Siroky, MD. R I G H T Misty Orlando Barnhart with Jo Coombs, RN. Misty was diagnosed with TS at age 14 and underwent surgery to remove a tumor-filled kidney at 19, but new tumors grew in her remaining kidney. She found the clinical trial at Cincinnati Children’s in 2010. “When I came here, the tumors were so big you couldn’t see my kidney,” she says. “Now you can’t see the tumors, and I have 100 percent normal kidney function. I call it my miracle.”
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Dr. Franz recruited 28 patients at Cincinnati Children’s for a larger-scale brain tumor study. Alyssa was the 17th to enroll. She had developed a tumor that was rapidly growing and was facing the possibility of a very difficult brain surgery. After six months on the medicine, the tumor had shrunk 50 percent. In fact, tumors shrunk in all 28 patients. None required surgery for brain tumors after treatment. Of those with active epilepsy, 86 percent had seizures less often.
These results were reported in 2010. The FDA responded by granting accelerated approval of the drug for TS patients with brain tumors, while requiring a larger study.
This next, placebo-controlled trial involved 117 patients at centers in the US, Canada and Europe. The outcome, reported at professional meetings in 2011 and published in 2012, confirmed the robust results of the initial study.
A larger-scale LAM study was coordinated through a consortium of 13 institutions around the world. The findings, published in 2011, showed that the drug stabilizes lung function and improves patients’ quality of life. In 2012, a citizen’s petition requesting accelerated approval of the drug for treating LAM was filed with the FDA. Meanwhile multicenter research to confirm the study results are in progress.
Dr. Bissler presented outcomes of his international follow-up study in February 2012. Kidney tumors shrunk in all patients who received the drug. 42 percent of patients experienced a 50 percent reduction in tumor size. In April 2012 the FDA responded to the data by granting expedited approval of the drug for non-cancerous kidney tumors in TS patients.
Within hours, Dr. Bissler started receiving calls from patients around the world wanting to come to Cincinnati Children’s for care.
T R A N S F O R M I N G L I V E S
The outcome of these clinical trials has been transformational for patients and extraordinarily gratifying for the doctors and nurses who work closely with them. “I have the best job in the world,” says Jo Coombs, RN. “We see truly amazing affects of this drug. It changes lives.”
Says Dr. Bissler, “The families and patients inspire us. It’s deeply gratifying that now we can actually do something that gives them hope for the first time.”
“I get passionate when I talk about it,” Doug Loftus acknowledges. “Alyssa would not have the life she has today if it were not for Cincinnati Children’s.”
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A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE
G U I D I N G A S T H M A P A T I E N T S T O
Antonio Long was able to play outdoors this summer because his asthma is under control, thanks to an intensive education and support initiative at Cincinnati Children’s.
Antonio Long, 4, suffers from asthma. Exercise is one of the triggers that starts him coughing and wheezing.
Before his asthma was under good control, breathing problems brought Antonio to the emergency department (ED) several times, and his grandmother, who is his guardian, missed work to take care of him when he was sick.
Antonio and Charlotte enjoyed a happier summer this year, thanks to an intensive effort at Cincinnati Children’s to improve care for children with asthma.
T A R G E T I N G C O M M U N I T Y H E A L T H I S S U E S
Cincinnati Children’s strategic plan targets four major community health issues. Asthma is one of those priorities.
Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood and one of the top reasons children are admitted to the hospital. In Hamilton County, Ohio, one in six children has been diagnosed with asthma. The figure increases significantly for children who live below the poverty line.
Our goal is to help patients improve control of their asthma to prevent ED visits and hospitalizations.
The work is being accomplished through a large-scale collaboration of primary care doctors and pulmonary disease specialists, asthma care coordinators and home
health care nurses, inpatient and outpatient services, hospital staff and community partners.
K N O W L E D G E A N D C O N F I D E N C E
For Antonio, the path to a better quality of life began last January, during a routine visit to the Pediatric Primary Care Center (PPCC) at Cincinnati Children’s.
Because Antonio required emergency care several times in 2011, Charlotte was offered the opportunity to meet with Lauren Poling, one of two asthma care coordinators in the PPCC.
Says Charlotte, “I’m so glad I took advantage of the opportunity.”
Having a care coordinator means that Charlotte now has a teacher and an advocate to help reduce barriers to care. Charlotte counts on her if she has questions or concerns.
“I feel comfortable calling Lauren when I’m unsure what to do,” she says, recalling one hot, smoggy day when she called to confirm when to give Antonio his medicine and how much to give. Poling was able to review the asthma care plan developed by Antonio’s provider and give her guidance.
Poling also referred Charlotte to another service that made a difference: the Asthma Home Health Pathway. Since 2010, Cincinnati Children’s home health nurses
Charlotte Long is all smiles as she watches her grandson run and play at Cincinnati’s beautiful new Washington Park. “It’s wonderful to see him,” she says.
“Last summer was really bad. He was sick a lot and couldn’t play outside.”
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have visited over 500 families to provide asthma care teaching in the home.
Cheryl Patterson, RN, visited Charlotte and Antonio six times over six months to reinforce the education Charlotte received in the hospital.
She helped Charlotte identify things in the environment that can trigger Antonio’s asthma. She taught her to look for early signs of an asthma episode, so she can give Antonio medicine to stop the attack from getting worse. She reviewed the difference between controller medicine, which is given daily to reduce inflammation and prevent flare-ups, and rescue medicine, which is given as a fast-acting treatment for wheezing and shortness of breath. And she coached Charlotte on how to fit the inhaler mask correctly so Antonio gets all the medicine into his lungs.
“Education is everything,” Charlotte says. “I know I’m doing it right, and Antonio was learning with me. He knows how many puffs to take.”
A B U N D L E O F I N T E R V E N T I O N S
Antonio’s asthma is under much better control, thanks to education and support that gave Charlotte the skills and confidence she needs to manage his care.
The asthma initiative also includes approaches designed to meet other challenges families face.
An Asthma Inpatient Task Force, led by hospitalist Jeffrey Simmons, MD, and Asthma Center director Carolyn Kercsmar, MD, spearheaded efforts to improve families’ access to asthma medications at home. Children who’ve had a hospital stay due to asthma now go home with
L E F T Because Antonio needed emergency care several times in 2011, he was referred to the asthma care coordinator in the Pediatric Primary Care Center. R I G H T Asthma care coordinator Lauren Poling (right) talks with Mona Mansour, MD, in the Pediatric Primary Care Center.
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a month’s supply of medicine and a copy of the child’s asthma care plan.
In another improvement on the inpatient units, respiratory therapists now conduct an asthma risk assessment, using a checklist embedded in the hospital’s electronic medical record. The assessment identifies families who would benefit from an asthma care plan, education during the hospital stay, participation in the Asthma Home Health Pathway or referral to community resources.
The same risk assessment tool is used by asthma care coordinators in our primary care clinics to assess high- risk patients and by our home health care nurses during home visits.
When conventional treatment, care coordination and education aren’t enough, the hospital’s Asthma Center offers intensive, specialized care by pulmonary disease experts.
P A R T N E R S I N T H E C O M M U N I T Y
Work to improve outcomes for children with asthma extends to collaborations with many partners in the community.
One effort is a school-based asthma initiative at Rockdale and South Avondale elementary schools, both located near our main campus in the Avondale neighborhood.
Another is a long-standing asthma initiative with 38 community-based pediatric practices that are members of Tri State Child Health Services, a physician hospital organization. Collectively these practices serve 13,000 children with asthma in Greater Cincinnati.
And as a participant in the Greater Cincinnati Beacon Collaboration, Cincinnati Children’s is working with
hospitals and organizations across the community to marshal health information technology to improve asthma care. The Department of Health and Human Services launched the Beacon Community Program in 2010 with grants to 17 communities, which are models for innovation using information technology to tackle leading health problems. The Greater Cincinnati HealthBridge collaboration is focusing on asthma and diabetes.
In March, HealthBridge introduced an ED Admit Alert System that sends electronic alerts to primary care physicians when their patients with asthma or diabetes visit the emergency room in any of 21 area hospitals.
Mona Mansour, MD, heads the Beacon program for the Cincinnati Children’s primary care clinics. She notes that
“having regional alerts made us aware of patients who are eligible for asthma care coordination because of visits to providers outside of the hospital. It allows us to reach out to these patients, regardless of where they go for care.”
All of these initiatives are keeping kids out of the hospital.
Dr. Mansour reports that children admitted to the hospital for asthma are now 50 percent less likely to be readmitted or to be seen in the ED within 30 days, and are 23 percent less likely to return within 90 days. For high-risk children who receive asthma care coordination in our primary care clinics, the average number of days between ED visits or hospital admission has gone from 173 to 325 days.
The numbers are impressive. But nothing is more impressive to Charlotte Long than watching Antonio run through the park.
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The hallmark of a successful organization is being nimble enough to meet the changing needs of the community. That is exactly what the Convalescent Hospital for Children has done for more than 180 years. While it closed its doors as a separate hospital a decade ago, the Convalescent Hospital has opened thousands more doors through its formal partnership with Cincinnati Children’s, bringing hope and healing to children and families in their time of need.
From responding to the needs of children orphaned by a cholera epidemic in the 1830s to providing a resource for children suffering with chronic illnesses in the 1930s; from funding research to battle respiratory distress in premature infants in the 1980s to supporting the underserved needs of patients with mental illness in the 1990s, the Convalescent
Hospital for Children has continuously evolved to meet the most pressing needs of children and teens in our community and beyond.
“Cincinnati Children’s and the Convalescent Hospital for Children have an impressive history of championing the care of children,” says Convalescent Hospital board member Pam Terp. “Today, we are working together to meet the complex needs of young adults with developmental disabilities.”
Project SEARCH is one of the more recent programs to benefit from the support of the Convalescent Hospital. Founded at Cincinnati Children’s more than 15 years ago, Project SEARCH is an internationally recognized job training program for people with significant disabilities.
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The program partners with schools and a diverse cadre of employers to transition students with special needs from high school to meaningful employment. Project SEARCH opens new doors for its graduates and allows them to establish independence and build self-esteem.
“What began with the vision and determination of one person has grown into a program that provides a future and a purpose to thousands of people with disabilities,” says Marie Huenefeld, a Convalescent Hospital board member and strong supporter of Project SEARCH.
“One of the best parts is that so many former Convalescent Hospital children have benefited from the program.”
Convalescent Hospital’s investment in Project SEARCH has been instrumental to its success. Their partnership,
coupled with a passionate program leader and supported by a world-class organization, has created amazing outcomes.
Project SEARCH has expanded to more than 200 programs in hospitals and businesses in 42 states and seven countries. More than 2,500 students participate in the program worldwide each year, with approximately 67 percent obtaining full-time employment by graduation.
“The Convalescent Hospital is very proud to partner with Cincinnati Children’s in this program,” Marie says. “It has been a thrill for all of us connected to Project SEARCH to watch the growth and impact it has had not only in Cincinnati, but across the US and around the world.”
L E F T Project SEARCH founder Erin Riehle, MSN, RN (center), with program graduates (l-r) Eric Johnson, Paul Wilson and Mary Bodle. R I G H T Project SEARCH graduate Jill Frambes works as a sterile processing technician at Cincinnati Children’s.
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PARTNERSHIP
DIFFERENCEM A K E S T H E
As a nonprofit hospital and research center,
Cincinnati Children’s relies on friends like you
to provide hope and healing to the children
and families entrusted to our care.
Your partnership provides seed money to develop
new programs and services. Your support improves
the quality, safety and reliability of pediatric
healthcare. Your investment provides funding
for innovative research to prevent disease,
advance treatments and change the outcome
for children in Cincinnati, across the nation
and around the world.
We are profoundly grateful to those who have
chosen to partner with Cincinnati Children’s
to advance discovery and help bridge what
happens in our research labs into improved
treatments and care. Together, we are
improving child health.
$12,730,129$11,805,512$6,376,775
U N R E S T R I C T E D ( 2 1 % )
Supports the most pressing needs of the medical center.
R E S E A R C H ( 4 1 % )
Advances groundbreaking discoveries that will improve care for kids in our community and around the world.
P A T I E N T C A R E ( 3 8 % )
Provides expert family-centered care to all children entrusted to our care.
T O T A L : $30,912,416
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As a nonprofit hospital and research center, we are grateful for all gifts made to Cincinnati Children’s. Unless otherwise noted, this report lists all donors who gave $500 or more in fiscal year 2012 (July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012). We have made every effort to be accurate and complete with this listing. Should you find an error or omission, please call the Department of Development at 513-636-6347.
Dr. and Mrs. Ira A. Abrahamson Jr.
Ms. Jean L. Abrahamson
American Heart Association
Anonymous (8)
Association of Volunteers
Dr. and Mrs. Richard G. Azizkhan
Patricia Heekin Briggs
Mrs. Lela C. Brown
Buckeye Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. David G. Bunning
Robert Rogan Burchenal Foundation
Estate of Dorothy S. Campbell
Mr. and Mrs. Lee A. Carter
Cincinnati Children’s Employees
The Children’s Heart Association
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals
Cincinnati Center for Developmental Disorders Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Cody Sr.
Mr. Reed L. Coen
The Convalescent Hospital for Children
The Cooperative Society
Dr. and Mrs. Alvin H. Crawford
CURED
Charles H. Dater Foundation
Boomer Esiason Foundation
James M. Ewell Charitable Remainder Trust
Fifth Third Bank
Mrs. Barbara J. Fitch
The Flaherty Family
Food Allergy Initiative
Fondation Leducq
Mr. Robert B. Gardner
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
General Electric Evendale Employees’ Community Service Fund
Emma Margaret Goldman Trust
Estate of Irving Goldman
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Marjory J. Johnson Trust
Ms. Lyn M. Jones
Junior Co-Operative Society
Ida C. Kayser Trust
Robert T. Keeler Foundation
Dorothy M. M. Kersten Trust
Kindervelt of Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Cornerstone ContributorsThese generous supporters have made gifts to Cincinnati Children’s totaling $1 million or more. Because of their partnership, Cincinnati Children’s continues to be a leader among pediatric hospitals. Our research pioneers are changing the way doctors all over the world care for children. Our clinicians are able to provide state-of-the-art, family-centered care, and countless lives have been saved.
