NewYork-Presbyterian Receives Energy Star Award

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital was recently recognized with a 2013 Energy Star Combined Heat and Power Award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The hospital was recognized for its highly efficient combined heat and power system at its Weill Cornell Medical Center campus, which opened in 2009. The state-of-the-art system creates an independent source of electricity and heat for the campus, protecting the hospital from power outages during weather-related events, allowing doctors and nurses to provide uninterrupted care and safeguarding medical research facilities, diagnostic labs and pharmaceutical supplies.

This isn't the firs time that the EPA has recognized NewYork-Presbyterian for its sustainability efforts. Next week, the hospital will receive its eighth Partner of the Year Award for Sustained Excellence in Energy Management.

“NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital leads the field with its commitment to energy efficiency and demonstrates how all Americans can save energy, save money and create a healthier environment,” said Bob Perciasepe, acting administrator of the EPA.

Connie Milstein is a long-time member of the NewYork-Presbyterian Board of Trustees and has worked with the hospital in a number of ways. She currently serves on the Quality and Performance Improvement Committee, the Real Estate and Major Facilities Committee and the Join Conference Committee. She also serves as a Governor of the NewYork-Presbyterian Foundation, Inc. Connie’s parents, Vivian and Seymour Milstein, began working with the hospital in the 1950s and Connie helped to open the Vivian and Seymour Milstein Family Heart Center in 2006 in their honor. 

NY-Presbyterian Welcomes Three to Board of Trustees

Though Connie Milstein now resides in Washington, DC, she remains involved in a variety of causes in New York City, where she lived and worked for many years. In 2010, the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital opened the Vivian and Seymour Milstein Family Heart Center, made possible through a $50 million gift from the Milstein family, including Connie and her brother Phillip. The state-of-the-art, 142,000-square-foot Heart Center features advanced diagnostic technology and treatments that are less invasive, more accurate, and require less healing time. Connie has served as a member of the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Board of Trustees since 2000. The Board, which is made up of 87 individuals, oversees the Hospital’s five campuses.

Last week, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital announced three new additions to the Board of Trustees: private equity executive Russell Lloyd Carson; real estate developer Bruce A. Beale, Jr.; and former U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao.

The hospital is the national’s largest not-for-profit, non-sectarian hospital – it boasts 2,409 beds between its five campuses. Each year, the hospital’s 6,144 affiliated physicians and 19,376 staff provides inpatient, ambulatory and preventative care for the 2 million inpatient and outpatient visits each year. The U.S. News and World Report ranks NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital as the sixth-best in the United States. Each of the hospital’s specialties was ranked in the top 50 by the publication.