Fall 2010

Connection
In this issue: 04  |  Where the Heart Is
The Heart Center’s regional
08  |  Thrive,  
Not Just Survive
12  |  Taking On a  
Quiet Epidemic

Our NICU addresses the See what Seattle Children’s

presence allows children to life-threatening medical is doing to save one in eight
receive exceptional care in issues of critically ill infants. children from premature birth.
their own communities.
 From Where I Stand
Ken Alhadeff
Sixth-generation Seattleite,
entrepreneur, Seattle Children’s donor
I am inspired. Seattle Children’s Hospital has been
part of my DNA since birth.
One of my earliest memories is of
my mother volunteering with a guild
in our Seward Park neighborhood.
I remember being puzzled as to why
children needed a different kind of
hospital than grown-ups.
Now I know.
When our daughter Alison was
12 months old, she developed a serious
intestinal condition. We ate and slept
and lived at the hospital in that intimate
way that only happens when your child
is in dire need.
Some years later, our youngest
child, Andrea, started having seizures
at age 8. Again, Children’s turned what
seemed so unfair into a happy ending
for our family.
Is the hospital perfect? No. But
the men and women who treat such
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complex conditions are perfect in
their understanding that there is no
“business as usual” for chronically
ill children.
For my grandchildren, I pray that
all Children’s ever has to be is a symbol
of the goodness of the human spirit.
But if it ever needed to be more, I’m
so grateful that it’s here.
There’s a Hebrew term, “l’dor
v’dor.” It means “from generation to
generation.” Children’s embodies this
concept by blending intelligence and
compassion to create hope for each
new generation.
Every day the newspapers tell us
what’s wrong with us as a society.
Children’s Hospital is about what’s
right with us. The real news is that
each of us has the capacity to include
Children’s as part of our own front-
page story.
Fall 2010

“ The best way to find

yourself is to lose yourself
in the service of others.”
— Mohandas Gandhi

Connection Team
Contents
Jennifer Fisch
Executive Editor

David Perry Feature Stories

Vice President
of Marketing and
Communications
04 | Where the Heart Is
Valerie Courtney
Senior Director of Development, The Heart Center’s regional presence allows
Annual Giving and Donor Relations
children to receive exceptional care in their
Allison Broadgate own communities.
Marketing and
Communications Manager

Kathi Elliott 08 | Thrive, Not Just Survive

Brand and Production Manager
Our newborn intensive care team helps
Nate Brown
Production Specialist
critically ill infants from throughout our
region overcome life-threatening problems.
feature story writers
Lisa Brihagen
Brad Broberg
Shelly Ross
12 | Taking On a Quiet Epidemic
A new global initiative of Seattle Children’s
contributing writers
Elizabeth Austen takes on prematurity and stillbirth with a
Lisa Brihagen
Keith Mack goal of saving millions of babies from Seattle
design
to Sri Lanka.
Methodologie, Seattle

cover and featured photography

Nancy LeVine
In Every Issue
photographers
Bryce Covey Photography
Sally Chapin
Dave Sizer Design and Photography
14 | What’s Happening at Seattle Children’s
Paul Dudley
Vivian Hsu, Team Photogenic
Shari Jackson 18 | On the Scene
Aileen Kelly
Jerry Metcalf
Ray Meuse 22 | Calendar of Events
Aaron Reynolds
Bev Sparks
Bill Stickney
Max Waugh 23 | At a Glance

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Selah Joy, 1, (with her dad, Air Force pilot Josh Ellis) gets the specialty
care she needs at Seattle Children’s South Sound Cardiology Clinics —
just 30 minutes from her Port Orchard, Wash., home. www.seattlechildrens.org/connect
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Where the Heart Is
Our Heart Center’s team approach and regional presence allow
children to receive exceptional care in their own communities.

Katie Ellis was thrilled to be back near
Tacoma, Wash., where she and her
husband, Joshua, grew up and where
their families still live. After spending
seven years at Air Force bases in
Mississippi and South Carolina where
her husband trained and worked as
a pilot, Ellis was glad to be home —
especially now that they were expecting
their third child.
When Selah Joy was born in May
2009, both parents breathed a sigh of
relief that she was so mellow. As Selah’s
first week of life passed, Ellis was
happy that her newborn was nursing
so well and that her color looked good.
“I did wonder if I was swaddling her
too tight,” recalls Ellis, “when I noticed
that her feet would turn purple and
blue, and sometimes she’d wheeze
and sweat.”
Ellis mentioned these strange
symptoms at Selah’s two-week well-
baby visit. A concerning heart murmur
led their Gig Harbor–based pediatrician
to refer them to Dr. Don Trippel at
Seattle Children’s South Sound
chambers of her heart. The condition,
known as ventricular septal defect
or VSD, is the most common congenital
heart defect, affecting 1 in 500
newborns. Though VSD is repairable
by surgery, Selah’s condition was
complicated by pulmonary hypertension
— a factor that added greater risk to
the surgery.
“Only about 1% of infants are born
with heart problems, so local pedia­
tricians are happy to have someone
with expertise in the community,” says
Trippel. “They rely on us to determine
if something that concerns them is
truly a problem.”
Seamless coordination of care
For three and a half months, Trippel (Above) Dr. Don Trippel is one of two cardi­
ologists at Seattle Children’s South Sound
monitored Selah’s condition from Cardiology Clinics. Only about 5% of his
Tacoma while the family waited for her patients need to go to Seattle Children’s
to reach 13 pounds — big enough to main campus for procedures.
ensure a good outcome from her surgery
(Left) Selah Joy Ellis’ heart was repaired by
at Children’s Heart Center in Seattle. Children’s cardiac surgeons in Seattle, but
“Josh had been deployed to the her ongoing care is at Seattle Children’s South
Middle East during the time we were Sound Cardiology Clinics.

Cardiology Clinics in Tacoma — waiting for Selah to gain weight, so

a mere 10-minute drive from their
pediatrician’s office.
A three-dimensional ultrasound of
Selah’s heart — reviewed on a shared
computer system by both Trippel
and an echocardiography expert at
Children’s Heart Center in Seattle —
confirmed that the Ellises’ pediatrician
was on to something.
The tiny girl had a large hole in the
wall dividing the left and right lower
I was thankful to have Dr. Trippel so
close instead of having to drive to
Seattle for appointments,” says Ellis.
More than 40 pediatric specialists
work together at the Heart Center
in Seattle and regional sites in
Washington, Alaska and Montana to
treat every childhood heart issue —
from congenital abnormalities and
rhythm disorders to heart failure and
transplant.
For out-of-town children like Selah
who need a surgery or procedure that
can’t be done at one of Children’s
regional cardiology clinics, a team of
coordinators works with the family
to set up the appointment and make
accommodations in Seattle, including
airport pickup when necessary. Upon
discharge, the team schedules the
child’s follow-up visits with a Children’s