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Kohl’s Department Stores
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society- Southern Ohio
The H.B., E.W., and F.R. Luther Charitable Foundation
Ruth Lyons Children’s Fund
March of Dimes Foundation
Marriott International
Dr. and Mrs. Lester W. Martin
Mr.* and Mrs. Manuel D. Mayerson
Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. McLaurin
Dr. and Mrs. C. Nelson Melampy
The Oxley Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Pichler
The Procter & Gamble Fund
Estate of Lova D. Riekert
Estate of Dr. George Rieveschl Jr.
John J. & Mary R. Schiff Foundation
The Robert C. and Adele R. Schiff Family Foundation, Inc.
Estate of Leroy E. Schilling
Roger P. Schlemmer
Charlotte R. Schmidlapp Fund
Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trusts
Marge & Charles J. Schott Foundation
Michael M. Shoemaker Trust
Estate of Louis M. Sloan
Hannah Jo Smith Research for Leukemia Foundation
Estate of Joseph S. Stern Jr.
Estate of Ralph J. Stolle
The Sunshine Charitable Foundation
Mrs. Mary Lou Tecklenburg
Mr. G. Richard Thomas
Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Western & Southern Financial Group Masters
Louise A. Williams Trust
Estate of Louise S. Wilshire
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)–two words that changed Dennis and Ann Flaherty’s life forever. Their son William was diagnosed with this life-threatening immunodeficiency disorder when he was only 3 years old. After a long battle that included a bone marrow transplant, William is now a happy and healthy 8-year-old, but Dennis and Ann haven’t forgotten how daunting the journey to the cure can be.
Determined to find a way to bring more awareness about the newly recognized disorder to the medical community,
to improve care for those diagnosed and to help families facing HLH, the Flahertys have provided seed funding for the HLH Center of Excellence at Cincinnati Children’s. The center is focused on four pillars– research, education, clinical care and family support.
“This center will significantly change the outcome for families facing this disease through earlier detection, treatments and family-focused support,” Dennis says.
“This journey can be extremely dark at times, and the HLH Center of Excellence at Cincinnati Children’s will be a beacon of hope.”
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Mrs. Lela C. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Cody Sr.
CURED
Michael and Suzette Fisher
Food Allergy Initiative
Joseph E. Ghory Allergy Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Liam’s Lighthouse Foundation
Neena Rao Charitable Corporation
John J. & Mary R. Schiff Foundation
The Robert C. and Adele R. Schiff Family Foundation Inc.
Mr. William J. Sinkula
Hannah Jo Smith Research for Leukemia Foundation
Mrs. Mary Lou Tecklenburg
Mr. G. Richard Thomas
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Sophie’s Angel Run LLC.
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Annie Wallingford Anderson Foundation
Elizabeth Mendenhall Anderson Foundation
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Dr. Nathaniel A. Chuang and Dr. Jeannie S. Huang
Clack Foundation Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. Alvin H. Crawford
Mr. and Mrs. Scott J. Hamlin
Mr. and Mrs. Terence L. Horan
Mr. and Mrs. David C. Horn
Richard L. Hunt*
Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Jaquet
Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell S. Meyers
Mrs. Nancy M. Miller
Donald J. Moeggenberg*
Namaste Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin W. Reilly
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Sepela
Rudolph and Marie Simich Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Eric L. Smidt
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Mrs. Jean E. Wommack
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Alpaugh Foundation
Amgis Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D.H. Anning
Individuals and Family FoundationsCincinnati Children’s is able to change the outcome for families because of our long-standing partnership with donors. We thank the many patients, families, staff and friends who have made charitable gifts to support our work. Each and every donor makes a difference in the lives of the families we serve.
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Dr. and Mrs. Ellis Arjmand
Dr. and Mrs. Richard G. Azizkhan
Ted and Kim Beach
Mr. Leonard H. Berenfield
Dr. Janet A. Borcherding
Mr. and Mrs. Brian K. Bourgraf
Mr. and Mrs. Elroy E. Bourgraf Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Bray
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Brennaman
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Cambron
Mr. and Mrs. Lee A. Carter
Dr. and Mrs. Brian D. Coley
Dr. Robin T. Cotton and Ms. Cynthia M. Fitton
The Crosset Family Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Dean
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. DiMarco
The Dodson Foundation Inc.
Dr. Dennis Drotar and Dr. Peggy A. Crawford
Mr. Dee Ellingwood and Ms. Kaycee McGinley
Mrs. Barbara J. Fitch
Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Frank
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Gougeon
Robert Gould Foundation
Mr. Donald L. Grant
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Gusweiler
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton A. Haynes
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Hildbold
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald P. Ipach
Marianne and Donald James
Mr. Brandon J. Janszen
Mrs. Molly E. Kaplan*
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Karsen
Walter and Olivia Kiebach Charitable Foundation Trust
Ellen and Mark Knue
The Ronald Kuntz Family
Denise and John Kuprionis
Dr. C. Dean Kurth
Andrea Lerner Levenson
Dr. Stephen Levitt
LKC Foundation
Jerry and Tyra Markham
Ms. Dee A. Martin
Mrs. Martha H. McGraw
Mr. and Mrs. Gene I. Mesh
Mitch’s Mission
Ms. Gail Norris
Ohio River Valley Combined Federal Campaign
Jane and Rob Portman
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew B. Quinn
Dr.* and Mrs. Joseph L. Rauh
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew S. Ritch
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Robbins
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Robinson
Dr. Frederick C. and Mrs. Susan H. Ryckman
Ms. Donna L. Schiff
Alan and Cheryl Schriber
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Individuals, couples and family foundations that gave $10,000 or more during calendar year 2011, or whose cumulative gifts have exceeded $1 million, are recognized as members of Children’s Circle of Care. Founded in 1995 by North America’s most prestigious children’s hospitals, Children’s Circle of Care honors the major benefactors of the 25 leading pediatric hospitals.
C H I L D R E N ’ S C I R C L E O F C A R E
Skyler Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Smith
Dr. Joseph T. Stegmaier and Mrs. Barbara R. Sporck-Stegmaier
Ms. Elizabeth A. Stautberg
The Robert and Christine Steinmann Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. Still
Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Strange
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard P. Suer
The Sutphin Family Foundation
The Richard H. Sutphin Family Foundation
JS Turner Family Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel von Allmen
Mr. and Mrs. Gary W. Wright
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Yeakle
YOT Full Circle Foundation
$ 5 , 0 0 0 – $ 9 , 9 9 9
Helen T. Andrews Foundation
Anonymous
Dr. Diane S. Babcock
Drs. Wynndel P. Baldock and Elisabeth E. Baldock
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew L. Berman
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Blackmore III
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Brown III
Ms. Madeleine Burmester
Dr. and Mrs. Steven C. Carleton
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald K. Chasteen
Madge Chidlaw*
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel I. Choo
Gerry and Bill Cowlin Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Cummins
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Danis
John & Shirley Davies Foundation
Colin J. Dembo Memorial Foundation
Amy Diamond and Family
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Dineen
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Dunn Jr.
Dr. Nancy K. and Mr. David A. Eddy
Mrs. Trudie R. Ficks
Mrs. Roberta S. Fisher
Donald and Deborah Gilbert
Mrs. Jocelyn H. Glass
Dr. and Mrs. James M. Greenberg
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas T. Gregory
Mr. and Mrs. Harold B. Guttman
Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. Guttman
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Hayden III
Ms. Casey Hilmer
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Hirschfeld
Mr. Michael J. Hoogeveen
Dr. Margaret K. Hostetter
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Johnson
The Raymond C. and Anna T. Johnson Foundation Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Keckeis
George W. and Elizabeth W. Kelly Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Kent
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel E. Kincaid
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Kinman
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Klare
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Koch
Edward T. and Blanche C. Korten Charitable Fund
Arthur and Elizabeth Kuhn Fund
Mr. John E. Lanier and Ms. Jane E. Garvey
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Lukens Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Millard H. Mack
Anne S. and James J. McGraw Jr.
The Mead Foundation
Blanche M. and Herbert A. Metzger Memorial Fund
Mr. James A. Miller
Morgan Family Foundation
Dr. Ardythe L. Morrow and Mr. Kenneth R. Haag
Dr. and Mrs. Martin J. Murphy
Dr. Arthur M. Pancioli and Dr. Rita M. Girard
Nina and Edward Paul
Dr. John P. Perentesis and Dr. Stella M. Davies
Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Rabinowitz
Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Schiff Jr.
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Mrs. Mary Jane Schubert
Schwab Charitable Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin H. Schwartz
The Scoliosis Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Seta
Mr. Jay Shaw
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Singer
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Stein Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Steinman III
Mrs. Barbara E. Stern
Mrs. Mary L. Strutz
Mr. and Mrs. Davis M. Tapp
Mr. Jerome F. Tatar
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Thomson III
Max Richard Thornsbury Foundation
Mr. Alan S. Threlkeld
Mr. and Mrs. Terry L. Tranter
Mr. and Mrs. David I. J. Wang
Mr. Jonathan Zipperstein
$ 2 , 5 0 0 – $ 4 , 9 9 9
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Abbinante
Anonymous
Dr. and Mrs. Mark C. Ault
Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Baughan
Ms. Marty Betagole
Dr. Francis M. Biro and Ms. Nancy L. Bloemer
Mr. and Mrs. Gary S. Bohn
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Bowen
Dr. Lesley L. Breech and Dr. Jack B. Basil
Dr. Rebeccah L. Brown and Mr. Dan O. Jones
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Brown Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Danny R. Brummett-Mason
Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Citrone
Mr. William C. Clasen and Ms. Kathleen Winter
Mr. Robert L. Collins
Dr. Sandra J. Degen and Dr. Jay L. Degen
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Donelan Jr.
Ms. Sonia L. Donoher
Dr. Lorah D. Dorn
Mr. and Mrs. David F. Dougherty
Mr. and Mrs. David W. Ellis III
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Enneking III
Ms. Margaret A. Everist
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne I. Fanta
Dr. and Mrs. Michael K. Farrell
Mrs. Sandy L. Fritz
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Gentner
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew T. Hanson
Mrs. Phyllis Harlow
John and Carrie Hayden Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Helpling
Mr. Aaron Hempfling
Dr. Cheryl L. Hoying and Mr. Joseph L. Hoying
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Jaeger
Mr. Thomas A. Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Terry S. Karageorges
Ms. Joyce J. Keeshin
Mr. and Mrs. Roy C. Kiessling
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Klare
Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Koch
Jay and Karen Kratz
Dr. Catherine L. Krawczeski and Mr. Richard A. Krawczeski
Mr. Michael Kresser
Dr. Ann W. Kummer
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher D. Lah IV
Mr. John LaRocca
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey W. Lazarow
Mr. Jie Li
Dr. and Mrs. Philip K. Lichtenstein
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas P. Loftus
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Lovell
Dr. and Mrs. Francesco T. Mangano
Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Mattis
Mr. Ken May
Dr. Jaclyn W. McAlees and Mr. Marcus McAlees
Dr. and Mrs. John E. McCall
Mr. and Mrs. George M. Menyhert
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Mr. Steven Messer
Mr. Peter D. Morey and Dr. Bernadette L. Koch
Ms. Anne K. Morton
Mr. Todd Moss
Dr. and Mrs. Louis J. Muglia
Dr. and Mrs. Charles M. Myer III
Mr. and Mrs. Suresh Nirody
Mr. James R. Office
The Richard and Dorothy Pandorf Foundation
Mr. Ian Pinales
Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Preston
Drs. John and Judy Racadio
Mr. Raja Ram
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Rauh
Mr. William R. Remke
Ms. Erin Riehle
Rose Family Fund
Mrs. Susan Rutkowski
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Saporito
Mr. and Mrs. Morgan S. Schafer
Mr. and Mrs. Brett Schappacher
Mr. Matt Schmitz
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey N. Schner
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory W. Schube
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald S. Skidmore
Catharine S. Smith, C. Kenneth Smith, and Philip S. Smith Family Fund
Dr. Parke G. and Dorothy M. Smith Foundation
The Philip Smith Foundation
Mrs. Violet K. Solomon
Mr. and Mrs. Russell L. Speed
Dr. Lori J. Stark and Mr. Eric A. Grohsgal
Mr. Daryl Strother
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Sullivan
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Sylvester
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Sylvester
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas T. Terp
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas U. Todd
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Towbin
Ms. Robin Uhl
Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Valentine
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Van Der Horst
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Whitsett
Mr. Brian R. Wildman
Mr. and Mrs. Jay V. Wittenbaum
$ 1 , 0 0 0 – $ 2 , 4 9 9
Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Able
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Acklen
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Adams
Dr. Evaline A. Alessandrini and Mr. Thomas F. Alloy
Dr. Raouf S. Amin and Dr. Amal H. Assa’ad
Mr. Robert A. Anderle
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Anderson Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Rob H. Anning II
Anonymous (3)
Mr.* and Mrs. Neil A. Armstrong
Mr. and Mrs. James Barter
Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Bauer
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Baverman Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Beard
Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Beckman
Mrs. Cindi Bedinghaus
Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Beiting
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Beiting
Mrs. Lois G. Benjamin
Mr. Richard L. Betagole
Mr. Travis Bible
Drs. David and Elaine Billmire
Mr. and Mrs. Erik Bjerke
Dr. Melodie G. Blacklidge and Mr. Kenneth Dunn
Mr. Thomas H. Blalock
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Blanton
Mr. and Mrs. Arlen D. Bockhorn
Mr. and Mrs. Damon D. Bowling
Mr. and Mrs. James P. Boyce
Dr. Rebecca C. Brady
Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Branson
Mrs. Eleanor J. Brenan
Dr. Maria T. Britto
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron L. Broomall
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Mr. and Mrs. Douglas S. Brown
Mr. James M. Brown
Mr. James W. Brown
Dr. Pamela I. Brown
Bruce Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Brummett
Mrs. Cynthia Burnett
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Burns
Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Buttari
Mr. and Mrs. Kerry R. Byrne
Mr. Michael Camacci and Ms. Diana L. Collins
Mrs. Tiffanne Campbell
Mr. Stephen S. Campbell
Mr. Thomas J. Cash
Ms. Susanne M. Cassidy
Ms. Carrie A. Cassis
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Cebo
Mr. and Mrs. Scott L. Chandler
Dr. Barbara A. Chini and Mr. Paul V. Janavicius
Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Cirino
Dr. Douglas F. Clapp
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Cochran
Dr. Mitchell B. Cohen and Dr. Morissa Cohen
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Collins
Dr. Beverly L. Connelly
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Cook
Mr. and Mrs. Dannah J. Crosby
Dr. Michael H. Cynamon and Ms. Wendy Ressler
Ms. Sarah Dailey
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton C. Daley Jr.
