Jefferson’s Year in Review

January

• Jefferson appoints H. Richard Haverstick, Jr. as Interim CEO
• Mobile Vaccination Team administers 5,000 vaccines this year
• Dr. Helen Burns is named President of the Organization of Nurse Leaders NJ

February

• Dr. Edith Mitchell is recognized on the 2022 Power of Diversity: Black 100 List
• Topping off ceremony is held for the Honickman Center

March

• Dr. Andrew Chapman is named the Director of the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
• National Doctors’ Day raises $168,130
• Scholarship Dinner is held
• Dr. Marion Siegman makes a $3.2 million gift to renovate the University archives in Center City

April

• Jefferson Health – Abington Gala raises $153,000
• Palm Beach Lecture is held, featuring a talk on “The Evolving Role of Nursing in Healthcare”
• The Philadelphia Planning Commission approves Jefferson’s plan to construct a proton therapy center at Jefferson Torresdale Hospital
• Giving Day raises $2.2 million

May

• Magee Rehabilitation Hospital’s Night of Champions raises $260,000
• Jefferson Health – New Jersey Gala—featuring The Beach Boys—raises $636,000

June

• The June Fete Fair is held for the first time since 2019

July

• Amazon recognizes Magee Rehabilitation Hospital for their work with Amazon Alexa devices in patients’ rooms
• Dr. Mark L. Tykocinski is named President of Thomas Jefferson University

August

• Magee Rehabilitation Hospital raises $34,000 at its annual tennis event

September

• Thomas Jefferson University holds the annual Celebration of Innovation
• Jefferson Health and BAYADA Home Health Care join forces to form “Jefferson Health at Home by BAYADA”
• Dr. Joseph Cacchione begins his CEO tenure
• Partnership between Jefferson and Università Cattolica will expand the Vickie and Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience to Expand to Italy

October

• Jefferson announces the David Farber ASPIRE Center, thanks to a $2.5 million gift from the Farber family
• Sidney Kimmel Medical College hosts its annual Alumni Weekend
• Methodist Fashion Show is held
• Jefferson Health and Temple Health, coordinated through the Jefferson Collaborative for Health Equity, host ribbon cutting and dedication of the Frazier Family Coalition for Stroke Education and Prevention

November

• Einstein Healthcare Network’s 70th Annual Harvest Ball raises over $700,000
• 20th Annual Jefferson Gala raises $1.7 million for the Honickman Center
• Rams Rise Up challenge raises $109,000 in support of Thomas Jefferson University’s athletics programs
• Jefferson receives $50 million gift from the Honickman family to name the Honickman Center

December

• The Sidney Kimmel Medical College alumni Bulletin celebrates its 100th anniversary
• Dr. Baligh R. Yehia is named President of Jefferson Health