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would be wrong for us not to reach out to children and
Where the Heart Is
in their own communities.”
— Dr. Stanley Stamm, who started traveling around the state in 1964 to see pediatric cardiology patients
cardiologist in their own community
and makes sure that the child’s primary
care provider is kept informed.
“When families come to us looking
for a second opinion, they stay here,”
explains cardiac surgeon Dr. Mike
McMullan. “Our team approach is
different from the way most other heart
centers treat kids. Our medical and
surgical functions at the hospital are
totally coordinated with our cardiol­
ogists out in the communities, so
nothing falls through the cracks.”
“We were so nervous,” remembers
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Ellis, whose husband was given special
permission by his unit to fly home for
the surgery. “But spending time with
Dr. McMullan reassured us. He explained
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everything and he listened well. No
question was crazy for him. He was
In 2009, more than half of the Heart Center’s clinic visits — about 6,000
appointments — took place at sites other than Seattle Children’s main campus:
Seattle Children’s
Seattle Children’s clinics
Other locations where Children’s
Heart Center providers see patients
Seattle Children’s main campus
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just so capable and comfortable to the VSD. Trippel will follow Selah
be around.” throughout her childhood to make
sure that no problems develop.
Understanding families’ needs “We put our trust in Children’s
hands and everything was taken care
Selah’s siblings wanted to see her after
of in the best possible way,” says Ellis.
her six-hour open-heart surgery. “I
“We’ve had exceptional care both in
didn’t think the nurses would allow
Seattle and Tacoma.”
that, but they covered Selah with a
blanket so the kids could see her face
Regional resource for
but not all the tubes,” recalls Ellis.
complex cases
“Then they explained that Selah had
a zipper in her chest — and my other When Siena Hope Magana was born
daughter said she wanted a zipper, in Richland, Wash., what was supposed
too! We were so grateful to have to be the happiest day of her parents’
nurses who really understood siblings lives turned into the worst.
and families.” “As soon as she was born, she was
Today, Selah is a feisty toddler. blue and they whisked her out of the
She no longer needs medication and, room,” remembers her mom Erica
eventually, her heart muscle will grow Magana. “My husband Omar went
over the Dacron patch that covers with her on an emergency transport
helicopter to Children’s.”
Within half an hour after giving birth,
Magana was being driven to Seattle by
her family. On the way, she learned that
Siena was born with a life-threatening
Washington Montana
condition called tetralogy of Fallot —
Bellevue Butte
Bellingham Kalispell a combination of four heart malforma­
Everett Missoula tions that required immediate surgery.
Federal Way In addition, the infant’s heart was
Mt. Vernon Alaska
Olympia Anchorage missing a pulmonary valve.
Port Angeles Barrow “A newborn’s heart is the size of
Silverdale Bethel a ring box,” explains McMullan, who
Sunnyside Dillingham
Tacoma Fairbanks likens Siena’s “unusual and challenging
Tri-Cities Juneau surgery” to “putting a pair of tiny baby
Wenatchee Ketchikan shoes inside that box, cutting a hole
Yakima Kodiak
Kotzebue
in it, then trying to tie the shoelaces
Nome inside the box.”
Sitka Siena was lucky. McMullan and his
Soldotna
colleagues Drs. Gordon Cohen and
Wasilla
Lester Permut are the only cardiac
surgeons in the region who are focused
exclusively on repairing the ring-box-
sized hearts of infants.
Siena has had two surgeries at our
main hospital, but her care is managed
 Have Stethoscope, Will Travel
He is an icon at Seattle Children’s. Stamm began his travels to
Dr. Stanley Stamm was the first Port Angeles, Wash., in 1964,
cardiologist hired in 1962 and only before heart-imaging technology
our second paid physician (prior to was available in the U.S.
the 1960s, community physicians By 1970, Stamm convinced the
volunteered for shifts on the hospital to buy him a van with a lift
hospital’s wards). so he could transport his team —
During Stamm’s 48-year career a cardiac nurse, a new-fangled
at Children’s, he developed the echocardiography machine and an
Whisked to Seattle Children’s main campus
shortly after birth with a complex heart pulmonary and intensive care echosonographer. Before long, their
problem, Siena Hope Magana receives her units, trained thousands of adoring travels extended to pediatric clinics
follow-up care at Children’s Tri-Cities Clinic. clinicians and single-handedly in Bellingham and Yakima and to
started a week-long summer camp the Indian Health Services in
for children with serious illnesses Toppenish, Wash. Eventually, they
close to her home at Children’s Tri-Cities that has been operating for 44 years. started flying up to Alaska.
Clinic, by cardiologists Paul Herndon He was also the father of Today, Stamm’s legacy includes
and Warren Toews. All of Siena’s Children’s Regional Outreach 40 visits each month by Children’s
physicians at Children’s — those on the Program. cardiologists to hospitals and clinics
east and west side of the mountains — “When I started my career in throughout Washington, Alaska and
share her electronic medical records on general pediatrics, I enjoyed making Montana. Our echosonographers
one computer system for immediate house calls,” remembers Stamm. attend every clinic to take images
access to her case. “Once I joined Children’s, it was a of young hearts.
“The clinic in Richland is part of natural evolution to reach out around Stamm, now 85, retired from
Children’s,” says Magana. “Dr. Herndon the state to see cardiology patients.” seeing patients in August 2010.
and Dr. Toews are as good as any of
the doctors at the hospital. They clear
up any confusion we have and explain
everything to us so we understand.”
Magana says she’s thankful for the
doctors and nurses in Seattle, because
they saved her daughter’s life. But she’s
equally thankful for Siena’s doctors in
Richland, because they’re helping keep
the outgoing and playful toddler strong
and healthy.
“Cardiac outreach is a necessity,”
says cardiologist Dr. Stanley Stamm,
who started traveling around
Washington state to see patients
in 1964. “It would be wrong for us
not to reach out to children and
teens in their own communities.”

In 1964, Dr. Stanley Stamm started traveling around Washington state to care for young
cardiology patients, thus unofficially starting Seattle Children’s Regional Outreach Program.
After working together for many years, both he and longtime cardiology nurse Marlene
Dannemiller, RN, retired from Children’s in August 2010.

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Thrive, Not Just Survive

We help critically ill infants overcome life-threatening problems

with advanced therapies and a compassionate touch.
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Seattle Children’s

When Jimmy King was airlifted to Seattle Children’s from Island Hospital in Anacortes, Wash., shortly after birth, his oxygen levels were so low he was at
high risk for brain damage. "Children’s didn’t just save Jimmy’s life," says grateful mom Holly King, "they gave us the little boy we were hoping for."