Lewis and Marjorie Daniel Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Darlington
Mr. and Mrs. Shailaja Datla
Mrs. Katharine M. Davis
Dr. and Mrs. Adekunle H. Dawodu
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Dearing
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. DelGrande
Mr. and Mrs. Randall L. Delk
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel H. Demmerle II
Mr. and Mrs. Paul DeNicolo
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew E. DeWitt
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas G. DeWitt
Mr. and Mrs. William O. DeWitt Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. David W. Deye
Dr. and Mrs. Scott E. Dillingham
Dr. Mark S. Dine
Alex Dinkel Foundation
Mr. James R. Doellman
Mr. and Mrs. Michael V. Downing
Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. Dworjanyn
Ms. Lalita Duggal
Mr. Darryl Echoles
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Eckerle
Mr. and Mrs. Ian S. Edwards
Mr. and Mrs. Barry N. Ehrnschwender
Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Elder
Gene and Neddie Mae Elkus Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Elms
Employees of Cincinnati Children’s who give $1,000 or more in a fiscal year are recognized as members of the William K. Schubert, MD, Society. Named for the beloved and greatly missed pediatrician and dedicated leader of the medical center, this society honors those who follow Dr. Schubert’s example of generous philanthropic support.
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Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Falcone Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Vincent Faris
Ms. Jena Feichtner
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Feldmann
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Finn
Mr. and Mrs. Marc E. Flick
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Fogarty
Mr. and Mrs. William W. Ford III
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Forrester
Mr. Gary Franke
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Frebis
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Frey
Dr. and Mrs. Harry F. Fry
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher S. Frye
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Fussinger
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Gaskey
Ms. Joan M. Gates
Dr. and Mrs. Rodney P. Geier
Dr. Michael J. and Dr. Janelle A. Gelfand
Mr. Kevin E. Gessner
Mr. and Mrs. Karl J. Gieseke
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Giesler
Ms. Barbara L. Glassmeyer
Ms. Julie M. Glassmeyer and Mr. Paul D. Berlage
Dr. and Mrs. Jack L. Gluckman
Mrs. Deane B. Godfrey
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Goering
Mrs. Kimberly Goins
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin C. Gold
Mrs. Amanda J. Goldsmith
Dr. and Mrs. Stuart L. Goldstein
Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Goodwin
Mr. and Mrs. Bradley M. Govert
Mr. Louis C. Graeter II
Mr. and Mrs. Michal L. Grau
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Gribbell
Mr. Thomas W. Griffiths
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Haas
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Habel
Ms. Jamilah Hackworth
Mr. and Mrs. Gary G. Hagopian
Hainline Family Foundation
Ms. Joy E. Hamilton
Mr. and Mrs. Jason E. Hammann
Ms. Michele Hanson
Ms. Roberta S. Harding
Dr. Parameswaran Hariharan and Dr. Lalitha Hariharan
Robert & Helen Harmony Fund For Needy Children
Mr. Danny D. Harris
Mr. and Mrs. John Hartz
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Hastings
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher S. Hatcher
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Hausfeld
Mr. and Mrs. Keith A. Hazlewood
Ms. Mary Maureen Heekin
Mr. Paul Heiman
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey K. Heinichen
Dr. and Mrs. Michael A. Helmrath
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Hemingway
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Henize
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Henke
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Herman
The Herzog-Beckman Foundation
Mr. Ronald G. Hess
Dr. and Mrs. James E. Heubi
Mr. Ron Hicks and Ms. Michele Fronckiewicz
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Hill
Mr. and Mrs. Max W. Hillman Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Harlyn J. Hubers
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Hughes
Mrs. Martha G. Huheey
Ms. Mary Jo Hutchins
Ms. Tracy Inman
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Irvine
Mr. and Mrs. Brian R. Jacob
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jarnicki
Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Jinks
Dr. and Mrs. Alan H. Jobe
Mrs. Arlyn T. Johnson
Ms. Patricia A. Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Rick L. Johnson
Mr. Robert A. Johnston
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Mr. and Mrs. Tony L. Johnston
Dr. and Mrs. Blaise V. Jones
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Josephic
The Juilfs Foundation
Dr. Karen A. Kalinyak and Mr. Joseph G. Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Carl F. Kalnow
Mr. and Mrs. Bill E. Katz
Ms. Stacy Katz
Dr. and Mrs. Andrew V. Kayes
Dr. and Mrs. Gary L. Keller
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Kerechek
Mr. Stephen J. Knox and Ms. Betsy Kiley
Mr. and Mrs. Steven C. Kimball
Dr. Eileen C. King and Mr. Dennis W. King
Dr. and Mrs. John W. Klekamp
Ariana Knue
Carly Knue
Zachary Knue
Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Koch
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Koenig
Mr. and Mrs. Chase M. Kohn
Mr. and Mrs. Curt W. Koslovsky
Dr. Alice Kreisle and Mr. Jon Bormet
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Krier
Mr. Gerard Kroger
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Kroner
Susan and Roy Kulick
Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. Laden
Mr. Chris D. Lahna
Dr. Tal Laor
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lapinsky
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Larson
Ms. Michele Laumer
Mr. and Mrs. Simati L. Laupola
Mr. Eric Lavender
Mr. Ernest Lawhorn
Ms. Ruth Lebow
Mr. William T. Lecher
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Leikhim
Dr. and Mrs. Marc A. Levitt
Mrs. Barbara G. Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Litmer
Dr. Mitchel D. Livingston and Mrs. Carol Livingston
Mr. John J. Locaputo
Ms. M. Anne Longo
Dr. Sarah L. Lopper and Mr. Jeffrey A. Lopper
Mr. George B. Lott and Ms. Barbara N. Wurth
Mrs. Elizabeth Lovett Grover
Dr. Maurizio Macaluso
Mr. and Mrs. Carlos F. Mahaffey
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Mailender
Mr. David B. Malik
Dr. Mona E. Mansour
Mr. and Mrs. Randall G. Marsh
Mr. and Mrs. Luke S. Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander R. Marx
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton L. Mathile
Mr. and Mrs. Brian May
Mr. and Mrs. Joshua K. Mayers
Dr. and Mrs. David C. Mayhaus
Dr. and Mrs. John J. McAuliffe III
Mr. John McCann
Dr. and Mrs. James J. McCarthy
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin T. McCormick
Mr. and Mrs. Mark B. McDonald
Mr. Robert W. McDonald
Mr. Powell McHenry
Ms. Vicki M. McIver
Ms. Sharon M. McLeod
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel McLinden
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. McMahon III
Dr. Charles T. Mehlman and Dr. Elsira M. Pina
Mrs. Jodi Meister
Dr. and Mrs. C. Nelson Melampy
Ms. Kristin R. Melton
Ms. Patricia L. Messmer
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew J. Meyer
Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Millar
Mr. and Mrs. J. Michael Miller
Mr. Kelly T. Miller
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J O E A N D S U S A N P I C H L E R
Ms. Maura L. Moran
Mr. George E. Morgan III
Dr. and Mrs. Michael L. Mucenski
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Muething
Mr. and Mrs. Alan W. Mullins
Dr. Joel N. Myers
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Myers
Mr. Jason W. Napora and Ms. Alison Momeyer
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy E. Needham
Dr. David P. Nelson
Mr. and Mrs. Hale Newman
Ms. Laura C. Nixon
Mr. and Mrs. John Nordmeyer
Ms. Debbie H. Ogden
Ms. Lynn R. Olman
Mr. and Mrs. David B. O’Maley
Mrs. Christine Opdycke
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Palermo Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Panioto Jr.
Dr. Ruben Papoian and Ms. Lynn Briggs
Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Pappenheimer Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Parker
Dr. Alice A. Passer and Mr. Barry I. Krieger
Dr. and Mrs. William S. Pease
Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Pence
Mrs. Sandra S. Perry
Mr. and Mrs. James P. Pilcher
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Planes Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Kim F. Pleggenkuhle
Ms. Carrie Pollick
Mr. Jay R. Purdy
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin E. Quill
Ms. Judith R. Ragsdale
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Rands
Mr. and Mrs. Doug B. Rawlings
Red Bird Hollow Foundation
Dr. Pramod P. Reddy and Dr. Usha P. Reddy
Richard D. Reis Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory W. Renzenbrink
Mrs. Gayle P. Riemer
Mr. and Mrs. Brad A. Rife
Dr. Isidro Risma and Dr. Kimberly A. Risma
Mr. and Mrs. Eppa Rixey IV
Mr. and Mrs. Danny L. Roark
Reuben B. Robertson Foundation
Dr. Nicole C. Robinson and Dr. Bryce Robinson
Joe and Susan Pichler have known many families whose children have received exceptional care at Cincinnati Children’s, often for conditions that require sophisticated analysis and treatment. These experiences led them to talk with Arnold Strauss, MD, chair of the Department of Pediatrics, who told them of the critical need to expand treatment programs for children and teens suffering from
mental illness, an area of medicine that is often underserved and underfunded. The Pichlers responded with a significant gift in support of the Partial Hospitalization Program, which provides inpatient therapeutic care for children and adolescents in a daily, nine-hour program that allows them to go home to their families each night.
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Mr. Tim and The Honorable Kathleen Rodenberg
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Rogers
Ms. Nicole R. Rotunno and Mr. Robert F. Rogas
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Rutherford
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Rutz
Dr. and Mrs. Howard M. Saal
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony C. Saladonis
Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Saxion
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Saxton
Ms. Anne Scharff
Mr. and Mrs. Alan M. Schell
Ms. Mary A. Schell
Mr. Thomas R. Schiff
Mr. and Mrs. Alan G. Schmidt
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Schmitz
Dr. David P. Schor and Ms. Susan M. Elek
Mr. John T. Schwierling Jr.
Ms. Elizabeth Schumacher
Ms. Mary Beth Schutter
Mr. Christopher M. Scowden
Dr. Robert A. Shapiro and Ms. Elaine E. Fink
Ms. Julie Ann Shaw
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Shelton
Mr. John M. Shepherd
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Sims
Mr. Steve M. Singer
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Singleton
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Sluzewski
John G. Smale*
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Smallwood
Mr. Christopher J. Smith
Solomon/Rau Family
Dr. and Mrs. Imre Solti
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Sowar Jr.
