Dr. Martin Bluth, Director of the Maimonides Blood Bank, received the organization’s Hospital Leadership Award at Bikur Cholim’s 70th Annual Dinner on Sunday, December 17, at Ateres Chaya in Boro Park, Brooklyn
BROOKLYN, NY, (Jan. 2, 2024) — Maimonides Medical Center announced today that the Bikur Cholim Chesed Organization in Boro Park honored Martin H. Bluth, MD, PhD, with its Hospital Leadership Award at its 70th Annual Dinner on Sunday, December 17.
“I am delighted that Bikur Cholim is honoring Dr. Bluth with its Hospital Leadership Award, and congratulate the organization on its long history of serving this community,” said Kenneth D. Gibbs, President and CEO, Maimonides Health. “For more than 25 years, Bikur Cholim has been one of our staunchest Blood Drive partners, working hand-in-hand with the Blood Bank and Dr. Bluth to provide critical blood services to the underserved of Boro Park.”
Dr. Bluth joined Maimonides Medical Center as the Medical Director of the Blood Bank in July 2020 and has since assumed a number of leadership positions, including Chief of Blood Transfusion Medicine and Donor Services, Assistant Director of Clinical Laboratories and Director of Translational Research for the Department of Pathology at Maimonides Medical Center. He also holds appointments as clinical professor of pathology at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit and Global Medical Director for Kids Kicking Cancer.
“I am a Boro Park native, born at Maimonides Medical Center and grew up speaking Yiddish, so I am deeply connected with this community. I cherish the partnership we have with Bikur Cholim. The relentless advocacy they have for providing the ‘Gift of Life’ for those who need blood to live, is exemplary,” said Dr. Bluth. “I am thrilled and honored to be this year’s Hospital Leadership Award recipient.”
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About Maimonides Health
Maimonides Health is Brooklyn’s largest healthcare system, serving over 350,000 patients each year through the system’s 3 hospitals, 2,000+ physicians and more than 80 community-based practices and outpatient centers. The system is anchored by Maimonides Medical Center, one of the nation’s largest independent teaching hospitals and home to centers of excellence in numerous specialties and Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital (formerly New York Community Hospital), a 130-bed adult medical-surgical hospital; and Maimonides Children’s Hospital, Brooklyn’s only children’s hospital and only pediatric trauma center. Maimonides’ clinical programs rank among the best in the country for patient outcomes, including its Heart and Vascular Institute, Neurosciences Institute, Bone and Joint Center, and Cancer Center. Maimonides is an affiliate of Northwell Health and a major clinical training site for SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. For additional information, please visit www.maimo.org.
About Bikur Cholim Chesed Organizaton
Bikur Cholim sees to the physical and spiritual well-being of patients and their families with food pantries that are restocked daily, as well as comfortable Shabbos accommodations for patients’ families. Another essential service is patient advocacy, which helps families navigate the hospital system and ensures that patients receive the most appropriate and best quality care available.
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