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 “ There’s a whole lifetime ahead of these
babies and we want to make sure that
lifetime is as good as it can be.”
— Neonatologist Dr. Christine Gleason

Jimmy King seems like a typical 2-year- extra care and time in the hospital from the residual effects of oxygen
old who lives to play with trucks and to heal or grow. However, the most deprivation, which causes injury
ride his trike, but there’s nothing typical critically ill babies — from tiny preemies for a period of time even after oxygen
about what happened shortly after he to full-term infants with multiple concentrations are restored.
was born. medical problems or surgical needs After arriving by helicopter at
Jimmy, the son of Jeremy and Holly — come to Children’s. Children’s, Jimmy spent six days on
King of Orcas Island, was about to go Our medical specialists, transport ECMO, an advanced technology that
home from Island Hospital in Anacortes team and unique therapies offer circulated his blood through a machine
when a nurse noticed he was panting newborns and some older babies that oxygenated it and returned it to
slightly. A doctor ordered an X-ray, but the most advanced care available in his body, which allowed his lungs
the results were inconclusive, so she Washington, Alaska, Montana and to heal.
ordered another. Idaho. Two therapies — extracorporeal Meanwhile, doctors sought to limit
“That was when all hell broke loose,” membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and brain injury with a novel treatment —
recalls Holly King. neuroprotective hypothermia — helped hypothermia. By cooling Jimmy to
The X-ray showed that one of Jimmy make a nearly full recovery. around 91 degrees Fahrenheit for three
Jimmy’s lungs had collapsed. Jimmy days, they slowed the metabolic rate
was having increasing problems of his brain, which slowed the rate
Time to heal
breathing. Island Hospital doctors of injury.
tried to re-inflate Jimmy’s lung, but Jimmy’s lungs needed time to heal. Eleven days after Jimmy entered
his oxygen concentration remained And his brain needed protection the NICU, a brain scan showed only
perilously low, and he faced almost
certain brain injury. By the time he
reached Seattle Children’s, both lungs
had collapsed and he was on the brink
of death.
“Jimmy’s brain was shutting down,”
recalls his mother. “Even if he pulled
through, we worried whether he’d ever
be able to walk or feed himself or live
any kind of a normal life.”
Two years later, those fears are just
a memory, thanks to the care Jimmy
received in the Neonatal Intensive Care
Unit (NICU) at Children’s. “The NICU
team not only saved Jimmy’s life,” says
King, “they gave us the little boy we
were hoping for. They gave us Jimmy.”

Most advanced care in the region Because Children’s does not deliver babies, all of the critically ill newborns treated in our NICU
are brought to Children’s via ambulance, helicopter or airplane. This one-of-a-kind ambulance was
Other hospitals also have NICUs, where specially designed for Children’s as a mobile intensive care unit. It can carry the highly trained staff
babies who are sick or premature get and specialized equipment these tiny babies need to make the journey safely.

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The region’s most

critically ill babies
come to Seattle
Children’s.

minor injury to a small area of his brain.
Today, Jimmy’s left hand lacks the
dexterity of his right and he may lose
some hearing, but he’s otherwise a
healthy and happy little boy.
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“Families are often reeling because “So sick so quickly”
they weren’t expecting their baby to
All of the newborns treated at the NICU
be born with serious medical issues,”
are born at other hospitals because
says Katie Stiver, a social worker with
Children’s does not deliver babies.
the NICU. “Having someone to guide

Although Children’s rarely knows in

them through the experience and
advance that a baby needs to come to
Caring for newborns — empower them in their role as parents
the NICU, little time is lost between birth
and families is important. I tell families that we have
and arrival at the unit. Two specially
a very experienced medical team to
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Our NICU cares for more than equipped ambulances and their drivers
look after their child, and I’m here
400 babies a year. They come with are stationed at Children’s round-the-
to look after them.”
a wide range of diagnoses — many
with multiple symptoms, some of
which are very rare. The neonatal team
works with specialists from all over
the hospital to treat everything from
heart defects to blood infections to
metabolic disorders to prematurity.
“There are things I’ve seen at
Children’s that most neonatologists
may see only once in a lifetime,”
says Dr. Christine Gleason, who leads
Children’s neonatology program.
Seattle Children’s

“We’re able to diagnose and treat

these complex conditions because
of the breadth and depth of our
multidisciplinary team approach.”
Besides caring for critically ill
newborns, the NICU team helps
families cope with the sudden crisis
of a baby fighting for life. Our social
workers help families understand
the infant’s condition, navigate the
hospital and, if they’re from out
of town, arrange for housing and Critical Care Nurse Patti Jason (at left) and Respiratory Therapist Pete Juarez are part of the team
transportation. that brings nearly 500 critically ill newborns to Children’s each year.

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clock to whisk infants to the 19-bed unit.
“The ambulances are ready to roll
within 30 minutes of getting the call,”
says Lori Markham, neonatal nurse
practitioner. “Depending on the
urgency and the distance, we also work
with Airlift Northwest to bring patients
here by helicopter or plane.”
These mobile intensive care units
carry a NICU nurse and a respiratory
therapist who are trained to prepare
high-risk newborns for transport and
keep them stable while traveling.
In many cases, the transport team
can offer more advanced care than
the baby’s birth hospital, like treating
respiratory failure with high-frequency
ventilation and inhaled nitric oxide.
Doctors stay in constant touch by
phone. “We are their eyes and ears,”
says Patti Rossie, a NICU nurse and
member of the transport team. “It’s a
huge responsibility, but we have the
training and experience to deal with
whatever problems come up, whether
we’re 10 minutes away from the
hospital or an hour and a half.”
There’s no such thing as a routine call.
“The biggest challenge is that these
kids can get so sick so quickly that
you never know what you’ll be dealing
with until you get there,” says Rodney
Blower, a respiratory therapist who
works with the transport team. “But
we can handle just about anything.”
Research Improves Treatment Options
and Outcomes
Drs. Christine Gleason (left) and Sunny Juul are studying how to protect the brains of
critically ill newborns during this key stage of their neurological development.
The time just before and just after
a baby is born is a crucial period in
the brain’s growth. Seattle Children’s
neonatologists are studying how
to protect the brains of critically
ill newborns and premature infants
during this key stage of their
neurological development.
“Over the years, we’ve been able
to help more and more of these
infants live. Our mission now is to
help them thrive,” says neonatologist
Dr. Sandra (Sunny) Juul.
That often involves dealing with
the effects of respiratory problems
that deprive the brain of oxygen,
causing everything from stroke to
blindness to cerebral palsy. Juul
is investigating whether using
erythropoietin (known as EPO) —
a hormone that produces oxygen-
carrying red blood cells — in
combination with hypothermia
therapy is more effective at treating
brain injury due to oxygen depri­
vation than hypothermia alone.
She and Dr. Christine Gleason
are also investigating how the
medications used to alleviate pain
and stress affect brain development.
In the NICU, critically ill babies are
kept alive with breathing machines
and are fed through tubes. They
undergo many uncomfortable
procedures every day. During this
time their mothers may not be able
to hold them because they are too
fragile. They are given sedatives and
painkillers to ease their discomfort,
but the long-term effects of the
drugs on brain development have
not been well studied.
As Juul and Gleason work to
understand those effects, the NICU
is using more and more alternatives
to sedatives and painkillers. One
example: giving a tube-fed infant a
tiny taste of mother’s milk to trigger
the release of natural pain-relieving
endorphins.
“There’s a whole lifetime ahead
of these babies,” Gleason says, “and
we want to make sure that lifetime
is as good as it can be.”
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 Taking On a
Taking On a Quiet Epidemic

Quiet Epidemic
A new global initiative of Seattle Children’s takes on
prematurity and stillbirth with a goal of saving millions
of babies from Seattle to Sri Lanka.
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“Preterm birth and stillbirth are complex local and global health problems that require an interdisciplinary approach and an international commitment,”
says Dr. Craig Rubens, executive director of GAPPS, pictured with his GAPPS co-founder Donna Russell. “We are proud to coordinate this effort and
serve as a catalyst for innovative solutions.”

