ADVISORY/Brown, Speier Join UCSF Children's Hospital Dedication Nov. 8.News & Assignment Editors/City Desks/Health & Medical Writers ADVISORY...for Thursday (Nov. 8) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Three children with life-saving stories to tell will join Mayor Willie Brown The name Willie Brown may refer to:
Speier was born May 14, 1950 in San Francisco, California. She earned a B.A. and UCSF UCSF University of California at San Francisco dignitaries at the dedication ceremony for UCSF Children's Hospital A children's hospital is a hospital which offers its services exclusively to children. The number of children's hospitals proliferated in the 20th century, as pediatric medical and surgical specialties separated from internal medicine and adult surgical specialties. on Thursday, Nov. 8. A new state law allows the Children's Hospital name and designation as a "hospital within a hospital" for four floors of UCSF Medical Center The UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus Heights and Mount Zion in San Francisco, California are the major research and medical teaching hospitals of the University of California, San Francisco. It has been ranked as the 7th-best overall medical center in the United States by U.S. , more than 150 pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. specialists and hundreds of staff devoted solely to children's care. This is San Francisco's only child-dedicated hospital, and a leading referral center for children with serious medical conditions from all of Northern California. Reporters and Cameras are Invited To: 11:00 a.m.: The dedication ceremony: Thursday, Nov. 8, Room N-217 The ceremony culminates in a conversation with three "spokeschildren" and their parents. Their stories of life-saving treatment and dedicated care represent the true reason for UCSF's Children's Hospital. Senator Speier, Mayor Brown, and UCSF dignitaries also will speak, and a plaque will be unveiled commemorating the hospital dedication. Noon - 1:00 p.m.: Interviews with spokeschildren -- UCSF Children's Hospital Individual interviews begin after the ceremony, approximately 12 noon. Reporters with advance reservations have first choice on interviews and tours. Noon - 2:00 p.m.: Your individualized in·di·vid·u·al·ize tr.v. in·di·vid·u·al·ized, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·ing, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·es 1. To give individuality to. 2. To consider or treat individually; particularize. 3. tour of UCSF Children's Hospital: Each news organization may choose a tour to meet your story requirements. Our spokesfamilies know about the child-friendly rooms and nursing stations, the bone marrow transplant bone marrow transplant: see bone marrow. unit, the child surgery center with stars on the ceiling and rare surgical procedures going on in the O.R., the world-renowned intensive care nursery and the playroom, schoolroom computer room and children's garden. For many of your readers and viewers this will be a first peek at this hospital-within-a-hospital. RESERVATIONS are required for tours, interviews and access to the dedication ceremony We'll arrange an individual guide for each news organization. Meet at the front lobby of UCSF Medical Center, 505 Parnassus -- call ahead for your guide through the UCSF maze! Call Janet Basu or Maureen McInaney, UCSF News Services, 415/476-2557. |
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