Paul and Karen Sparling
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Spohr
Dr. and Mrs. S. Andrew Spooner
Dr. and Mrs. Paul E. Steele
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Steinert
Dr. Mark C. Steinhoff
Ms. Yvonne E. Stepter
Mrs. Amy Stoll
Dr. and Mrs. Arnold W. Strauss
Mr. Richard Stuart
Mr. and Mrs. Gail R. Stultz
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Sullivan
Ms. Kathleen M. Sullivan
Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Sullivan III
Ms. Regina C. Surgener
Dr. Alexandra Szabova
Dr. Nicole M. Tepe and Mr. Matthew Wortman
Mr. James W. Thompson
Mr. Robert W. Thompson
Ms. Terri L. Thrasher
Mr. Timothy M. Timmers
Ms. Patricia M. Tobergte
Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Tobias
Dr. Joseph C. Todd
Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Townsend
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn A. Travis
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony M. Sansalone
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Turner Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Tyger
Dr. Judith B. Van Ginkel
Mr. Herbert L. Venable and Ms. Julia Abell
Carl S. and Stephanie M. Vorhoff
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher and Kathleen Vuturo
Susan Wade Murphy
Mr. James T. Walker and Ms. Kathleen A. Furlong
Mr. and Mrs. Jason A. Walker
Mr. Richie Walker
Mr. and Mrs. John Waltz
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Ward
Dr. Gary D. Webb
Mr. and Mrs. Brian A. Webb
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew A. Webster
The Weichert Kranbuhl Family Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Derek Wheeler
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Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Wick
Mrs. Joyce R. Wilhelm
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Willett
Dr. and Mrs. J. Paul Willging
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne A. Williams
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Wilson
Mrs. Roberta Winters
Mr. David Wiser
Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Witte
Dr. and Mrs. Edward J. Wnek
Ms. Gin L. Wong
Wood-Byer Foundation
Dr. Linda L. Workman
Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Yauss
Marilyn and Thomas Zemboch
Mr. James Zenni
Ms. Sharon E. Ziegler
$ 5 0 0 – $ 9 9 9
Ms. Ngqika Abdul-Khabir
Dr. Denise M. Adams and Mr. Christopher S. Adams
Mrs. Ruth Adams
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Aglamesis
Dr. and Mrs. Henry T. Akinbi
Mrs. Sharon L. Andersen
Ms. Michelle L. Annis
Anonymous (2)
Mrs. Wilma D. Anthony
Dr. and Mrs. Bruce J. Aronow
Dr. Cindy J. Bachurski
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Bankes
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard M. Barbash
Ms. Cheryl D. Bauer
Mr. Richard L. Bere
Mrs. Mildred Berning
Mrs. Arlene Bertellotti
Mrs. Janet Betts
Mr. Mark S. Bever and Ms. Nancy J. Burns
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Beyer Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Jorge A. Bezerra
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas S. Bible
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Bitter
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Booth
Mrs. Monica Borell
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald R. Borgman
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Bosse
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bost
Ms. Mary A. Bowling
Ms. Catherine O. Bradford
Dr. and Mrs. Kim Brady
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Brant
Mr. Mark Brasington
Mr. Stephen Breech
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome A. Brehm
Mr. John W. Brod
Dr. and Mrs. Alan S. Brody
Dr. Daniel T. Brown and Mr. Mark R. Haggard
Dr. Jennifer M. Brown and Mr. Richard T. Brown
Ms. Kim R. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Larry J. Brueshaber
Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Brunner
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Bryen
Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Buchheit
Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Burlingham
Ms. Jessica H. Byerly
Dr. Donita Bylski-Austrow
Dr. Marc M. Cahay
Ms. Barbara Campbell
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Carpenter
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Cassidy III
Mr. and Mrs. Ryan K. Chambers
Mr. Weiguo Chen
Mr. and Mrs. Kyle M. Chirico
Mr. Kevin M. Clark
Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Cloughessy
Mr. Timothy J. Collins
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cooper
Ms. Melinda S. Corcoran
Mr. and Mrs. Gary G. Cox
Dr. and Mrs. Edward J. Crane
Mr. John Craynon
Dr. and Mrs. Michael D. Crenshaw
Dr. Gail Croall and Mr. David T. Croall
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Dr. and Mrs. Kerry R. Crone
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Curran III
Mr. and Mrs. John Curro
Mr. and Mrs. Terry L. Davies
Mr. and Mrs. Craig M. Davis
Mrs. Kathleen G. Davis
Dr. and Mrs. Alessandro de Alarcon
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Decker
Dr. William R. DeFoor and Dr. Catherine A. DeFoor
Mr. and Mrs. James K. Dempsey III
Ms. Dawn M. Denno
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey DeRossette
Dr. Peter Dickie
Mr. Richard Dobson
Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Dobson
Mrs. Clarissa C. Doggett
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Dolan
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Dole
Ms. Lisa Dorriere
Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Doyle Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Driscoll
Mr. and Mrs. Gary G. Drook
Mr. and Mrs. Dana M. DuBois
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher A. Dyer
Ms. Stephanie Ebken
Ms. Elli Edwards and Mr. Michael Scarpa
Mr. and Mrs. W. Charles Ehlers
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Elder
Dr. and Mrs. Ravindhra G. Elluru
Mr. Gilbert Embry
Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. English
Mr. Jeffrey Engram
Dr. Kelly T. Epplen and Mr. Michael F. Epplen
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Fagin II
Ms. Karen Fahlgren
The Farmer Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory M. Feary
Mrs. Robin L. Felty
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Fisher
Mr. and Mrs. Marc D. Fisher
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Florko
Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy D. Focht
Mr. and Mrs. Earl D. Folker
Mr. and Mrs. David E. Foxx
Mr. Steven L. Frank
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Freiberger
Mr. Alan P. French
Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Fritz
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Gahl
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence R. Gamblin
Mrs. Susanne E. Geier
Mr. John B. Goering
Mrs. Dolores S. Goldfinger
Mr. Jack Goldsmith
Ms. Kathleen Good
Ms. Erin Gore
Dr. and Mrs. Jack W. Gottschalk
The Charles M. Grant Foundation
Mr. Joseph N. Green
Dr. and Mrs. John H. Greinwald Jr.
Mr. James M. Grodnick
Mr. Charles R. Grone
Dr. Neera Gulati
Dr. D. Robert Haas
Beth Joanna Habbert Memorial Fund
Mr. and Mrs. David W. Hammer
Mr. and Mrs. David E. Hampton
Mr. and Mrs. James N. Harjo Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Hartman
Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Hartman
Mr. and Mrs. Steven R. Hartman
The Hayden Foundation
Dr. Daniel Heffernan
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony E. Helton
Colonel and Mrs. Thomas Henwood
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald L. Heringer
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher N. Herrell
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory L. Herrin
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore F. Herschede
Dr. Andrew D. Hershey and Dr. Gurjit Khurana Hershey
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey G. Hester
Mr. Donald Hiler
Mr. John J. Hill
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Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Hoel
Mr. and Mrs. David D. Hoguet
Mr. and Mrs. Irving W. Horowitz
Mr. and Mrs. Terry L. House
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Huesing
Ms. Elizabeth J. Hunt
Dr. Lisa L. Hunter and Mr. Richard W. Smolak
Mr. John M. Isidor and Ms. Sandra P. Kaltman
Ms. Janet Jacob
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Jeanmougin
Dr. Clinton H. Joiner and Dr. Mary E. Frederickson
Ms. Diane B. Jokerst
Mr. and Mrs. Leighton Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Junga
Mr. Paul Justice
Dr. and Mrs. Suhas G. Kallapur
Dr. Geraldine M. Kaminski
Mr. and Mrs. Garrett A. Kamstra
Mrs. Olga D. Kanuschak
Ms. Lisa Keegan
Ms. Lisa K. Keehan
Mr. Thomas K. Keehan
Mrs. Barbara Keeling
Ms. Lisa A. Kellar
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Keller
Mr. Paul A. Kelly
Mr. Kenneth Kemen
Mr. Michael R. Kemer
Mr. Steven Kenat and Ms. Heidi B. Jark
Mr. James R. Kimmel
Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. King
Ms. Angela Kinstler
Ms. Shawna K. Kirkendall
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Kitzmiller
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Klare
Mr. Barry S. Klein and Ms. Dawn M. Denno
Ms. Lori S. Klug
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Koenig
Mrs. Christina S. Kohnen
Mrs. Suzanne Kopcha
Mr. Mark U. Krone
Ms. Tina M. Kroovand
Dr. and Mrs. Darcy A. Krueger
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Kuhlman
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Kuhr Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Samir Kulkarni
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Kuy
Mr. and Mrs. Andrej P. Kyselica
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Lamendola
Mr. Matthew G. Lanier
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Lawson
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. LeBlond
Mr. and Mrs. Guenter Lensges
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Leser
Dr. and Mrs. Ronald S. Levin
Mr. and Mrs. Ozzie Levine
Mr. and Mrs. James I. Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Leyritz
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Little
Mr. Mark Lloyd
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Lobono
Mr. and Mrs. Leon H. Loewenstine Sr.
Mr. Terrence Loftus
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin L. Logemann
Mr. Joseph Lohre
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Lohrer
Dr. Jason T. Long
Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Louis
Mr. and Mrs. Ted M. Lucien
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Lunsford
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher G. Lutz
Mr. Eric Mailloux
Dr. Janine C. Malone and Mr. Joseph A. Malone
Dr. and Mrs. Peter B. Manning
Mr. and Mrs. Eric M. Markus
Dr. Lisa J. Martin and Mr. Chad J. Martin
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Martindell
Dr. and Mrs. Jack Matyas
Dr. and Mrs. Todd A. Maugans
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas C. Maxwell
Mr. Tony Mazzone
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Mr. and Mrs. William G. McBrayer III
Ms. Mara M. McClellan
Mr. Edward L. McClure
Mr. Scott McDermott and Ms. Shannon Studebaker
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. McEwan
Mr. Sarah McGough
Mr. and Mrs. Larry T. McGruder
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. McKee
Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. McNamara
Meisel Family Foundation Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Mercurio
Dr. Arnold C. Merrow
Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Meyer
Dr. Linda J. Michaud
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Middendorf
Mr. Alexander P. Miller
Ms. Judith E. Miller
Mr. Nicholas P. Miller and Ms. Hillery A. Banawitz
Mrs. Arlene F. Mitchell
Mrs. Judy A. Moermond
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Monroe
Mr. Richard T. Morgan
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Morris Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Moskowitz
Mrs. Marjorie Motch
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Nelson
Mrs. Jenifer Neltner
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Neville
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Newell
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Newton
Mr. and Mrs. Simon C. Nielsen III
Dr. Orly Ben-Yoav Nobel and Mr. Robert Nobel
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Noll Jr.
Mrs. Diana L. Nordling
Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Nordloh
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Nymberg
Mr. Michael F. O’Connor
Ms. Mandy O’Leary
Mr. Michael E. Ollinger
Dr. Lauren R. Ostling
Mr. and Mrs. James Overbey
Mr. Richard A. Padgett
Mr. James Page
Dr. Shobana Pandian and Dr. Joseph Eapen
Paroz Family Foundation
Dr. Peter Pathrose
Mr. Mario Patino
Mr. and Mrs. David W. Peck
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Pepper Jr.
Mrs. Dorothy H. Perlman
David and Nancy Wolf have a theory about the secret of our success, and they want to share that with children around the globe. “A special passion exists at Cincinnati Children’s,” David says. “Nancy and I have seen it in every doctor, nurse and staff member. We want doctors and researchers from across the world to experience that passion and carry it on to their patients.” Through a generous
gift, the Wolfs have funded an opportunity for doctors from Israel to do just that. The David and Nancy Wolf Israel Exchange Training Program provides top medical students from Israel with the opportunity to spend time at Cincinnati Children’s learning from our world-class physicians and researchers, impacting an exponential number of doctors and patients from across the world.
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Dr. and Mrs. Michael D. Scheiber
Mr. and Mrs. Steven C. Schlachter
Dr. Mary W. Schley
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Schmidt
Mr. Robert C. Kanter and Dr. Rosemary E. Schmidt
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Schmidt
Mr. John H. Schnehain
Mr. Eugene Schneider
Mrs. Joan E. Schraml
Ms. Margie Scruggs
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Searfoss
Ms. Sylvia F. Sears
Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Sebens
Mr. Sai Shankarlingam and Mrs. Anitha T. Panchanathan
Mr. and Mrs. Manivakkam J. Shanker
Mr. and Mrs. Brian W. Pfeiffer
Dr. Jannel Phillips
Mrs. Vivian Planck
Mr. and Mrs. Sanford H. Pliskin
Ms. Eveline A. Poe
Mr. and Mrs. Barry S. Porter
Mr. Mark E. Potticary
Mr. and Mrs. Randy Potts
Mr. J. Dale Proffitt
Mr. Adam Puccini
Mr. Christopher Puckett
Mr. and Mrs. William W. Pugh
Ms. Doreen A. Quinn
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Raible Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Raines
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Rechtin
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory E. Reder
Mr. and Mrs. Sean D. Rice
Dr. and Mrs. Ward R. Rice
Mr. Kenneth Richardson
Ms. Terri A. Roberts
Mr. and Mrs. Stacey M. Robinson
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Robke
Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Roeder
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence C. Rohling
Dr. and Mrs. Marc E. Rothenberg
Mr. Ricardo Ruiz
Mrs. Jennifer Ruschman
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Russell
Mr. and Mrs. Brian M. Russell
Dr. Michael Rutter
Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Saalfeld
Mr. and Mrs. R. Daniel Sadlier
Mr. and Mrs. Jason T. Saskowsky
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Mr. and Mrs. Scott Sheffer
Dr. Sally R. Shott and Mr. Andrew M. Shott
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. Simon
Ms. Melody L. Siska
Mr. Drew L. Smith
Dr. and Mrs. Hugh C. Smith Jr.
Dr. Teresa A. Smolarek
Mr. R. J. Solway
Mr. Robert D. Sommer
Mr. J.D. Spahn
Mr. Randal Spear
Mr. Peter Spreen
Dr. Mary A. Staat
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Stecher
Steenberg Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Bertram H. Steinhard
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry D. Stephenson
Ms. Janine Stockmeier
Mrs. Caroline F. Sutphin
Mrs. Jean W. Sutphin
Mr. Richard Sutphin
Dr. Mary E. Sutton
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Taylor
Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Taylor
Mr. Nicholas Teegarden
Dr. and Mrs. Roger E. Teller
Dr. Nathan Timm and Dr. Kimberly Daly
Mr. J. Raphael Tincher
Mr. James N. Trumble II
Mr. and Mrs. William Tsacalis
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin T. Tunney
Ms. Molly Vance
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Vanderschueren
Ms. Sue M. Vanney
Mr. and Mrs. Drew Verdecchia
Dr. Marty O. Visscher
Dr. Brian E. Volck and Dr. Jill S. Huppert
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Vonderhaar
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery J. Waggoner
Ms. Judith A. Walsh
Mr. George W. Webb
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Weiper
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert B. Weiss
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Wendling
Ms. Mary Sue Wentzel
Mr. Barton Weprin
Mr. Thomas E. Wheat and Ms. Anne E. McGrath
Ms. Katrina White
Mr. Roger B. White and Mrs. Marsha K. Lee-White
Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Wilhelm
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory K. Williams
Ms. Tabitha Williamson
Mr. Steven R. Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Wittenbaum
Dr. Yan Xu
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Yarger
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Young
Mrs. Layel Zelazny
Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Zengel
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Ziegler
Ms. Maria Zigmunt
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Zimmerly
M A K I N G A D I F F E R E N C E
“Our family chose to help Cincinnati Children’s because it was a smart investment. They had the
infrastructure in place needed to make a meaningful impact on the disease. We knew our investment
would yield results.” K A R E N P H I L I P , T H E B U C K E Y E F O U N D A T I O N
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Dr. and Mrs. Ira A. Abrahamson Jr.
Ms. Jean L. Abrahamson
Dr. and Mrs. Richard I. Abrahamson
Dr. Ann L. Akeson
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Allen
Mr. Robert A. Anderle
Mr. James M. Anderson and Reverend Marjorie C. Anderson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D.H. Anning
Ms. Carole J. Arend
Dr. and Mrs. Bruce J. Aronow
Dr. and Mrs. Richard G. Azizkhan
Dr. Diane S. Babcock
Dr. Earladeen D. Badger
Mrs. Elaine H. Baverman*
Dr. and Mrs. Corning Benton
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Beshear
Dr. Francis M. Biro and Ms. Nancy L. Bloemer
David D. Black*
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Blinn
Mrs. Beatrice Bluestein
Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Blum
Dr. Thomas and Dr. Barbara Boat
Dr. Janet A. Borcherding
Mr. and Mrs. Elroy E. Bourgraf Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Bradbury
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. Bratburd
Mrs. Mary E. Briggs
Mrs. Lela C. Brown
Robert Rogan Burchenal Foundation
Mr. Peter W. Bushelman
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Cambron
Mr. and Mrs. Lee A. Carter
Department of Surgical Services, Cincinnati Children’s
Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Cincinnati Children’s
Dr. Douglas F. Clapp
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Cochran
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Cody Sr.