Pregnant women everywhere face a medical risk that Throughout the world, prematurity is the leading cause
researchers call a “quiet epidemic.” In the United States, of newborn deaths, and millions of stillbirths occur late in
it affects one in eight babies and accounts for $26 billion pregnancy or just minutes before birth. Because the biology
Seattle Children’s

in healthcare costs annually. of pregnancy and childbirth is poorly understood, many

The problem is preterm birth, and Seattle Children’s
is leading an international effort to address it through
the Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth
(GAPPS). The GAPPS team is working to raise awareness
of prematurity and stillbirth, understand the causes, develop
solutions and advocate for policy changes that save lives.
“Prematurity and stillbirth do not discriminate,” says
Dr. Craig Rubens, executive director of GAPPS. “This tragedy
affects women in low-, middle- and high-income countries.
It happens to women in Seattle and Sri Lanka. It happens to
women who go to every prenatal care appointment, and it
happens to women who can’t see a doctor during pregnancy
because they live too far from a medical facility.”
underlying causes of this widespread situation are unknown.
Even in the richest countries, current healthcare strategies
cannot prevent a preterm birth once labor begins. One
million preterm newborns die each year, and many who
survive experience health problems such as cerebral palsy,
respiratory infections, neurological problems and impaired
vision and hearing. Families of premature babies endure
tremendous emotional and financial stress.
A difficult journey
No one prepared Gina Celeste-Hjort and Erica Gower for
the possibility of having premature babies. Both Seattle-area

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Erica Gower enjoys a moment with daughter Katie, 3, who was born nine Gina Celeste-Hjort (left) and Erica Gower met on Seattle Children’s
weeks prematurely. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit after each had a second child born
prematurely. They’ve since created the Tiny Footprints Guild to raise
money to support GAPPS.

“ In the U.S., preterm birth affects one in eight babies and

accounts for $26 billion in healthcare costs annually.”

women gave birth to healthy, full-term babies during their Hope through research
first pregnancies, so they expected “seamless” pregnancies
Though prematurity is a leading healthcare expenditure
with their second children in 2007. But Celeste-Hjort
in the U.S., it is 63rd on the list of research topics funded
delivered son Ryan at 28 weeks and Gower delivered
by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
daughter Katie at 31 weeks. Their families were shaken
“The most significant barrier to the development of
by the circumstances and unprepared for the challenges
new interventions is a lack of scientific information on
that followed.
normal and abnormal gestational biology,” Rubens explains.
“Katie was hospitalized for six weeks before my husband
“Fortunately, new tools and technologies will help us gain
Ray and I brought her home,” Gower recalls. “Then she
a better understanding of why some pregnancies end in
contracted viral meningitis and was admitted to Children’s.
preterm birth or stillbirth. With this information in hand,
We didn’t know if she would make it. That’s how it was
we can develop effective strategies for diagnosis, treatment
during the first year of her life — we lived moment to
and prevention.”
moment, never knowing what would happen next.”
Celeste-Hjort and Gower are so passionate about the
After their son Ryan spent two weeks in the hospital,
potential of GAPPS’ efforts that they founded the Tiny
Celeste-Hjort and her husband, Dane, received shocking
Footprints Guild to raise money for prematurity awareness,
news: Their little boy had necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC),
research and advocacy.
a gastrointestinal disease that primarily affects premature
“As a nation and a global community, we are failing our
infants. He died four weeks later, and his parents faced the
babies and families,” says Gower. “In low-resource countries,
difficult transition to life without their baby. Since that time,
more newborns die from prematurity than from HIV/AIDS
Celeste-Hjort has grappled with a fundamental question:
or tuberculosis. Prematurity and stillbirth can happen to
Why did this happen?
anyone, yet there’s little awareness of this global health
“I underwent all kinds of tests after Ryan was born,
crisis and few resources to address it. We are proud to
but no one could find a cause for my premature labor,”
bring people together and support GAPPS’ work to find
says Celeste-Hjort. “It was devastating to lose my baby
solutions.”
to prematurity and have no idea why.”

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 What’s Happening
What’s Happening
at Seattle Children’s
Dr. Tom Hansen welcomes Jim Ladd, the
new chair of the Seattle Children’s Hospital
Board of Trustees
Dear Readers,
Fall 2010
We are making steady progress
toward our goal of being available
to all patients and families who
need us throughout our region.
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In July, we opened the doors to
Seattle Children’s Bellevue Clinic
and Surgery Center, giving Eastside
families easier access to pediatric
surgeons and specialists in more
than 15 disciplines.
Our plans to expand our main
Seattle campus received the green
light from the Seattle City Council
earlier this spring, and we will begin
preparing the site this fall for the
Seattle Children’s
Little surgeons get a hands-on experience in the
operating room — one of the many kid-friendly
activities at Children’s annual health fair.
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first of four phases of construction that
will transform our campus over the next
20 years. Taking a phased approach
lets us build the facilities we need and
no more. Our initial focus is on adding
inpatient beds and making all inpatient
rooms private, as this is our region’s
most critical need.
In July, Jim Ladd began a two-year
term as chair of the Seattle Children’s
Hospital Board of Trustees — the first
male to hold this position in Children’s
103-year history.
We thank outgoing chair Cilla
Joondeph, whose graciousness and
tenacity were essential to crafting a
plan for the main campus expansion
that meets the needs of our hospital,
our city and our neighbors.
Thanks also to one-time board chair
Peggy Walton, who retired from our
board after 17 years of service. Peggy’s
many contributions include her work to
develop and expand Children’s research
operations.
We recently kicked off the process
of updating the five-year strategic plan
we began implementing in August 2006.
Record-breaking Attendance for Health Fair
A record-breaking 1,300 children
and their families attended Seattle
Children’s seventh annual community
health fair in March. The free event
featured health and safety activities
for kids ages 3 to 8. This year, Drs. Tom
Lendvay and John Meehan, who are
experts in robotic surgery, gave young
attendees the chance to operate the
arms of the da Vinci surgical robot.
Children also enjoyed activities such
That plan’s unofficial theme was
growth. We are happy to report that
we met and exceeded almost every
target we set, from the number of
patients we were able to see to the
impressive growth in our research
facilities and funding.
We’ll keep you informed about the
progress of the next plan, in which
we’ll focus on responding thoughtfully
to the rapidly changing healthcare
environment.
All of this is geared to helping us
fulfill our founding promise: being
available to all children in our region
who need us, regardless of their
families’ ability to pay. Thank you
for all you do to make this goal our
continuing reality.
All the best,
Tom Hansen, MD
CEO, Seattle Children’s
as getting a finger cast, taking their
favorite stuffed animal for a checkup
at the teddy bear clinic, running a
wheelchair obstacle course, visiting
the Tooth Fairy and touring our
special ambulance for infants. Trained
volunteers fitted 500 adults and
children with complimentary bike
helmets. Families also had the
opportunity to purchase low-cost
booster seats and life jackets.

