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Women Doctors Take Over Women’s Arts Museum
BY R OBE RT DEVANEY As the American Medical Women’s Association met for its national conference, it also celebrated its 99th annual gala at the National Museum of Women in the Arts March 15 to salute awardees Patricia Allen, M.D., Gayatri Devi, M.D., and Arianna Huffington. The evening was quite the scene with female brainpower and all those doctors. The ANWA functions at the local, national and international level to advance women in medicine and improve women’s health. ★
Wilhelmina Holladay, founder of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, with awardee Arianna Huffington, author of just published “Thrive.”
Gloria Bowles Johnson and Lynt Johnson, surgeon at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, flank Eleni Tousimis, chief of breast surgery at Georgetown Hospital and past president of AMWA.
Casey Pappas, Kristin Burkant and Jacqueline Sumanis.
Mark Tercek, president of the Nature Conservancy, and Page Evans.
Kickoff Luncheon for ‘Celebrazione della Cura’ BY M ARY B IRD The Washington Home and Community Hospices will celebrate the 125th anniversary of providing healthcare services for aging, chronically and terminally ill area residents at the Embassy of Italy on April 26. In anticipation, a kickoff luncheon was held at the George Town Club. CEO Tim Cox welcomed guests and acknowledged club president Sharon Casey. The only in-patient hospice facility in D.C. gives “people the opportunity to make memories until the very end.” Guests shared their personal experiences and raised a glass to Tandy and Wyatt Dickerson, who were celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary, as well as to the birthday of photographer Neshan Naltchayan. ★
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George Town Club President Sharon Casey and Washington Home & Community Hospices CEO Tim Cox. Photo by Neshan Naltchayan
‘Night of Vision’ BY M ARY BIR D The Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington, the nation’s largest local prevention of blindness agency, hosted its 28th Annual Night of Vision gala on March 29 at the Four Seasons. Doreen Gentzler of NBC News4 emceed. Ophthalmologist Richard A Garfinkel received the 2014 Professional Service Award, and American Girl series author Valerie Tripp received the 2014 Community Service Award. The event’s theme, “Celebrity Sightings,” combined Hollywood décor and an auction that included over 100 celebrity-related items such as athletic memorabilia, autographed photos and celebrity eyeglasses. A live auction featured luxury travel and group dinners at the residences of the ambassadors of the Philippines and Egypt.★
Daniel Pluznik, M.D., and Christina Johnson enjoy the music of Retrospect. Photo by Neshan Naltchayan.
Event chair Sally Ann Pilkerton and her husband Raymond Pilkerton, M.D., enjoy the dance floor. Photo by Neshan Naltchayan.
Board president Jan David Brown (far left) and executive director Michele Hartlove (far right) congratulate the evening’s honorees, Community Service Award recipient Valerie Tripp and Professional Service Award recipient Richard Garfinkel, M.D. Photo by Neshan Naltchayan.
Celebration of Hope Gala
BY M ARY BIR D Hope Connections for Cancer Support’s annual Celebration of Hope Gala, chaired by Sharon Glickman and Jamie Kogod Levin at the Park Hyatt, raised more than $200,000 to help support its free programs of emotional support, education, wellness and hope for people with cancer and their loved ones. The event included the presentation of the Celebration of Hope Award to Patricia Payne of Payne & Associates and Hope Connections’ Partnership Award to LAZ Parking. Breast cancer survivor and author Madhulika Sikka stepped in at the last moment to replace journalist Jennifer Griffin, who was unable to attend due to breaking news on the missing Malaysian airplane.★
Judge Nancy Firestone and gala co-chair Sharon Glickman. Photo by Kevin Eakin