Mr. Reed L. Coen
Mrs. Charlene F. Combs
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Conner
Mrs. Lois A. Cooper
Dr. Robin T. Cotton and Ms. Cynthia M. Fitton
Dr. and Mrs. Alvin H. Crawford
Mrs. Geraldine Crawford
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Daniels
Mrs. Barbara R. DeGarmo
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Deitschel Jr.
Dr. Alexander M. Della Bella
Mrs. Barbara Dellerman
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas G. DeWitt
Mr. and Mrs. William O. DeWitt Jr.
Ms. Audrey J. Dick
Ms. Lynne Downs
Ms. Jane R. Dummer
Mr. and Mrs. Todd M. Duncan
Ms. Donna S. Eby
Dr. and Mrs. Franklin J. Edge
Mrs. Joan T. Ehas
The William Cooper Procter Society recognizes and honors friends of Cincinnati Children’s who inform us that they have included the medical center in their will, estate plan or other deferred gift arrangement. Named in memory of Colonel Procter, whose visionary gift established our research endowment, this society acknowledges these generous individuals who have chosen to leave a legacy to improve children’s lives for generations to come.
William Cooper Procter Society
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“Anything you can do to get involved with Cincinnati Children’s is a privilege,” says Tom Cody, chairman of the Cincinnati Children’s Board of Trustees. In addition to his institutional leadership, Tom and his wife Mary Ellen are passionate philanthropists who are leading by example through their generous support of the Heart Institute. The institutes at Cincinnati Children’s are grounded on three mainstays–clinical care, research
and education. The Codys’ gift will impact all three. In addition to supporting continuing education for the institute’s pediatric cardiac specialists, it will also expand the Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Program. VADs are mechanical pumps used to keep patients alive while they wait for heart transplants, and they are also being studied as a treatment to repair cardiac muscle damage, reducing the number of patients needing heart transplants.
Ms. Anna M. Elsasser
Ms. Gladys R. Elsasser
Mr. and Mrs. Mark G. Essig
Mr. and Mrs. David Falk
Dr. and Mrs. Michael K. Farrell
Ms. Terri J. Feie
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Fillion
Mr. Michael D. Finch
Michael and Suzette Fisher
Mrs. Barbara J. Fitch
Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon R. Flowers
Dr. and Mrs. Harold Fogelson
Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Frank
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Friedlander
Mr. Robert B. Friedman
Lillian M. Fritz
Dr. and Mrs. William M. Fye
Mrs. Willa M. Garner
Ms. Alice M. Geier
Mrs. Susanne E. Geier
Dr. John A. Gennantonio and Dr. Margretta E. Gennantonio
Dr. and Mrs. Roger G. Giesel
Ms. Gladys R. Glassmeyer
Mrs. Dolores S. Goldfinger
Mr. Wayne C. Gover
Dr. and Mrs. Gregory A. Grabowski
Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord R. Gross
Mr. Raymond J. Haarman
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred P. Hallam
Mrs. Margaret H. Hamer
Mr. and Mrs. Scott J. Hamlin
Mrs. Marilyn H. Harra
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Hatala
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hayden
Dr. and Mrs. Richard B. Heyman
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Hildbold
Mrs. Kathleen L. Hill
Mr. and Mrs. Roy D. Hockney
Mrs. Barbara Hoekenga
Ms. Marion R. Holthaus
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace R. Holzman Jr.
Ms. Shawn Hooper
Mr. and Mrs. Terence L. Horan
Mr. and Mrs. Jason Humphreys
Mr. Richard L. Hunt*
Dr. and Mrs. Joe F. Inman
Ms. Barbara A. Jackson
Dr. Richard L. Jackson and Dr. Judith A. Harmony
Mrs. Betty K. Johnson
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Ms. Lyn M. Jones
Mrs. Mildred A. Jones
Ms. Margaret H. Jung
Dr. Mark A. Kahn
Mrs. Olga D. Kanuschak
Mrs. Molly E. Kaplan*
Mrs. Marie C. Katzenstein
Dr. and Mrs. Emanuel Kauder
Mr. Aloysius F. Keller
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Kimball
Mr. Allen J. King
Ms. Patricia Kisker*
Mrs. Margaret W. Kite
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Koetters
Mrs. Gladys M. Kurtz
Dr. Beatrice C. Lampkin
Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Lerer
Dr. and Mrs. James L. Lessard
Dr. Joseph E. Levinson and Dr. Sophia M. Levinson
Dr. and Mrs. Philip K. Lichtenstein
Mr. Thomas A. Long* and Dr. Ann R. Gelke
Dr. John R. Liu and Ms. Kari A. Jodal
Dr. Jennifer M. Loggie
Mr. George B. Lott and Ms. Barbara N. Wurth
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Lyons
Mr. and Mrs. Millard H. Mack
Dr. Harold K. Marder and Dr. Jewel D. Slesnick
Ms. Marie A. Marley
Dr. and Mrs. James M. Marrs
Dr. and Mrs. Lester W. Martin
Mr. Manuel D. Mayerson*
Mrs. Rhoda Mayerson
Mr. and Mrs. Dale L. McGirr
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. McGraw
Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. McLaurin
Dr. J. Scott McMurray
Jeanette L. Meier
Dr. and Mrs. C. Nelson Melampy
Dr. Mary P. Melvin*
Reverend and Mrs. Roger L. Meredith
Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Meyer
Mrs. Frances M. Miller
Mr. John N. Miller
Ms. Judith E. Miller
Dr. Anthony J. Mortelliti and Dr. Gisella Mortelliti
Mrs. Marjorie Motch
Carl J. Mueller*
Ruth M. Mueller
Dr. and Mrs. Charles M. Myer III
Mrs. Gayle R. Nesselhuf
Mr. and Mrs. Joel L. Newberg
Mr. and Mrs. Hale Newman
Mr. Paul L. Niklas
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick O’Brien
Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Okenfuss
Dr. Sonya G. Oppenheimer
Mr. Maurice E. Oshry
Mr. Bruce A. Pavlech
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Pease
Mr. and Mrs. Kroger Pettengill
Dr. Steven M. Pilipovich
Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Place
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Planes Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Raines
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Rauh
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rauh
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Rauh
Dr. and Mrs. J. Mark Reed
Dr. and Mrs. David M. Rider
Reverend Mr. Luis O. Riva Saleta
Mrs. Marjorie B. Robbins
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Robbins
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Robinson
Mrs. Phyllis M. Romanow
Ms. Andrea T. Rosenthal
Mrs. Ruth F. Rosevear
Dr. Robert R. Ross
Mr. and Mrs. Snowden M. Rowe
Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Russell
Estate of Lucile H. Ryan
Dr. Frederick C. and Mrs. Susan H. Ryckman
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Ms. Arlene J. Sansone
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Sathe
Ms. Donna L. Schiff
Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Schiff Jr.
Mrs. Nancy L. Schlemmer
Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Schmidt
Mr. Robert C. Kanter and Dr. Rosemary E. Schmidt
Ms. C. Jean Schroer
Dr.* and Mrs. William K. Schubert
Mr. and Mrs. Phil F. Schultz
Dr. William J. Scott Jr.
Kenneth and Lois Sears
Mr. and Mrs. David B. Sharrock
Dr. and Mrs. Curtis A. Sheldon
Mrs. Kathleen A. Sherlock
Mr. Andrew M. Shott and Dr. Sally R. Shott
Ms. Miriam R. Siegel
Dr. and Mrs. Hugh C. Smith Jr.
Ms. Michelle B. Starkey
Dr. James F. Steiner
Mrs. Mary S. Stern
Dr. and Mrs. Richard J. Stevenson
Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Stix
Ms. Kathleen J. Stotler
Dr. C. Frederic Strife and Dr. Janet L. Strife
Dr. and Mrs. David M. Sullivan
Mr. G. Richard Thomas
Mr. James L. Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Tobias
Dr. Joseph C. Todd
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas U. Todd
Mr. Leonard C. Tolliver Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Randolph T. Travis
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Vankalker
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey J. Wacksman
Ms. Saundra E. Walker
Drs. Brad W. Warner and Barbara B. Warner
Dr. Richard B. Warriner III
Mr. and Mrs. Todd Washburn
Mr. Dustin J. Waters
Mr. and Mrs. Barry S. Weinstein
Mr. Harvey M. Weitkamp
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Welch
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wert
Dr. Clark D. West
Mrs. Patricia P. Whitaker
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Whitsett
Dr. and Mrs. J. Paul Willging
Dr. and Mrs. Gordon W. Womack
Mrs. Jean E. Wommack
Mrs. Joan R. Wood
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Woodiwiss
Dr. and Mrs. Frank C. Woodside III
Ms. Lynne T. Wu
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Zanotti
Rose M. Albrecht Trust
Doris M. Akeson
William Belmont Backs and Louise Nuxoll-Backs Trust
Mary S. Belville Trust
Katherine E. Cooke Trust
The Edward and Edna Frances T. Everlien Charitable Trust
Estate of Joseph W. Heideman, Jr.
Juliet C. Muller Helmsworth Trust
Estate of Richard L. Hunt
Estate of Jackie Kasten
Ida C. Kayser Trust
Dorothy M. M. Kersten Trust
Estate of Richard C. and Jean Kinstler
Otto Luedeking Trust
Estate of Donald J. Moeggenberg
Marion H. Morrison Trust
Dorothy T. Mueller Trust
Mandyam Dhati Narayan Trust
Betty H. Palmer Charitable Lead Trust
Estate of Marie A. Reichel
Carolyn Rueppel
Estate of Lucile H. Ryan
Estate of Leroy E. Schilling
Charles W. Scott Trust
Michael M. Shoemaker Trust
J. Frederick and Helen B. Vogel Trust
Estate of Mildred J. Walters
Louise A. Williams Trust
Bernal R. Woodward Trust
Estates and TrustsThroughout our history, Cincinnati Children’s has benefited from thoughtful friends who have provided for the future needs of the medical center. With grateful appreciation, we honor the memory of these donors who provided a gift during the past year through their estate plan.
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The Convalescent Hospital for Children
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (National Headquarters)
Division of Emergency Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s
Fondation Leducq
March of Dimes Foundation
The Perinatal Institute
Toyota Motor North America Inc.
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American Heart Association Inc.
The Sontag Foundation
St. Baldrick’s Foundation
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Autism Speaks
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
CancerFree KIDS Pediatric Cancer Research
Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America
Orthopaedic Research & Education Foundation
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American Liver Foundation
American Thoracic Society
Angels for Eosinophilic Research Alliance
Children’s Digestive Health Nutrition Foundation
The Children’s Heart Association
Children’s Heart Foundation
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals
Cincinnati Center for Developmental Disorders Foundation
The Cure Starts Now Foundation
Division of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Cincinnati Children’s
Helen G., Henry F. & Louise Tuechter Dornette Foundation, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee
Fifth Third Bank
Food Allergy Initiative
Fosdick & Hilmer Inc.
Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Histiocytosis Association of America
Hope on Wheels Hyundai Dealers
Josh Cares
The Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research
Kohl’s Department Stores
Leukemia Research Foundation
Lupus Foundation of America Inc.
The H.B., E.W., and F.R. Luther Charitable Foundation, Fifth Third Bank and Narley L. Haley, Co-Trustees
Macy’s Department Stores Matching Gifts
Masimo Foundation
The Ohio National Foundation
The Procter & Gamble Fund
Marge & Charles J. Schott Foundation
John A. Schroth Family Charitable Trust
Speedway LLC
The V Foundation for Cancer Research
Walmart Foundation
Corporations, Foundations and Other NonprofitsBusinesses, foundations and nonprofit organizations–both large and small–partner with Cincinnati Children’s in our important work. Their generous support of our mission plays a vital role in advancing care for patients and families, while strengthening and enriching our community.
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W A L M A R T / S A M ’ S C L U B
$ 5 0 , 0 0 0 – $ 9 9 , 9 9 9
American Lung Association (Headquarters)
Anonymous
Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation
The Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Inc.
Charles H. Dater Foundation
Fifth Third Asset Management Inc.
The Hartmann-Ryan Team at Cassidy Turley
Insuring The Children
International OCD Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Markey Cancer Foundation
Max’s Blue Butterfly
National Tuberous Sclerosis Association
Ohio Cancer Research Associates
The PNC Foundation
Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Foundation
Tourette Syndrome Association
UCB Inc.
Victory Wholesale
$ 2 5 , 0 0 0 – $ 4 9 , 9 9 9
American College of Rheumatology Research & Education
Auction to Benefit Project SEARCH
Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation
Children’s Cancer Research Fund
Cincinnati Bell Technology Solutions
Dikla Insurance Company Ltd.
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc.
Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc.
GBBN Architects
General Electric Evendale Employees’ Community Service Fund
General Electric Foundation Matching Gifts
HORAN
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Johnson Investment Counsel Inc.
When corporations and communities come together, miracles can happen. Cincinnati-area Walmart and Sam’s Club customers and employees rallied during the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals’ Miracle Balloon Campaign benefiting Cincinnati Children’s. This year’s campaign was one of the most successful ever, more than doubling last year’s contribution.
“The children treated at Cincinnati Children’s hold a special place in the hearts of the Walmart and Sam’s
Club family,” says regional manager David Gose. “Our customers and associates are parents, aunts and uncles, brothers and sisters and of course, grandparents. When we see children who need medical care, we want to make a difference. The Miracle Balloon Campaign provided an opportunity for our customers and associates to give whatever they could afford to children who need the level of care that Cincinnati Children’s provides, and they gave without hesitation.”
M A K I N G A D I F F E R E N C E
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Macy’s Inc.
Medtronic Foundation
Messer Construction Company
Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc.