Children’s plans to begin site preparation for
Phase 1 of our main campus expansion this fall.
Bellevue Clinic and Surgery Center Now Open
Seattle Children’s newest facility, the
Bellevue Clinic and Surgery Center,
opened July 20 to provide pediatric
outpatient specialty care, urgent care,
radiology, sports physical therapy and
day surgery to Eastside patients
and their families. Construction was
completed ahead of schedule and
under budget.
Donors and Eastside community
leaders who supported the project got
a “sneak peek” on June 15. More than
100 guests toured the building to see
for themselves how the design creates
Dr. Ruth McDonald is a nationally known
pediatric nephrologist whose work has
improved organ allocation policies for children.
Seattle Children’s Grows Toward the Future
In April 2010, the Seattle City Council
approved Seattle Children’s Major
Institution Master Plan to expand our
main hospital campus in four phases
over 20 or more years.
Children’s is currently working
with the City of Seattle and Sellen
Construction to develop a timeline for
Phase 1 construction. The current plan,
which depends on the city’s approval of
the Phase 1 Master Use Permit, includes
preparing the Laurelon Terrace site in
late 2010 and beginning construction
of a new building in winter 2011.
Phase 1 includes 192 private patient
rooms, of which 60 to 80 will open in
2013. The additional private rooms —
and the conversion of all existing
inpatient rooms to private rooms —
a warm, welcoming and healing
environment and to learn how the
flexible, efficient spaces support an
easy flow for patients and families as
well as staff. The interior artwork, much
of it created by KittenChops Graphic
Design and Illustration, reflects the
flora, fauna and landscape of the
Pacific Northwest and illustrates the
healing relationship between patient
and caregiver.
Information about the services
available on the Eastside can be found
at www.seattlechildrens.org/bellevue.
McDonald Elected Secretary of National Organ Network
Dr. Ruth McDonald was elected
secretary of the United Network for
Organ Sharing (UNOS) Board of
Directors. Her two-year term started
in June 2010.
UNOS oversees the national database
of clinical transplant information and
operates the computerized organ-
sharing system, which matches donated
organs to patients. Throughout her
career as a pediatric nephrologist,
McDonald has worked to improve organ
allocation policy for children. She is a
will be completed in subsequent
years. Phase 1 will also include a kitchen
and service dock, and an improved
emergency department is planned. We
are also working with the city and the
community to analyze options for
a new helicopter-landing pad.
Children’s urgent need to start
and complete Phase 1 is driven by our
shortage of inpatient beds. While we
continue to be as efficient as possible
in delivering quality healthcare to
all of our patients, we had to divert
79 children and teens to other hospitals
because beds were full last year.
We are committed to building only
what we need in order to provide the
best possible care to our patients and
their families.
The newly opened Bellevue Clinic and Surgery
Center offers a warm welcoming environment
— and saves more Eastside patients and families
a trip to Seattle.
nationally known researcher in pediatric
renal transplant, and she participates in
many multicenter research studies.
McDonald is one of the leaders of
our Nephrology program, currently
ranked #2 in the country by U.S.News &
World Report. McDonald leads Seattle
Children’s Solid Organ Transplant
Program and is associate medical
director for our Ambulatory Services
Department. She is professor of
pediatrics at University of Washington
School of Medicine.
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What’s Happening

Dr. Richard Ellenbogen was named that recognizes the widespread

co-chair of the National Football
League’s Head, Neck and Spine
Medical Committee.
The committee’s work includes
identifying best practices for treating
head, neck and spine injuries; supporting
research on the long-term impact
of concussions and related injuries;
and increasing public awareness
about the prevention and treatment
of these injuries.
“I am humbled and honored to be
participating in a program by the NFL
problem of concussion, which occurs
in a wide spectrum of our population
from student-athletes to soldiers to
professional athletes,” says Ellenbogen.
An attending neurosurgeon at Seattle
Children’s, Ellenbogen also co-directs
the Seattle Sports Concussion Program,
holds the Theodore S. Roberts Endowed
Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery at the
University of Washington School of
Medicine and is the chief of neurological
surgery at Harborview Medical Center.

Neurosurgeon Dr. Rich Ellenbogen will help the

NFL establish best practices for treating head,
neck and spine injuries.

New Hope for Pediatric Cancer Treatment

Fall 2010

Dr. Michael Jensen, who is leading “Mike’s research is tremendously

research that has the potential to exciting, with implications for virtually
radically change the way pediatric every type of pediatric cancer,” says
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cancers are treated — and cured — James Hendricks, PhD, president of

joined Seattle Children’s Research
Institute in July.
Jensen has developed a method
of reprogramming the body’s own
immune system to kill cancer. This
technique of genetically re-engineering
an individual’s T cells has proven to
be safe and effective in the laboratory.
His research promises a future of
immunotherapy cancer cures without
the devastating side effects of radiation
and chemotherapy. He is now working
to translate this breakthrough to
Seattle Children’s
the research institute.
Support from the Ben Towne
Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation
was essential to bringing Jensen to
Seattle, says Hendricks. This Seattle-
based nonprofit public charity was
established to support transformative
cancer research. It is named for
Children’s patient Ben Towne, who
passed away at age 3-1/2 after a
two-year battle with neuroblastoma. Dr. Mike Jensen’s research shows it’s possible
to use the body’s own immune system to kill
cancer cells.

children with cancer.

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Founding Promise Kept
Exceptional care to all children in our region who need us —
regardless of a family’s ability to pay.

Seattle Children’s new Bellevue Clinic

and Surgery Center provides exceptional
care to children in our region regardless
of a family’s ability to pay.
Our commitment to uncompensated
care applies to both inpatients and
outpatients, and covers the hospital’s
main Seattle campus and our outpatient
clinics throughout the region.
Eastside resident Nicole Wright-
Neumiller, the foster and soon-to-be
adoptive mom of 9-month-old Maddie,
is glad to have a Children’s facility
closer to home where Maddie can
receive ongoing treatment for a rare
chromosomal disorder. Maddie has
Medicaid insurance, which typically
reimburses healthcare providers for
much less than the cost of services.
Uncompensated care covers the
difference between Medicaid reimburse­
ment and the actual cost of treatment. “We are so blessed to have a Children’s facility nearby,” says Eastside resident Nicole Wright-
Neumiller, who is adopting her foster daughter Maddie, a recipient of uncompensated care for
“No matter what, Maddie will always treatment related to a chromosomal disorder.
get the care she needs at Children’s,”
says Wright-Neumiller.
Contrary to popular notions about their private health insurance isn’t “It means so much to families
the Eastside’s affluence, we anticipate adequate. Throughout our region, to have uncompensated care,” says
a significant need for uncompensated Children’s expects to provide more Wright-Neumiller.
care at Children’s Bellevue. It’s estimated than $100 million in uncompensated Your financial gifts help us fulfill
that 32% of patients who will be treated care during the 2010 fiscal year. our founding promise to patients
at the new clinic, which translates into Generous community support — at Children’s Bellevue and our other
an estimated 20,000 clinic visits each like yours — enables us to provide sites. To support uncompensated
year, will have Medicaid. world-class compassionate care to care, please call 206-987-2153.
Our policy of uncompensated every child in our region who needs
care also extends to families who it, regardless of insurance coverage
need financial assistance because or financial circumstances.

