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8th Annual Heritage Awards celebrated Black History and organ donation advocates
NJ Sharing Network held its 8th Annual Heritage Awards Dinner Dance “A Historical Journey Through Medicine, Music and Art” at The Pines Manor in Edison, NJ on February 24, 2007 with over 500 supporters in attendance.
The awards ceremony served as a platform to honor the memory of Dr. Samuel Kountz, Jr., America’s first black transplant surgeon. As promised, it was a special evening of appreciation, inspiration, entertainment, fine dining and dancing. The evening also highlighted the contributions of healthcare professionals, community and media partners who have worked, with NJ Sharing Network to increase the rate of organ and tissue donation in the African-American Community.
David S. Kountz, M.D. of the Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Group was the evening’s master of ceremonies and musical entertainment was provided by Valarie Adams and the Dimension Band.
The distinguished 2007 Heritage honorees were:
Kountz Heritage Award for Excellence
Shamkant Mulgaonkar, M.D.,Chief, Renal and Pancreas Transplant Division,
Saint Barnabas Health Care System
Dorian Wilson, M.D.,Assistant Professor Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Transplantation
UMDNJ/The University Hospital
Heritage Community Advocacy Award
Hon. Sharon R. Robinson-Briggs, Mayor of Plainfield, NJ
Heritage Voice Award
Dr. Max Gomez, WNBC - Newschannel 4 Medical Correspondent
Heritage Visionary Award for Excellence
Thomas E. Cannon, Jr.
NJ Sharing Network would like to extend special thanks our Partnering Sponsor, Saint Barnabas Health Care System. We would also like to thank our additional sponsors for the evening including Continental Airlines, LifeCell Corporation, Roche, and Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Center, AmeriChoice Health Service, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Essex County Links, Inc., Midwest Eye Bank, Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation and Schering-Plough Corporation. Additionally, we would like to thank our Cocktail Hour Entertainment Sponsors, Mark Reagan, National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc. and William H. Connolly & Company.
We are also grateful to the ongoing support shown to us by the various chapters of The Links who manage our silent auction each year and the Phi Delta Kappa, Inc., Epsilon Alpha chapter of Somerset, who made a donation to NJ Sharing Network.
If you would like to have more information on next year’s event or to be placed on our mailing list please contact Alli Keleman at 973-379-4535 ext. 2052 or afinlay@sharenj.org
Special thanks to:
for your continued support
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