The PNC Financial Services Group
The Nelson Stark Company
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
THP Limited Inc.
Thrasher Research Fund
Western & Southern Financial Group Masters
$ 1 0 , 0 0 0 – $ 2 4 , 9 9 9
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Endowment Foundation
American Financial Group Inc.
American Society for Surgery of the Hand
Anonymous
Carpet Cushions & Supplies Inc.
Cincinnati Bell Inc.
Cincinnati Music and Wellness Coalition
CinRon Marketing Group LLC
Cisco Systems Inc.
Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy
Costco Wholesale-Springdale
Dairy Queen Corporation
Dental Care Foundation, Cincinnati Children’s
Endocrine Fellows Foundation
Epic Systems Corporation
Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research
GE Aviation
The Gerber Foundation
The Gorilla Glue Company
Healthnetwork Foundation
Huron Consulting Group Inc.
Interim HealthCare of Cincinnati Inc.
International House of Pancakes
The Frank J. Kloenne and Jacqueline D. Kloenne Foundation
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
R.G. McGraw Insurance Agency Inc.
National Hemophilia Foundation
Al. Neyer Inc.
NISH National Office Operating Account
Ohio Casualty Foundation
Ohio Credit Union League
Omnicare Inc.
The Peck Hannaford & Briggs Co.
Plastic Surgery Foundation
RCF Group
Tackling TS Charity
TriVersity Construction
Truist
Turner Construction Company
Wound Healing Society Foundation
$ 5 , 0 0 0 – $ 9 , 9 9 9
AFLAC
AHRA Education Foundation
The Archiable Electric Company
Bahl & Gaynor Investment Counsel Inc.
Butler County Medical Center LLC
The Cambridge Charitable Foundation
Chase Bank
Children’s Tumor Foundation
Circle K Midwest
Clover Hill Farm Inc.
The Columbus Foundation
Corporex Companies Inc.
Cotswold Foundation
CSL Behring LLC
Deloitte
DiaPharma Group Inc.
Duke Energy Foundation
dunnhumbyUSA
Foxx Construction LLC
Frost Brown Todd LLC
Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories Inc.
Give with Liberty Matching Gifts Program
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GKN Aerospace Cincinnati
Great Clips Inc.
The Highfield Foundation
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Katz, Teller, Brant & Hild
Kicks for Kids
Lundbeck Inc.
M&T Investment Group
Marriott Foundation For People With Disabilities
Marriott International
Joanna McAfee Childhood Cancer Foundation
Miles That Matter Foundation
Olivia J. Murray Foundation
MV Commercial Construction LLC
Nativity The Pop Opera
PEDCO E & A Services Inc.
Pension Corporation of America
PNC Bank
Pomeroy
RE/MAX Regional Services- Alpharetta, GA
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
Society for Pediatric Dermatology
Sodexo
Strauss & Troy
Thompson Hine LLP
Time Warner Cable
The Union Central Life Insurance Company
United Way of Greater Cincinnati
Valvoline Instant Oil Change
WLWT
Wright Brothers Inc.
$ 2 , 5 0 0 – $ 4 , 9 9 9
3D Exhibits
Ace Hardware Foundation
American College of Radiology
Avaya Inc.
Baker Concrete Construction
Bank of America
Bank of America Matching Gifts
Bayer Becker / Terracon
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Brenco Inc.
Building Blocks Foundation
Clever Crazes for Kids
CBCE
cHc Manufacturing Inc.
Chico’s FAS Inc.
Cintas Corporation
CO-OP Financial Services
CTS Telecommunications
Curtis Inc.
DeBra-Kuempel
Dell Inc.
Delta Community Credit Union
EMC Corporation
Five Guys Burger and Fries
General Electric United Way Campaign
Genzyme Corporation
GR/AD Architects
Graydon Head & Ritchey LLP
The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati
Hispanics Avanzando Hispanics
Human Genetic Therapies Inc.
Huntington Bank
J. II Fire Systems Inc.
Kenneth Wong Corporation
KeyBank
KLH Engineers Inc.
Kolar Design
Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon
Lone Star Steakhouse-Middletown
Loth, Inc./IWS
The Lubrizol Foundation
Luckenbach Lines Inc.
Macy’s Foundation
Meijer
Netscout
Novartis International AG
OMNOVA Solutions Foundation
ORACLE
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Palo Alto Networks Inc.
The Procter & Gamble Company Shareholder Services
Ransohoff Inc.
Ruttle Design Group Inc.
SGC Foundation
Smile Train
The Success Group LTD.
United Group Services Inc.
Maxwell C. Weaver Foundation
The Wilbert Foundation
Zanett Commercial Solutions Inc.
Zeus Sports Inc.
$ 1 , 0 0 0 – $ 2 , 4 9 9
The 100 Times Foundation Corporation
W. Ron Adams P.S.C.
Akers Packaging Services Inc.
American Lung Association of the Midland States
American Scaffolding Inc.
Arthritis Foundation
BHDP Architecture
Bowling Green Pediatric Dental Group
BP Fabric of America Fund
Brooks Brothers Group Inc.
Bruegger’s Enterprises Inc.
Buffalo Wild Wings
Butler Technology and Career Development School
Cafco
Anthony D. Castelli, Attorney at Law
Department of Accounting, Cincinnati Children’s
Department of Home Care Pharmacy, Cincinnati Children’s
Division of Infectious Diseases, Cincinnati Children’s
Champion Window Mfg. & Supply
Cincinnati Wholesale Ice Cream Inc.
Cochlear Americas
Controlled Credit Corp.
CREW Greater Cincinnati
Custom Glass & Glazing Inc.
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Pharmacy LLC
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Economy Linen & Towel Service
Every Child Succeeds
Findlow Filtration Inc.
Fink Foundation
FirstGroup America
Gas America Charitable Foundation
The Patrick and Amanda Gavin Charitable Foundation
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Green Crest Golf Course
H & R Block Financial Advisors Inc.
Carol and Ralph V. Haile Jr., U.S. Bank Foundation
Han’s White Tiger Tae Kwon Do
Harmony Staffing Services LLC
Healthcare Regional Marketing
Hub Pen Company Inc.
Human Arc Corporation
IBM Employee Services Center
Jack Dym Investment LTD.
Johnstone Supply/Controls Center Inc.
Just Give
Kao Brands Company
Keating, Muething & Klekamp PLL
Kessler Foundation
Key Foundation Matching Gifts
Kroger Company
LPK
Martin & West PLLC
McCarthy Strategic Solutions
Med Assets
Med-El Corporation
Merrill Lynch Matching Gift Program
Mid-American Junior Golf Tour
Middletown Community Foundation
Mike-Sells Potato Chips
New York Life Insurance Co-Cincinnati
Neyer Properties Inc.
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Nutricia North America
Océ North America, Inc. Matching Gifts Program
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Office Depot Regional Office
Ohio Legislative Black Caucus Foundation
Ohio Physical Therapy Association
Omega Processing Solutions LLC
On Line Design Inc.
Oticon Inc.
Phonak Corporation
Pitcher, Enders & Drohan CPA’s Inc.
Planes Moving & Storage Inc.
Pratt Corrugated Holdings Inc.
Prestige Technical Services Inc.
Pride Technologies
Progressive Podiatry LLC
Radisson Hotel Cincinnati Riverfront
Remke bigg’s
August A. Rendigs, Jr. Foundation
Rite Aid Corporation
Sinai Hospital
Scripps Financial Service Center
See Kids Dream
Semler Industries Inc.
Sharefax Credit Union Inc.
Sheldon-Reder
Suburban Real Estate Corporation
Superior Honda
Teri Studios
TGW International Inc.
Thunder11
Total Quality Logistics
Traction LLC
Traincroft Inc.
US Bank
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Ashley Ward Inc.
Widmer’s Cleaners
$ 5 0 0 – $ 9 9 9
AAkron Rule Corp.
Advanced Bionics
Advanced Health Media LLC
Alternative Design
American Cold Storage Systems Inc.
American Cornhole LLC
Anonymous (2)
Aptalis Pharma US Inc.
Arts Rental Equipment Inc.
Baule USA LLC
Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Besse Medical Associates
R. P. Biederman Co. Inc.
Boutique 280
Bow Automation
Bretagne, LLC Kentucky Account
Brower Insurance Agency Incorporated
Tim Browne Memorial Inc.
The Bungie Foundation
CAI Insurance Agency Inc.
Carrigan and Grimm Inc.
Department of Home Health Care, Cincinnati Children’s
Chemed Foundation
Cheviot Savings Bank
Chick-fil-A
CINFAB, LLC
ComDoc
CTL Engineering Inc.
Custom Fabricators Inc.
Customer Relationship Metrics
Cutting Edge Services Corporation
Doner Financial Inc.
Duke Energy Matching Gifts Program
Duke Energy-Zimmer Generation Station
Duke Realty Corporation
Ernst & Young Foundation
Express Employment Professionals Inc.
Figure Weight Loss
Food Lion
Gannett Foundation Matching Gifts
Genentech Inc.
Gilead Sciences Inc.
Greystone Investments Management
Hahana Beach
Handy Window Shade Inc.
Healthlinx Executive Search Inc.
Hill-Rom Holdings Inc.
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Illinois Tool Works Foundation Matching Gifts
Information & General Services MBA Chapter
International Traders Inc.
JPMorgan Chase Matching Gifts Program
JTM Provisions Co. Inc
Ben Kelhoffer Foundation Inc.
Kenwood Dealer Group Inc.
LaRosa’s Pizzerias
LexisNexis
LifeCenter Organ Donor Network
Lindhorst & Dreidame Company
Logistics and Procurement Services LLC
Market Precision Inc
Maxor National Pharmacy Service Corp.
McLane Food Service Inc. #153
Medco Employee Giving Campaign
Miltenyi Biotec Inc.
MMG Corporate Communication Inc.
M-Pact Corporation
The Carter Nedley Foundation
Niscayah Inc.
Northwestern Mutual-West Chester
NxTech, Incorporated
OK Interiors Corporation
Dennis Ott Builders Inc.
P L Marketing Inc.
The Pampered Chef
Paragon Financial Group
Parkside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Passport Health Communications Inc.
Performance Honda
Perry Interiors Inc.
Pfizer Inc.
Pinnacle Environmental Consultants Inc.
Reed Medical INC.
REinvest Consultants
RespirTech
SALIX
SEI-Cincinnati LLC
Spina Bifida Association of Cincinnati
SpringHill Suites by Marriott-Waterstone
Standex Electronics Inc.
Steiner Electric Company
Stiles Associates
Tactical Advantage Group LLC
U.S. Bancorp Matching Gift Foundation
United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Cincinnati Inc.
United Way of Greater Stark County
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
Vitronic Promotional Group
W E L Ventures Inc.
Waltz Business Solutions
Warren County Records Center & Archives
Western & Southern Life Insurance Company
WKRC-TV
Women’s Plastic Surgery Centre
WRP Associates LLC
XL Insurance Group
YPO Forum X
“When we see children who need medical care, we think of their families and we want to work with
Cincinnati Children’s to make a difference.” D A V I D G O S E , W A L M A R T / S A M ’ S C L U B
M A K I N G A D I F F E R E N C E
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C H A I R S
The Division of Allergy and Immunology Chair
The Richard and Geralyn Azizkhan Chair of Pediatric Surgery
The William F. and Rebecca A. Balistreri Chair of Pediatric Hepatology
The William S. Ball Chair of Radiology Research
The Corning Benton Chair of Radiology Education
The Thomas Boat Chair of Pulmonary Medicine
The Kevin E. Bove Chair of Pediatric Pathology
The Hubert and Dorothy Campbell Chair of Pediatric Pulmonology
The Lee Ault Carter Chair of Pediatric Ethics
The Robin T. Cotton Research Chair of Pediatric Otolaryngology
The Alvin H. Crawford Chair of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
The Alvin H. Crawford Chair of Pediatric Spine Surgery
The Robert L. Creedon Chair of Pediatric Dentistry
The Division of Critical Care Medicine Chair
The EMSC Chair of Pediatric ER Medicine
The Gunnar Esiason/Cincinnati Bell Chair of Life Sciences Research
The James M. Ewell Chair of Pediatric Research
The David G. and Priscilla R. Gamble Chair of Neonatology
The Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology Chair
The Emma Margaret and Irving Goldman Chair of Pediatric Ophthalmology
The David N. Glass Chair of Pediatric Rheumatology
The Carolyn Hamlin Chair of Otology Research
The Marjory J. Johnson Chair of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
The Marjory J. Johnson Chair of Brain Tumor Translational Research
The Marjory J. Johnson Chair of Vascular Tumor Translational Research
The Neil D. Johnson Chair of Radiology Informatics
The Rob and Jessican Kahn Chair of General and Community Pediatrics
The Samuel and Molly Kaplan Chair of Pediatric Cardiology
The Dorothy M.M. Kersten Chair of Pediatric Gastroenterology
The Kindervelt Chair of Pediatric Pulmonary Biology
The Deb Kleisinger Chair of Novel Cancer Treatment
The Othilda Krug Chair of Child Psychiatry
The Beatrice C. Lampkin Chair of Cancer Biology
Chairs and FellowshipsWe are grateful to the individuals, families, corporations and foundations that had the vision to establish permanent endowment accounts to benefit the children and families we serve. Their investment in the future of the medical center provides ongoing support for salaries, equipment and laboratory costs that are necessary to create new knowledge to advance and improve child health.