Children’s expects to provide more than $100 million in uncompensated care during
the 2010 fiscal year.

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 On the Scene
On the Scene
Fall 2010

(Above left) The Friends of Costco Guild is the most successful fundraising group in Seattle Children’s history. (Top right) Friends of Costco Guild
founder Jan Sinegal (left) and guild president Lynn Winters were joined by Seattle Children’s patient Keilana Hamper during the Children’s Golf Classic
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celebration at Safeco Field. (Bottom right) The band Chicago entertained at the celebration.

Children’s Golf Classic Raises $6.6 Million

The Friends of Costco Guild raised
$6.6 million at the 11th annual Children’s
Golf Classic to benefit uncompensated
care at Seattle Children’s. Held in August,
the three-day Golf Classic is consistently
Children’s top fundraiser. In fiscal year
2009, the event generated 57% of
all revenue raised by the hospital’s
Seattle Children’s
neurosurgeon Dr. Richard Ellenbogen
spoke about Children’s innovative
cancer research. Afterward, guests
enjoyed a concert by the rock band
Chicago. The following morning, more
than 1,000 golfers played at seven
area courses. After golfing, supporters
attended an awards party at The Golf
JBS Swift, Nice-Pak, Pilgrim’s Pride,
Sun Products Corporation, and the
Sinegal Family Foundation.
Many thanks to title sponsors
Allied Marketing, Comprehensive
Payment Recovery Service, ConAgra
Foods, Diageo, Dreyer’s Grand Ice
Cream, Earth Friendly Products, LNK

Guild Association.
A reception was held at Chateau
Ste. Michelle Aug. 14 to recognize major
sponsors. The next day, more than
1,000 guests attended a dinner and
party at Safeco Field, where Children’s
Club at Newcastle to celebrate the
event’s success.
Sincere appreciation to Classic
Circle of Care sponsors Costco
Wholesale, agron/adidas, American
Express, Cargill, Inc., General Mills,
International, Mars, Inc., Mazzetta
Company, LLC, Niagara Bottling,
PepsiCo, Pharmavite, LLC, Tarantino
Gourmet Sausages, Trident Seafoods,
Tyson Foods, Unilever, and Vizio.

The $9.75 million raised at the events described in this section primarily benefited
uncompensated care, helping to provide equal access to hope and healing at
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Wine Auction Uncorks Support
The 23rd annual Auction of Washington
Wines raised $1.4 million through a
weekend of events in August to benefit
Seattle Children’s uncompensated care.
More than 1,000 guests attended a
gourmet picnic at Chateau Ste. Michelle
Aug. 19, and winemaker dinners were
held the following evening at wineries
and in area homes. The Run for
Children’s Guild raised $120,000 at the
fourth annual Covey Run 10K and 5K
Run/Walk & Kids Dash on Aug. 21. That
evening, 450 guests attended the Gala
Auction. Themed “2010 — A Wine
Support Seattle Children’s this year by pledging a gift for every touchdown scored by the University
of Washington football team.
Odyssey,” the black-tie affair featured
a multicourse dinner, and silent and live
auctions of exclusive wine vacations
and rare Washington wines.
Jake Finkbonner, 10, spoke about
his extensive treatment at Children’s for
necrotizing fasciitis, commonly called
flesh-eating disease. Many thanks to
lead sponsors Chateau Ste. Michelle,
John L. Scott Foundation, Tulalip
Resort Casino, Classical KING FM 98.1,
KING 5, Seattle magazine, Viking,
Vine Vertical and Wine Spectator.
(Top) Chairing the 2010 Auction of Washington
Wines were (from left) Rick Small, Darcey
Fugman-Small, Brad Smith and Michele Smith.
(Bottom) The Covey Run raised $120,000 for
Seattle Children’s.
Join the Huskies!
This season, Jake Locker and the
University of Washington Husky
football team are battling on the
field to win games and raise money
for Seattle Children’s. Join them by
making a financial pledge for every
touchdown they score. Make your
pledge or give a one-time gift at
www.uwtouchdownsforkids.com.
Pledges will be collected after the
Huskies play their final game.
With your pledge, each touchdown
the Huskies score means generous
support for patients and families at
Children’s who need it. And Husky
players aren’t only supporting
Children’s through efforts on the field.
They also frequently visit the hospital,
bringing energy, smiles and excitement
to patients and their families.
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On the Scene

Seattle Children’s patient Marques Mar and his Children of members of the Society of Vintage Jacqueline Sherris, PhD, received the Odessa
mother Marji Mar joined KOMO 4’s Steve Pool Racing Enthusiasts (SOVREN) and the SOVREN Brown Children’s Clinic Spirit of Caring Award
during the “Miracle Makers” broadcast in June. Guild attended the 22nd annual Pacific from Lenny Wilkens, a trustee of Seattle
Northwest Historics Vintage Races. Children’s Hospital Foundation.

Viewers Support “Miracles” Races Benefit Hospital Clinic Supporter Honored

The 26th annual “Miracle Makers”
television special raised $215,000 — a
45% increase over 2009 — during its
June 4 broadcast on KOMO 4. Marques
Mar, Shawn Berg and Jake Finkbonner
shared inspirational stories about their
care at Seattle Children’s, while KOMO 4
hosts Steve Pool, Mike Dardis, Molly
Shen and Kathi Goertzen encouraged
viewers to pledge financial support. It
Fall 2010
The SOVREN Guild raised more than
$675,000 at the 22nd annual Pacific
Northwest Historics Vintage Races,
held July 4th weekend at Pacific
Raceways in Kent. Proceeds benefited
uncompensated care. Guest celebrity
Augie Pabst and about 10,000 fans
watched more than 250 restored cars
racing at speeds up to 150 mph.
This year featured a celebration of
The Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic
(OBCC), a community clinic of Seattle
Children’s, presented the Dr. Blanche
S. Lavizzo Spirit of Caring Award to
Jacqueline Sherris, PhD, at a ceremony
held May 27. As a vice president of the
international nonprofit PATH, Sherris
promotes equality in healthcare for
children around the world. Sherris has
supported OBCC for 20 years and

was an emotional return to the program
for Goertzen, who hosted “Miracle
Makers” for 24 consecutive years
before missing last year’s broadcast
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Alfa Romeo’s 100th anniversary. The established Ryan’s Fund at the clinic
Pacific Northwest Kart Race Challenge in memory of her son. “We are very
gave fans the chance to race electric fortunate to have a champion like
karts on a special track. Teams pledged Jackie Sherris advocating on behalf of

because of her treatment for a brain
tumor. The program was co-sponsored
by KOMO 4 and Costco Wholesale.
at least $500 to Children’s to participate.
Many thanks to title sponsor Phil
Smart Mercedes-Benz, presenting
sponsor Edelbrock Corporation,
premiere sponsor Jackson Dean
Construction, associate sponsors
MulvannyG2 Architecture and Pacific
Raceways, and supporting sponsors
JFC Racing and Lake Union Sea Ray.
the medically underserved,” says OBCC
Medical Director Dr. Ben Danielson.
The award, named for OBCC’s first
medical director, recognizes individuals
or organizations for extraordinary
leadership, volunteer time and financial
gifts to the clinic.

