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Enhancing Our Communities with Quality Care
PROGRAMS
AHN is committed to bringing quality care to all communities served throughout the region. It is through the support of generous donors like you that enable AHN to bring premier programs and provide access to internationally renowned doctors. And, new moms are now getting the help they need and finding hope they may have never thought was possible again. Your gifts directly impact the many programs developed to meet the diverse needs of our communities.
SUPPORTING THE UNIQUE JOURNEY TO HEALING Perinatal Palliative Care Program
When an unborn child is diagnosed with a disease, especially a fatal disease, it is a tragedy for the expectant mother and her family. During this crisis, the family may experience shock, anger, disbelief, and despair. To help families come to terms with the situation, AHN offers palliative care services that include emotional, spiritual, social, and symptom support. Dr. Marta C. Kolthoff, a board-certified OB/GYN and reproductive geneticist, leads the multidisciplinary AHN Perinatal Palliative Care team at West Penn Hospital. “We recently secured a very generous gift for the Perinatal Hospice [and Palliative] Program, under the direction of Dr. Marta Kolthoff, which was a combination of an outright gift and a planned estate gift,” said Allie Quick, AHN Chief Philanthropy Officer. “The beauty of that gift structure is that Dr. Kolthoff has immediate funding to support the program over the next 10 years, as well as a vehicle in place to fund the program in the future.”
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