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The Beatrice C. Lampkin Chair of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
The Joseph E. Levinson Chair of Pediatric Rheumatology
The Luther Foundation Research Chair of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine
The Lester W. Martin Chair of Pediatric Surgery
The Robert and Sarah McLaurin Chair of Pediatric Neurosurgery Research
The C. Nelson Melampy Chair of Pediatric Anesthesiology
The A. Graeme Mitchell Chair of Human Genetics
The M. Susan Moyer Chair of Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease
The Robert Myers and Mary Colgate Shoemaker Chair of Pediatric Endocrinology
The Sonya Oppenheimer Chair of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
The Division of Pathology Chair
The Aaron W. Perlman Chair of Pediatric Rehabilitative Medicine
The B.K. Rachford Chair of Pediatrics
The Louise W. and Joseph L. Rauh Chair of Adolescent Medicine
The Pauline and Lawson Reed Chair of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
The George Rieveschl, Jr., Chair in Research
The Jeff Robbins Chair
The Thelma and Jack Rubinstein Chair of Pediatric Developmental Disorders and Mental Retardation
The Richard Ruddy and Barbara Wriston-Ruddy Chair of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Research
The Frederick C. Ryckman Chair of Pediatric Surgery
The Albert B. Sabin Chair of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
The Schlemmer Family Chair of Pediatric Research
The Jacob G. Schmidlapp Chair of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
The William K. Schubert Chair of Pediatric Research
The Curtis Sheldon and Jeffrey Wacksman Chair of Pediatric Urology
The Frederic and Carolyn Silverman Chair of Pediatric Radiology
The Charles H. Sloan Sr., Olive Louise Sloan, and Charles H. Sloan Jr. Chair of General Pediatric Research
The StarShine Chair
The Janet L. Strife Chair of Radiology Quality and Safety
The Ralph J. Stolle Chair of Pediatric Immunology
The Division of Pediatric Surgery Research Chair
The Katherine Stewart Waters Chair of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology
The Transplant Hepatology Chair
The Carl Weihl Chair of General and Community Pediatrics
The Clark D. West Chair of Pediatric Nephrology
The Louise M. Williams Chair of Pediatric Nephrology
F E L L O W S H I P S
The William George Bauer Fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
The Mary Louise Burton Fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology
The Ruth Knittel Dietz Perinatal Research Institute Fellowship
The Katharine S. and Gerald J. Ficks Fellowship in Neonatology
The Andrew Jergens Foundation Fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology
The Junior Co-Operative Society Fellowship in Pediatric Diabetes
The Junior Co-Operative Society Fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases
The Ida C. Kayser Fellowship in Pediatric Pulmonology
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The Edward L. Pratt Fellowship in Pediatric Medicine and Nutrition
The Edward F. Scully Fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology
The Reginald C. Tsang Fellowship in Neonatology and Pulmonary Biology
The Josef F. Warkany Fellowship in Human Genetics
The Frank C. Woodside and Dinsmore & Shohl Fellowship in Epidemiology and Biostatistics
I N H O N O R O F
Dr. and Mrs. Richard G. Azizkhan
Mr. Lynwood L. Battle Jr.
Jamie Benassi
Mr. Jake Bertellotti
Mr. Pierce J. Blalock
Cameron I. Bordainick
Mr. Matthew K. Bormet
Mr. and Mrs. Elroy E. Bourgraf Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Bredenfoerder
Nathaniel Brown
Curtis G. Buerkett
Master Michael Buerkett
Brady Campbell
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel I. Choo
Jonah Chuang
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Cody Sr.
Dr. Mitchell B. Cohen and Dr. Morissa Cohen
Ms. Maya Collins
Mr. Louis Costello
Dr. and Mrs. Kerry R. Crone
Carter John Davis
Colin Davis
Mr. Shane P. DiGiovanna
Tanner Dole
Nicholas Dworjanyn
Master Manish Eapen
Mr. Ryan Elliot
Ms. Elsa Fagin
Ms. Marie Fern
Mr. Michael A. Fisher
Dr. David N. Franz
Ms. Ava M. Gallino
Ms. Ashley Gavin
Ms. Julien R. Guttman
Dr. Nancy Hagerman
Ms. Sylvia Heiby
Bailey A. Hemingway
Ms. Casey Hilmer
Mr. Jacob T. Hoffman
Ms. Kai N. Hollingsworth
Mrs. Kristin Horsburgh
Mr. Frank Wray and Ms. Kathleen M. Kool-Wray
Ms. Katherine Koslovsky
Dr. Helen Kranbuhl
Mr. and Mrs. Venu G. Krishnamoorthy
Mr. Jonathan J. Calderas and Dr. Corinne Lehmann
Ms. Kathryn Leikhim
Dr. and Mrs. Marc A. Levitt
Ms. Lauren Lloyd
Tribute GiftsWhen donors make a gift in honor or memory of a loved one, our patients benefit from their generosity. We thank the families and friends of the following individuals, who have had $500 or more donated in their name.
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Mr. Joshua C. Mack
Kurtis Martin
Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. McLaurin
Mr. Nick Moloney
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Northern
Ms. Priscilla Peyton
Ms. Cameron Rawlings
Dr. Pramod P. Reddy and Dr. Usha P. Reddy
Mr. Seth Rogers
Ms. Lynn W. Roy
Brayden Schindler
Mrs. Catherine A. Schneider
Ms. Sara Shinn
Mr. Reese Stuart
Grace Tapp
Dr. Ann Weichert
Dr. Brenda Wong
I N M E M O R Y O F
Erik Anderson
Rebecca Archambeault
Regan Leigh Arnold
Henrietta F. Belmont
Michael Blessinger
Lora Bodley
Norbert Borgman
Natalie Bost
Emily M. Brehm
Gerardo (Jerry) Brindisi
Timothy Browne
Raymond Buse III
Paul Carroll
Dalton Chandler
Arun Chatterjee
Manuel Chavez Sr.
Steven A. Cirino II
Jennifer K. Clanton
Phyllis Clyde
Bruce W. Cochran
Sophia Cordier
Joyce W. Coykendall
Hunter A. Creech
Mary Christine Daush
Mrs. Shirley I. Davies
Rowan Dinn
Dr. Harold Downing
Amanda M. Drake
Patricia Droppelman-Helton
Emily Dubois
Deborah L. Folker
Ayelet Y. Galena
Julia Gallino
Clifton Kippy Gideon
Judith E. Gilliam
Caroline Goebel
Kim Goebel
Joseph M. Gruber
Florence Guttman
Andrew J. Hagen
Christopher Harmon
Kaylynn M. Hartman
Joyce Heiman
Zachary Heringer
Mary Hess
Mr. Anthony G. Hoel
Kyle T. House
Anabelle Huff
Alice Humbert
Elizabeth M. Igel
Gregg Jacob
Judith Johnson
Richard E. Kaeser
Jenna Kamphaus
Joseph Kanuschak
John B. Kara
Ben Kelhoffer
Hayes R. Kelley
Richard C. Kinstler
Matthew Korfhagen
Wright Lanier
Jenna C. Laumer
Andrew Lee
Michael Little
Thomas A. Long
Eleanor S. Lortz
Patricia E. Macke
Manuel D. Mayerson
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Shelia McCuddy
Sophie Meinhardt
Patrick & Drew Meisenheimer
Tony R. Merk
William J. Meyer
Kyle Miller
Mary Susan Moyer
Ms. Janie Newton
Kurt A. Ostling
Norman Oxley
Dr. Aaron W. Perlman
Crystal G. Phillips
Ian Pierce
Bhama Rajaram
Puli Pradip Reddy
Dr. Jack H. Rubinstein
Michael Salt
Mitchell W. Sayre
Robert F. Schapker
Francis J. Scharon
Holly Schmitz
Jonathan P. Schmitz
Dr. William K. Schubert
Paul D. Seiter
Luke Seitz
George Shelby
Kathleen A. Sinkula
Sophia Jane Smallwood
Kortney Snyder
Russell Dale Stephenson
Joe Stima
Abby Lyn Streszoff
Robert Taylor Jr.
Marjorie Timko
Michael C. Torbeck
Samuel George Towne
Faith Venerable
Mason Ward
Michael T. Washburn
Lillian Wesner
Molly West
Ronald West
William Whitsett
Ryan Wilson
Sarah E. Zoz
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AuxiliariesUnited by a common interest in supporting the medical center, Cincinnati Children’s auxiliaries have been essential to our success. If you would like more information about our auxiliaries, or if you wish to join in their important work, please call 513-636-6080.
K I N D E R V E LT
C I T Y P R E S I D E N T: Buffie Rixey G I F T: $575,550
Our largest fundraising auxiliary, Kindervelt is widely recognized as one of Greater Cincinnati’s outstanding volunteer organizations. With nearly 1,000 members in groups around the region, linked by a citywide board of trustees, Kindervelt truly lives its mission to “have fun while raising funds” for the patients and families of Cincinnati Children’s. In its more than 40-year history, the women of Kindervelt have contributed over $15 million to the medical center.
T H E C O O P E R AT I V E S O C I E T Y
P R E S I D E N T: Nancy Sorg G I F T: $761,600
Our first auxiliary, the Cooperative Society has served Cincinnati Children’s for more than 125 years. In addition to financial contributions, members of the Cooperative Society also give generously of their time. Members volunteer for the Division of Child Life and Recreational Therapy, the Mayerson Center for Safe and Healthy Children and the sewing room.
J U N I O R C O - O P E R AT I V E S O C I E T Y
P R E S I D E N T: Marjorie Gilsdorf G I F T: $482,832
Established in 1910, the Junior Co-Operative Society operates and staffs the Gift Shops at Cincinnati Children’s Burnet and Liberty campuses. The Gift Shops are filled with a wonderful selection of toys, games, cards and books to lift the spirits of hospitalized children. All proceeds from the Gift Shops are donated to the medical center. Their dedicated volunteers live by their motto, “the more you shop, the more we give.”
A S S O C I AT I O N O F V O L U N T E E R S
P R E S I D E N T: Jeane Elliott G I F T: $60,300
The Association of Volunteers has supported the Convalescent Hospital for Children, an affiliate of Cincinnati Children’s, for more than 40 years. To raise funds for the Convalescent Hospital, the association sponsors the Cincinnati Art & Antiques Festival. This four-day antique show, held each October, is one of the largest and finest in the country.
F U N N Y C O M PA N I E C L O W N S
P R E S I D E N T: Donald Bachmann G I F T: $13,160
Since 1983, the Funny Companie Clowns have been delighting children and adults throughout the community, while raising money for Cincinnati Children’s. The 25- member volunteer auxiliary performs at holiday parties, company picnics, birthday parties and festivals, and has raised nearly $200,000 for the medical center.
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$ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 +
Cincinnati Walks for Kids
Celestial Ball
$ 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 – $ 4 9 9 , 9 9 9
An Evening to Honor Milt Kantor
$ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 – $ 2 4 9 , 9 9 9
Angels for Eosinophilic Research Golf Tournament
Ruth Lyons Children’s Fund
$ 5 0 , 0 0 0 – $ 9 9 , 9 9 9
Annual Golf Outing Benefiting the Center for Infants and Children with Special Needs
Memorial Cancer Research Golf Outing
Passport to Forever
StarShine Hospice Golf Classic
$ 2 5 , 0 0 0 – $ 4 9 , 9 9 9
Bluegrass for Babies
Children’s Charitable Care Golf Outing
Cincinnati Golfers for Charity
Katie Linz Foundation
The Plaid Open
Sample, Savor and Support
Tennis Masters Series
Warrior Run: The Race For Life
$ 1 0 , 0 0 0 – $ 2 4 , 9 9 9
Champions Fore Cincinnati Children’s Golf Outing
Funny Companie Clowns
Hearts are Trump Euchre Tournament
LEGO KidsFest
Neurosurgery Chiari Fundraiser
StarShine Hospice Cornhole Charity Classic
Tri State Society of Healthcare Engineers, Inc.
Win a Wine Cellar
$ 5 , 0 0 0 – $ 9 , 9 9 9
2012 Auto Expo
Abby’s Run for the Heart
Association of Philippine Physicians of Greater Cincinnati
Becca’s 2nd Annual Legendary Run for the Cure
Liam Nolen Bradley Memorial
Fairlawn Local School
Ellen B. Ganson Memorial Foundation
Kendall’s Second Annual EB Walk/Run
Kilgore Elementary Dance-a-thon
Kolping Seth Stevens Memorial Soccer Tournament
Olivia J. Murray Second Annual Golf Outing
Nativity The Pop Opera
Operation Beard for Bucks!
St. Ursula Academy Orange & White Football Game
Simon’s Fund
The Spirit Of Cincinnatus
Max Richard Thornsbury Foundation-CDH Research
Team Jenna
Walk for EB
Special Events and Community OrganizationsSpecial events bring people together to benefit our young patients, while building awareness of the medical center and children’s health issues. Cincinnati Children’s thanks each and every volunteer and supporter who gave time, talent and resources for an event that benefited the medical center. Those events that raised $500 or more are listed here.
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A N E V E N I N G H O N O R I N G M I L T K A N T O R
$ 2 , 5 0 0 – $ 4 , 9 9 9
American Board of Internal Medicine
Brenco Golf Outing
Chippin’ in for Children
SGC Foundation Golf Outing
Torch Relay
Toys for Nicholas
Turpin Parents Soccer Club
Xavier University Charity Golf Outing
Xavier University Dance Marathon
$ 1 , 0 0 0 – $ 2 , 4 9 9
Acoustic Night at Scotty’s
All Saints School
Angels of Mercy the SaNyiah Rose Lynn Memorial
The Basement Band
B2B Halloween Bash- Families Against Brain Injury
Chipping In for Children Happy Hour
CJCC Volleyball Tournament
Cincinnati Friends of Charity
Cincinnati Marathon, Inc.
Cincy Kids 4 Kids
John R. Estep Charity Golf Outing
Families Against Brain Injury
Abby Glaser’s Family Talent Show Fundraiser
Green Crest Christmas Walk
Han’s White Tiger Tae Kwon Do Break-a-Thon
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Kenwood-Silverton-Madeira Kiwanis Golf Outing
Kiwanis Club of Kenwood-Silverton-Madeira Golf Outing
Leis for Sheriff Committee
A Night In For Neuroblastoma
Olde Sawmill Elementary
Our Lady of Lourdes School
Primrose School of West Chester
R.C. Hinsdale School
Rocks Football Team 7th and 8th Grade Car Wash
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati
Ross-Butler Tech DECA Powder Puff Football Game
Saint Ignatius of Loyola 7:30pm Music Group
Paul Seiter Annual Memorial Fundraiser
Milt Kantor is a businessman, a husband, a father, a grandfather and a friend to many. As an avid philanthropist for most of his life, Milt has called upon many of his friends in the world of sports to share their time and resources for causes that are close to his heart.