Weekend of Fundraising Tops $200,000

Seattle Children’s

Children’s Ride Weekend has made the Imagine
Guild one of Seattle Children’s top five
fundraising guilds.
Children’s Ride Weekend raised more than $200,000 in June for uncompensated
care at Seattle Children’s. Presented by the Imagine Guild, the weekend included
the sixth annual Children’s Ride Gala and Auction, which was held June 25 at
Fremont Studios in Seattle. The live auction featured three custom motorcycles,
which together raised nearly $72,000.
The day after the gala, nearly 500 motorcycles took part in Children’s Ride 15,
a Washington State Patrol–escorted ride that began and ended at BMC SELECT
in Issaquah. Afterward, participants celebrated at “Biker’s Carnival,” which
featured food, games and live music.
Many thanks to title sponsors Buyken Metal Products, Dacels Jewelers &
Gallery, Destination Harley-Davidson, Downtown Harley-Davidson, Dragonfly Cycle
Concepts, John L. Scott Foundation, KZOK, Mayfair Games, United Parcel Service,
V-Twin magazine, Wizards of the Coast and Zackys Custom Rods.

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TOP Food & Drug and Haggen Food &
Pharmacy customers donated $42,283 to
Seattle Children’s during a two-week Miracle
Balloon campaign. Checker Leisha Minich, one
of the retailer’s top sellers, raised $700.
Purchase a Miracle   Support for Odessa Brown
Raises $540,000
The 2010 Purchase a Miracle campaign
raised $540,000 to benefit Seattle
Children’s uncompensated care program
and the hospital’s Science Adventure
Lab. Members of 79 Children’s guilds
placed 200,000 bright green shelf tags
in 430 grocery stores around the state
to identify Purchase a Miracle products.
Between May 1 and June 15, shoppers
selected these items from popular
companies such as Newman’s Own,
Coca-Cola and Kraft. Retailers raised
a substantial portion of Purchase a
Miracle funds through employee
giving, Miracle Balloon sales, product
promotions and sponsor incentives.
Hundreds of supporters gathered at the Seattle
Westin in April for the annual meeting of Seattle
Children’s Hospital Guild Association.
(From left) Former NBA stars Elgin Baylor, Gus
Williams and Lenny Wilkens gather at the dinner
and auction held by the Lenny Wilkens
Foundation in August.
Children’s Clinic
The Lenny Wilkens Foundation raised
funds in August in support of several
community organizations that provide
health and education services. More
than $100,000 was given to the Odessa
Brown Children’s Clinic (OBCC), the
foundation’s primary beneficiary. The
annual Celebrity Classic Weekend
kicked off with a dinner and auction at
the Hyatt Regency Bellevue Aug. 6. The
following day, supporters and sports
celebrities played in a tournament at
The Golf Club at Echo Falls. Proceeds
help the OBCC provide parenting
education, a sickle-cell anemia clinic and
asthma case management for children
and families in central Seattle. Lenny
Wilkens, a former NBA coach and
player, serves on the board of Seattle
Children’s Hospital Foundation and on
Children’s Corporate Leadership Council.
Guilds Celebrate at Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of Seattle
Children’s Hospital Guild Association
attracted nearly 400 guild members
and supporters to the Westin Seattle
April 22. Laurie Boehme, who chairs
the association, congratulated guilds
for their fiscal year 2009 achievements,
which included raising $10.3 million in
net revenue through projects, events
and membership dues.
Dr. Tom Hansen, Seattle Children’s
Children’s Circle of Care members from Seattle
gathered at the North American Leadership
Conference gala in Atlanta in May.
Conference Highlights
Philanthropy
Leading benefactors from Seattle
Children’s traveled to Atlanta for the
Children’s Circle of Care (CCC) North
American Leadership Conference, held
May 12 and 13. Nearly 30 Seattle CCC
members joined 670 others at the
annual conference, which focuses on
the importance of philanthropy in
pediatric medicine. CCC is a program
for donors who give $10,000 or more
per calendar year to any of 25 parti­
cipating pediatric hospitals.
Featured presenters at the
conference were three physicians
from CCC hospitals who spoke about
advances in pediatric research and
care. Iconic singer-songwriter Lionel
Richie entertained attendees at the
Georgia Aquarium following the
gala dinner. The night before the
gala, Costco Wholesale and The
Oki Foundation hosted a dinner for
Seattle CCC members.
CEO, thanked guilds for their ongoing
support and updated attendees on the
hospital’s expansion plans. Drs. Gordon
Cohen and Mark Lewin, co-directors of
Children’s Heart Center, spoke about
the hospital’s world-class cardiac care
and thanked guilds for supporting the
center’s Program in Cardiac Innovation.
Attendees donated $18,000 to
uncompensated care at the luncheon’s
conclusion.
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Calendar of Events
Raising Dough Throughout September;
for Children’s at participat­ing Great Harvest
Bread Co. bakeries
2010 Great Kitchen Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 18 and 19, Support Seattle Children’s by touring nine private homes that reflect
& Bath Tour 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Greater Seattle
18th Annual Saturday, Sept. 18, 10:30 a.m. to
Toy Drive 12:30 p.m.; Husky Stadium, Seattle
Dierks Bentley’s “Miles Saturday, Sept. 18, 2:30 p.m. register
and Music for Kids” for ride from Fife to Puyallup Fair,
7:30 p.m. concert
Wine Tasting Saturday, Sept. 25, 6 p.m.;
Glendale Country Club, Bellevue
Autism Guild Annual Saturday, Oct. 2, 5:30 p.m.;
Gala and Auction Seattle Sheraton
Run of Hope Sunday, Oct. 3, 8 to 9:15 a.m. same
day registration, race begins at
10 a.m.; Seward Park, Seattle
Fall 2010
Luly Yang Annual Friday, Oct. 8, 7 p.m. reception,
Couture Fashion Show 8 p.m. show; Seattle Aquarium
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Harvest Ball Silver Saturday, Oct. 16, 6 p.m.;
Anniversary Red Lion Inn, Pasco
11th Annual Saturday, Oct. 23, 6 p.m.;
Cruise for a Cure Issaquah Community Center
10th Annual Where Saturday, Oct. 23, 6:30 p.m.;
Miracles Take Flight The Museum of Flight, Seattle
Auction
Big Night Thursday, Nov. 4, 6 p.m.;
Sodo Park by Herban Feast,
Seattle Children’s
Seattle
A Primal Symphony Friday, Nov. 5, 6:30 p.m.
silent auction, 8 p.m. concert;
Benaroya Hall, Seattle
Blue Bayou…Where Saturday, Nov. 6, 6:30 p.m.;
Dreams Come True Overlake Golf & Country Club,
Medina
32nd Annual Festival Sunday, Nov. 21, 3 to 5:30 p.m.;
of Trees Fairmont Olympic Hotel, Seattle
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Great Harvest will donate 100% of proceeds from September sales
of $20 honey-wheat Bread-y Bears to Seattle Children’s. Baked fresh
daily. Order online or at participating Great Harvest bakeries.
Visit www.greatharvest.com.
some of the homebuilding industry’s leading designs. $15 per person
in advance; $20 at the door. Visit www.greatkitchenandbathtour.org.
Drop off a new, safe, unwrapped toy with volunteers at stadium entry
gates before the Washington vs. Nebraska football game. Cash
donations accepted. Call 206-999-0958. Presented by Les Schwab
Tire Centers, Q13 FOX and the Guardian Angel Guild.
Join recording artist Dierks Bentley for a celebrity motorcycle ride
and concert to benefit Seattle Children’s. Ride and concert, $65 to
$300 per person. Concert only, $25 to $75. Visit www.thefair.com or
call 800-745-3000.
The Catalina’s Hope Guild presents wine and food pairings with
wines from Steppe Cellars. $75 per person includes silent auction
and raffle. Proceeds benefit uncompensated care. Cocktail attire.
Visit www.catalinashope.org or call 425-883-2893.
Seattle Children’s Autism Guild presents cocktails, dinner and silent and
live auctions to benefit the hospital’s autism center. $150 per person.
Call 206-601-7934.
Join the Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Guild for a run or walk
followed by a celebration with music, food and prizes. $25 per person.
Visit www.runofhopeseattle.org to register online. Sponsored by the
Four Seasons Hotel Seattle.
Luly Yang presents an evening of high fashion to benefit Seattle
Children’s. $125 to $500 per person. Visit www.lulyyang.com or
e-mail your reservation to oceans@truecolorsevents.com. Sponsored
by TriWest.
Celebrate 25 years of giving with the Harvest Ball Guild. Enjoy wine,
dinner, live entertainment and live and silent auctions. Black tie optional.
$100 per person; $75 for Seattle Children’s guild members. Visit
www.tcchguilds.org or call 509-460-0172.
Hawaiian-themed event will include dinner, wine and live and silent
auctions to benefit the pediatric brain tumor research of Seattle
Children’s Dr. Jim Olson. $75 per person. Visit www.jdmguild.org.
Presented by the Jaquish/Dukelow Memorial Cancer Research Guild.
The Miracle House Guild will celebrate its 10th year with wine, hors
d’oeuvres, dinner, live entertainment and silent and live auctions to
benefit uncompensated care. $100 per person. Cocktail attire. Visit
www.miraclehouseguild.org or e-mail jaimeforeman@comcast.net.
The Frances W. Nordstrom Guild presents an elegant evening with
wine, dinner, live auction, raffle, cocktails and dancing to benefit
uncompensated care at Seattle Children’s. $85 per person. E-mail
a1aleinikoff@comcast.net or call 206-523-6611.
Grammy Award–winning composer Mateo Messina, the Northwest
Symphony Orchestra and special guests present the Symphony Guild’s
13th annual benefit concert. $40 to $60 per person includes concert,
silent auction and raffle. Visit www.thesymphonyguild.org or call
866-833-4747.
This French Quarter–themed event will feature wine, dinner and
entertainment, presented in classic Southern style. Small live auction.
$150 per person. Cocktail attire. E-mail joyroush@comcast.net or call
425-451-7686. Presented by the We Believe Guild.
View 20 beautiful Christmas trees to be auctioned for Seattle Children’s.
Enjoy refreshments, music and entertainment. Free admission. Bid on
trees at www.seattlefestivaloftrees.com starting Nov. 14. Presented by
the Dr. Forrest L. Flashman Guild.
At a Glance

