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Good Works

FAU Harbor Branch

Oceanographic Institute
Commemorates 50 Years Of

Ocean Science For A Better
World ®

FAU Harbor Branch
Oceanographic Institute
commemorated 50 Years of Guests (from left to right) Dave Fuss, director of land
Ocean Science for a Better Jim Sullivan, Ph.D., executive director, FAU Harbor Branch stewardship, Indian River Land Trust; Katherine Dickenson,
World and the finale of the and Florida Atlantic University President John Kelly, Ph.D., FAU Harbor Branch Benefactors Society member; Ken
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2022 50th Anniversary Ocean standing in front of the Johnson-Sea-Link I submersible. Grudens, executive director, Indian River Land Trust;
Science Lecture Series season David Dickenson, FAU Harbor Branch Benefactors Society
with a panel discussion and member; enjoying the reception portion of the event.
special reception on April
20. Renowned faculty
members John Reed, M.Sc.; Guests Lili O’Dare, ONE
Dennis Hanisak, Ph.D.; Sotheby’s International
Brian Lapointe, Ph.D.; and Shannon Gordon, FAU
Shirley Pomponi, Ph.D.; Harbor Branch Benefactors
and Executive Director Jim Society member, enjoying the
Sullivan, Ph.D. regaled reception portion of the event.

Brian LaJoie, area manager, L3Harris (Ocean Crusader
Sponsor)
Guests (from left to right) Brian Carney, president and
invitees with intimate stories about their ground-breaking CEO, TDI, SDI International Training; Stephanie Miele,
research and the rich history of the world-renowned COO, TDI, SDI International Training; and Ken Pruitt,
Oceanographic Institute. former Florida Senate president, enjoying the reception
Local veteran journalist, Anthony Westbury, moderated portion of the event.
the discussion with remarks from FAU President John Kelly.
During the evening, guests traveled back in time to the institute’s The more than 150 guests in attendance included
inception, 1971, when founder J. Seward Johnson Sr. of the representatives from Ocean Crusader Sponsor, L3Harris, as well
Johnson & Johnson family, in collaboration with famed inventor as the Link Foundation and other notable community members.
Jim Sullivan, Ph.D., executive director, FAU Harbor Branch Edwin A. Link, had a vision to create an institute to preserve the The panel discussion was followed by a celebratory reception
and Barbra Kavanaugh, interim executive director, Harbor environment through a scientific understanding of the ocean. where guests mingled with the institute’s faculty and students.
Branch Oceanographic Institute Foundation, enjoying the Fifty years later, the institute is a trusted leader and expert
reception portion of the event. resource for marine science research, conservation and education. Good Works on page 10

Tampa General Hospital’s Health Ambassador Program

Is A Personal Guide To World-Class Care

The Health Ambassador Program When K.C. Austin, a

reduces stress on patients and resident on Florida’s East
Coast, was battling the
families, so they can focus on Delta variant of COVID-19,
he was rushed to a Palm
what matters most. Beach County hospital’s
intensive care unit. Austin
The Health Ambassador Program at Tampa General was intubated, and he and
Hospital (TGH) provides world-class medical care with his family were soon facing
white-glove service. When patients from across Florida life-or-death decisions.
need to be transferred to TGH, a TGH health ambassador “They started talking
will handle all the details for them, whether they need help about him needing a transfer
making a general appointment, scheduling a test, or preparing for ECMO (extracorporeal
for surgery and/or an inpatient stay. Simply give TGH a call, membrane oxygenation
and they will take care of the rest. through a heart-lung
As an integral part of the TGH team, a designated health machine), and that made
ambassador will: it more real,” said Danielle
• Schedule patient appointments and testing Austin, K.C.’s wife.
• Arrange hotel and other travel needs if the patient and “Luckily, the doctors had
their family are coming to TGH from outside the Tampa started the paperwork for
Bay area the transfer pretty early on. Dr. Abraham Schwarzberg, Senior Vice President of Network Development & Chief of
• Help patients with any business needs they may have When I got that phone call Oncology at Tampa General Hospital, sees patients in Palm Beach County and from
during their stay that he was being transferred across the Treasure Coast. When needed, he refers patients to Tampa General Hospital for
• Coordinate any follow-up care, imaging, or further tests to TGH, I just said, ‘Oh my complex care.
a patient may need gosh, we have a chance.’
Tampa General Hospital is committed to becoming The night he was airlifted, we sat on my in-laws’ patio and Lynn Stockford, RN, BSN
the safest and most innovative academic health system waited to see that helicopter take off.” Manager, Physician Network
in the country. It is working to achieve that by offering “The communication at TGH was unbelievable,” Danielle Business Development
the latest treatment options available, utilizing evidence- said. “The fact that I was able to speak to a physician or Lynn educates healthcare
based practices, providing full transparency every step of representative every day, even when I was in West Palm providers and patients on
the way, and extending personalized, white-glove service Beach, was unbelievable. I never felt like I didn’t know what the complex care TGH’s
to each patient. was going on. I never felt that they weren’t doing everything expert physicians provide
“Patience, empathy and servitude are the basis of our they could.” and where appropriate,
program. We understand and respect each of our patients’ All of the right decisions were made at the right time for facilitates transfers through
unique medical and personal needs,” said Lynn Stockford, Mr. Austin, and that continuum of care at TGH is why he is TGH’s ambassador and
network development manager at TGH. “Our goal is to alive today. transfer teams.
reduce stress, so patients and their families can focus on For a consultation, please call (561) 644-0125.
what matters most.”
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