For his 85th birthday, Milt’s family gathered some of those sports legends, and 500 other friends, to celebrate his
life and his generosity during an event that benefited the Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute at Cincinnati Children’s. Guests included Bobby Knight, Cris Collinsworth, “Big O” Oscar Robertson, Dolph Schayes, Bob Huggins and others who were thrilled to honor Milt while supporting the health and healing that Cincinnati Children’s provides for kids around the world.
M A K I N G A D I F F E R E N C E
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Shred Day-Souders Financial Group
Spooky Film Festival
StarShine Plant and Flower Sale
Sycamore Community School District
Sycamore High School Student Council Event-Mr. Sycamore
$ 5 0 0 – $ 9 9 9
Bethel International United Methodist Church
Florence Lodge 33
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Germania Society
Gorilla Glue 1/2 Day Vacation Raffle
Greek Philoptochos Society
Hoops for the Cure
International Society for Research in Human Milk & Lactation
Lakota West High School-School Government Association
Ben Kelhoffer Golf Outing
Madeira City School District
Shirley Mann Elementary School Sucker Sale “Ella’s Elves”
Music Therapy Donation from Thomas Wright Lemier
Nu Chapter Omega
Parkway Products Annual Golf Outing
Riverside Athletic Boosters
Rockdale Temple Religious School
Saint Cecilia School Fundraiser
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint Margaret York Parish
St. Romain Dance Academy
South Central Ohio Minority Supplier Development Council
Amanda Thomson Piano Recital
Warren County Records Center & Archives Bake Sale
Westboro Friends Church
Woodland Elementary Walk-a-Thon
Adopt-a-Book- Hannah and Alex Laman
Amazon.com
American Book Company
Mrs. Frank Anastasia
APKE Premium Cleaning
Mr. and Mrs. Chris C. Ayers
Ms. April Baker
Ms. Hanna Barlow
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold R. Barnett
Bennett’s Beavers
Mr. and Mrs. Chad Blanchard
Blue Ash Airport Days
Bob Roncker’s Running Spot
Books for Cure-Natasha Saputra and Megha Battina
Boy Scouts Pack 742
Brent James and the Contraband
Ms. Tammy Brinegar
Mr. and Mrs. Vasiliki Brunson
Mr. Daniel P. Bueche
Bunnies By The Bay
Mr. Kevin Burton
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Carroll
Gifts-in-KindWe thank the following individuals, corporations and organizations that helped ease the stress of our patients and families with their donations of toys, services and other non-cash gifts, valued at $500 or more.
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Catholic Kolping Society of Cincinnati
Department of Audiology, Cincinnati Children’s
Cengage Learning
Cincinnati Carvers Guild
Cincinnati Precision Instruments Inc.
Cincy Kids 4 Kids
Cintas Corporation
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Clark Montessori School Foundation, Inc.
Coca-Cola Refreshments
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Cody Sr.
Coldwell Banker West Shell
Commonwealth Financial Network
Companions in Courage Foundation
Compass Group
Coney Island
Ms. Deanna Cox
Ms. Gail Cox
Ms. April Dalton
Ms. Barbara Decker
Mr. and Mrs. Jason Dickman
The Dragonfly Foundation
Drawing Dreams Foundation
dunnhumbyUSA
Mrs. Betty Dzeich
Elisha Lodge #106
Mr. and Mrs. David Ellis
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc.
Felix Leshey Foundation
First Christian Church
First Watch Restaurants Inc.
Mr. Daigle Fisher
Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy D. Focht
Mr. Grant Forster
Freestore Foodbank
Frisch’s Restaurants
From the Heart Church Ministries of Cincinnati
GE Aviation
Ms. Joanne Geiger
Mr. and Mrs. David Gilday
Mr. and Mrs. Olivier R. Gillier
Girl Scout Daisy Troop #43840
Girl Scout Troop #41725
Girl Scout Troop #42599
Mr. Gavin Goeser
Greater Cincinnati Relocation Council (GCRC)
GWRRA Chapter OhX2
Mr. Justin Hall
Hamilton County Sheriff ’s Department
Jeffrey Thomas Hayden Foundation
Mrs. Pat Hueslman
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Huysse
IKEA West Chester
Indian Hill
Indy Racing League
Jimmy’s Limousine Service
Kai’s Love Hats
Ms. Hadia Kahn
KIDSovercancer Foundation
Kindergarden School
La Salle High School
Mrs. Theresa L. Labbe Wise
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Ladrigan
Lakota Plains Junior School
The LaRosa Family
Dr. Ernest H. Lawhorn and Dr. Susan R. Lawhorn
Ms. Latisha Lewis
Dr. Anne Lucky
Luxottica Retail
Mann Elementary School
The Marvin Lewis Community Fund
Mason Intermediate School
Ms. Virginia J. McDowell
Messer Construction Company
Miami University
Miami University Residence Hall Association
Ms. Abby Murphy
Music to Heal
Nativity The Pop Opera
Mr. Michael Nesi
Newport Aquarium
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Newport Independent School- Newport Intermediate School
The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine
Otis Spunkmeyer Inc.
Ms. Catherine A. O’Toole
Nina and Edward Paul
P.F. Chang’s China Bistro
Pepsi Beverages Company
PetSmart
Phillip A. Sharp Middle School
The PNC Financial Services Group
Procter & Gamble
Q Laboratories Inc.
Readers Hideaway
Pete Delois Recreations Outlet
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene K. Reis
Mr. and Mrs. Justin D. Reno
Republic Capital Truck and Trailer Sale
Response Marketing Inc.
Roads, Rivers and Trails
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Robbins
The Alicia Rose “Victorious” Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Rosenlieb
Saint Susanna School
Sans Souci Sorority
Scarlet Oaks
The Friends of The School for Creative & Performing Arts
Ms. Shannon Scott
Seven Hills Church
Dr. and Mrs. Peter Y. Sheng
Skyline Chili of Middletown
Sodexo
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Staffilino
Ms. Lynova Stamper
Ms. Kimetra Stone
Stonz
Terrace Park Elementary
Mr. R. Jeffrey Thomas
Mr. Richard Thomas
Ms. Tari Torbeck
Total Quality Logistics
Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc.
Toys for Nicholas
Tri State Paranormal of Northern Kentucky
Ms. Missy Tripp
University of Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati-Public Safety
Ursuline Academy
Ms. Amy Vaughan
Walmart Foundation
Warren County Records Center & Archives
Ms. Carol Wobser
Ms. Tatiana M. Yewisiak
As a nonprofit hospital and research center, we are grateful for all gifts made to Cincinnati Children’s. Unless otherwise noted, this report lists all donors who gave $500 or more in fiscal year 2012 (July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012). We have made every effort to be accurate and complete with this listing. Should you find an error or omission, please call the Department of Development at 513-636-6347.
* Deceased
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F I N A N C I A L R E P O R TF I S C A L Y E A R 2 0 1 2 : J U L Y 1 , 2 0 1 1 – J U N E 3 0 , 2 0 1 2
Net Hospital Patient Services Revenue Professional Services Revenue Research Grants Other Operating Revenue Total Operating Revenues
Salaries and Benefits Services, Supplies and Other Depreciation Interest Total Operating Expenses
Available to Reinvest in the Mission
O P E R A T I N G R E V E N U E S A N D E X P E N S E S
$1,286,492 252,401 149,858 162,987
1,851,738
1,072,522
514,968 119,574
15,926 1,722,990
$128,748
$1,144,142 229,749 153,914 165,603
1,693,408
1,033,823 479,392 110,716
16,104 1,640,035
$53,373
O P E R A T I N G
R E V E N U E S
O P E R A T I N G
E X P E N S E S
F Y 2 0 1 1F Y 2 0 1 2
(Dollars in Thousands)
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L I A B I L I T I E S
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses Current Portion of Long-term Debt Current Liabilities
Long-term Debt Other Long-term Liabilities Total Liabilities
N E T A S S E T S
Unrestricted Net Assets Temporarily Restricted Net Assets Permanently Restricted Net Assets Total Net Assets
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
$227,089 20,365
247,454
467,223 441,819
1,156,496
397,514 156,702 922,119
1,476,335
$2,632,831
$188,643 19,432
208,075
481,471 245,039 934,585
526,991 135,943 870,921
1,533,855
$2,468,440
L I A B I L I T I E S
A N D
N E T A S S E T S
Cash and Equivalents Marketable Securities Patient Accounts Receivable, Net of Allowances for Uncollectible Amounts Other Current Assets Current Assets
Property and Equipment, Net of Accumulated Depreciation Funds Held in Trust Other Long-term Assets Interest in Net Assets of Supporting Organizations Total Assets
C O N D E N S E D B A L A N C E S H E E T
$169,667 258,903 214,355 126,599 769,524
840,978 3,678
81,324 937,327
$2,632,831
$97,451 227,642 204,081 122,522 651,696
851,701 4,620
74,261 886,162
$2,468,440
A S S E T S
F Y 2 0 1 2 F Y 2 0 1 1
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(Dollars in Thousands)
F Y 2 0 1 2 F Y 2 0 1 1 F Y 2 0 1 0 F Y 2 0 0 9 F Y 2 0 0 8
P A T I E N T S 30,579 4.7
124,274 1,144,858
30,951 4.4
121,875 1,087,260
32,981 4.1
125,130 1,078,798
31,217 4.4
114,985 1,003,079
27,392 4.5
93,456 925,944
Admissions (includes short stay) Average Length of Stay (days) Emergency Department Visits Patient Encounters
O U T P A T I E N T
V I S I T S
65,347 832,317
65,247
65,446 797,280
29,868
65,915 793,814
28,374
60,243 735,926
29,635
61,788 693,636
31,941
Primary Specialty Test Referral Center
S U R G I C A L
P R O C E D U R E S
6,365 27,094 44,240
6,141 26,168 42,874
5,667 25,492 40,825
5,667 24,669 39,462
6,323 22,845 43,325
Inpatient Outpatient Surgical Hours
P E O P L E 1,572 12,932 10,976
1,516 12,654 10,781
1,498 12,368 10,455
1,442 11,666
9,871
1,292 10,680
9,104
Active Medical Staff Total Employees Full-time Equivalents
S T A T I S T I C A L H I G H L I G H T S
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O U R L E A D E R S (Lists reflect leadership as of June 30, 2012)
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O F F I C E R S O F T H E B O A R D
Thomas G. Cody, Esq. Chairman
Michael Fisher President and Chief Executive Officer
Vicki L. Davies Treasurer
Elizabeth A. Stautberg, Esq. Secretary
Pamela Terp
Felicia Williams
Craig Young
T R U S T E E S E X O F F I C I O
Rt. Reverend Thomas Breidenthal The Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio
Kay Fricke Family Advisory Council
A U X I L I A R I E S
Nancy Sorg President, Cooperative Society
Marjorie Gilsdorf President, Junior Co-Operative Society
Buffie Rixey President, Kindervelt
T R U S T E E S E M E R I T I
Ralph Burchenal
Barbara Fitch
Kroger Pettengill
Sharry Addison
Robert D. H. Anning
Carol Armstrong
Richard G. Azizkhan, MD
Lynwood Battle
Michael S. Cambron
Willie F. Carden Jr.
Lee A. Carter
Thomas G. Cody, Esq.
Katharine DeWitt Jr.
Nancy Krieger-Eddy, PhD
Michael Fisher
Vallie Geier
Louis D. George
Michael Hirschfeld, Esq.
Joyce J. Keeshin
M. Denise Kuprionis, Esq.
Peggy Mathile
Jane Portman
John Steinman
Arnold W. Strauss, MD
B O A R D O F T R U S T E E S
Michael Fisher President and Chief Executive Officer
Richard G. Azizkhan, MD Surgeon-in-Chief
Elisabeth Baldock, PhD Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Mitchell Cohen, MD Vice Chair of Pediatrics for Clinical Affairs
Brian D. Coley, MD Radiologist-in-Chief and Director, Department of Radiology
Dwight E. Ellingwood Senior Vice President, Planning and Business Development
Michael K. Farrell, MD Chief-of-Staff
Jane Garvey Vice President, Marketing and Communications
Tracy Glauser, MD Associate Director, Clinical Translational Outcomes and Health Services Research, Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation
Scott J. Hamlin Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Cheryl Hoying, PhD, RN Senior Vice President, Department of Patient Services
A D O L E S C E N T H E A LT H C E N T E R
O F G R E AT E R C I N C I N N AT I
Janet Ach President
Frank Biro, MD Director, Division of Adolescent Medicine
C H I L D R E N ’ S D E N TA L
C A R E F O U N D AT I O N
Michael Lee, DDS President
Stephen Wilson, DMD, MA, PhD Director, Division of Pediatric Dentistry
C O N VA L E S C E N T H O S P I TA L
F O R C H I L D R E N
Pamela Terp Chair
Phillip C. Long President
J A C K R U B I N S T E I N F O U N D AT I O N
F O R D E V E L O P M E N TA L D I S O R D E R S
JoAnn Hagopian President
David Schonfeld, MD Director, Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
Marianne F. James Senior Vice President, Information Services, and Chief Information Officer
William M. Kent Senior Vice President, Infrastructure and Operations
Uma R. Kotagal, MD Senior Vice President, Quality and Transformation
Charles Dean Kurth, MD Anesthesiologist-in-Chief and Director, Department of Anesthesia
Frederick Ryckman, MD Senior Vice President, Medical Operations
James A. Saporito Senior Vice President, Development
Elizabeth A. Stautberg, Esq. General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Legal and Public Affairs
Arnold W. Strauss, MD Physician-in-Chief; Chair, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati; and Director, Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation
Jeffrey Whitsett, MD Interim Associate Director, Basic Sciences, Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation
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