Boards of Trustees 2010–2011

Hospital Foundation Guild Association Executive Staff

Jim Ladd Peter Shimer Laurie Boehme Thomas Hansen, MD

Chair Chair Chair CEO

Dean Allen Susan Mask Chap Alvord Linda Myhrvold Maureen Atkins Trish Oury Patrick Hagan Susan Heath, RN, MN
Rhoda Altom Resa Moore Laurie Boehme Laurie Oki Sue Byers Laurie Taylor President and Chief Senior Vice President
Operating Officer, Chief Nursing Officer
Libby Armintrout Jeff Nitta Cindy Brettler Gordon Perkin, MD Debbie Cady Jennifer Zinda
Seattle Children’s
Robb Bakemeier Gloria Northcroft Robert Cline Douglas Picha Kerri Coyle Hospital Sanford Melzer, MD
Joel Benoliel Laurie Oki A.M. Clise Cindy Pigott Jana Dukelow Senior Vice President
James Hendricks, PhD Strategic Planning
Jane Blair Rob Roskin, MD Ronald Crockett Scott Redman Carol Fleck
President, Seattle
Pat Char Nancy Senseney Richard DiCerchio Tami Reller Mary Jo Foseid Children’s Research Robert Sawin, MD
Nancy Daly Jan Sinegal David Fisher, MD Fariba Ronnasi Jennifer Goldberg Institute Surgeon-in-Chief
President, CUMG
Michael Delman Charles Stevens Shalisan Foster Robert Sawin, MD Leslie Groberman
Douglas Picha
David Fisher, MD Thomas Hansen, MD Keith Schorsch Mary Lynn Holman President, Seattle Jeffrey Sconyers
Bob Flowers Ray Heacox Kenneth Schubert Jr. Jane Humphries Children’s Hospital Senior Vice President
Foundation General Counsel
Mary Ann Flynn Kandace Holley Jan Sinegal Mari Juntunen
Thomas Hansen, MD Craig Jelinek Michele Smith Jolene Logue Lisa Brandenburg F. Bruder Stapleton, MD
Genie Higgins Craig Kinzer Dale Sperling Alex Lytle Senior Vice President Senior Vice President
Chief Administrative Chief Academic Officer
Judy Holder Jim Ladd F. Bruder Stapleton, MD Linda Maki
Officer
Cynthia Huffman Tod Leiweke Kelly Wallace Louisa Malatos Kelly Wallace
Cilla Joondeph Dan Levitan Peggy Walton Barbara Mann Drexel DeFord Senior Vice President
Senior Vice President Chief Financial Officer
Cindy Masin Howard Lincoln Robert Watt Lorene Martin
Chief Information
Candy Marshall Lenny Wilkens Judy Ogden Officer
John Meisenbach
Mark Del Beccaro, MD
Pediatrician-in-Chief
Chief Medical
Information Officer

David Fisher, MD
Senior Vice President
Medical Director

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PO Box 5371 Permit No. 8225
Seattle, WA 98145-5005
www.seattlechildrens.org

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World-class care has a new Eastside address.

This July, we opened our new 80,000-square-foot
Bellevue Clinic and Surgery Center. With more than 15
pediatric specialty clinics, including general surgery,
cardiology, orthopedics and sports medicine, the new
Bellevue clinic brings our world-class care

Hope. Care. Cure. to the Eastside. And the center also includes
urgent care, radiology and a sports gym.
Along with the best facilities, you’ll also get the best care
providers, because the same doctors and nurses who
treat children at our Seattle campus travel to the Bellevue
clinic. To learn more, visit seattlechildrens.org/bellevue or
call (425) 454-4644.