About the Gala

Each year, the extended Jefferson family gathers together to look back on the year’s shared success and ahead to our new dreams. A signature event for the Philadelphia region, the Jefferson Gala is a revelatory experience—a chance to recognize our friends and family who have been leaders in discovery, innovation, clinical care, and philanthropy. This tradition began in 2003 and we will be holding our 22nd Annual Jefferson Gala this year. 

At Jefferson, we improve lives. The generosity of our philanthropic partners enables us to do this exceptionally well. It is the fuel that powers Jefferson to ever greater heights in the firmament of excellence.

The Jefferson Gala has raised funds for the following programs and areas of research:

2023: Jefferson’s mission to improve lives

2022: Jefferson’s Honickman Center

2021: Jefferson’s Honickman Center
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2020: Jefferson’s innovative initiatives in Italy
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2019: Vickie and Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience

2018: The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center and the Neu Center for Supportive Medicine and Cancer Survivorship

2017: Jefferson’s Department of Surgery Research and Education Fund and the launch of the Philadelphia Collaborative for Health Equity

2016: Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery

2015: Integrative medicine and advanced research in urology

2014: Jefferson’s research, education and clinical-care missions

2013: Jefferson-Jane and Leonard Korman Lung Center and The Daniels Fund for Excellence in Primary Care

2012: Otolaryngology education programs and scholarship funding for medical students

2011: The Division of Cardiology

2010: Research and equipment at Wills Eye and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital’s surgical intensive care unit

2009: Joseph and Marie Field Laboratory for Cerebrovascular Research and education and research in thoracic surgery and endocrine surgery

2008: Prostate and bladder cancer research at the The Jefferson Department of Urology and The Jefferson Breast Care Center

2007: Jefferson Breast Care Center and the Digestive Disease Institute

2006: Scholarships for underrepresented medical students and melanoma research

2005: Jefferson Breast Center

2004: Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience and the Rothman Institute

2003: Integrative medicine and advanced research in urology