Goldman Exec Puts His Talents to Good Use at Lifecare
Volunteer improves care at Jewish Home with a better computer system
By Sara Dover
Working with Jewish Home Lifecare was meant to be, so it seems, said West Sider David Orelowitz.
The VP of Goldman Sachs started volunteering at the not-for-profit elder care system by flipping burgers for a company-sponsored barbecue for Lifecare a few years ago, but he became more committed when a friend bumped into him in the hallway and told him the institution was looking for someone with an IT background to work on a electronic records project. Read more
Helping Diabetics Control Their Lives and Sugar Levels
Poverty is often an obstacle to maintaining a good diet
For more than three decades—all of her adult life—Angela Schramm has worked in various roles at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City.
Schramm, a registered nurse and diabetes educator, has spent the past 20 of those years working near her Morningside Heights home in the hospital’s outpatient department on the Upper West Side, where she has lived since 2002. Read more
From Hospital to Home
More than a decade ago, Dr. Brenda Matti was summoned to her first house call late in the afternoon. She packed up a nebulizer machine and inhalers and headed off to see the elderly woman who was having asthma trouble.
“The nurse met me at the apartment before we went in,” she said. “The nurse turned to me and said, ‘Dr. Matti, take a deep breath, this is the last fresh breath you get.’”
She entered the apartment and the nurse’s warning became clear. The rooms were packed with dust, old newspapers and dirty dishes—yet the woman thought she’d had the attack because someone had cleaned the windows. Read more
Alzheimer’s Advocate
Lou-Ellen Barkan knows better than most what an incredible resource Jed Levine is.
Barkan, who’s been president and CEO of the New York City Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association since 2004, said she was immediately impressed by Levine’s breadth of knowledge of the disease. They have worked together for more than five years, and she considers Levine, who’s the chapter’s executive vice president, an outstanding resource.
“He has a perspective that is a combination of common sense and compassion, and also a recognition of the reality,” Barkan said. “That is a very hard balance, and I think he does it absolutely brilliantly. Even the leading scientists who are doing the most important research in this country in this area, they want Jed’s perspective.” Read more
