Women In Philanthropy

Sinai Guild to host Dr. Oz at its Oct. 13 fundraiser.

Rusty Rosman Sandi Matz

Robyn Gorell
Special to the Jewish News

B

ack in 1952, a group of
Detroiters formed the
Women's Auxiliary of Sinai
Hospital of Detroit, later to
become the Sinai Guild. Comprised
mostly of women and a handful of men,
this fledgling organization was up and
running when Sinai Hospital officially
opened its doors the following year.
It was relatively difficult in those days
for Jewish physicians to have medical
privileges in public hospitals, so Sinai
was the Jewish community's response.
The Sinai Guild's volunteers were
everywhere, filing, transporting X-rays,
working as candy stripers, manning
surgical waiting rooms and providing
many support services later carried
out by staff. The Guild also owned

and operated the hospital gift shop, its
major fundraising endeavor.
Sinai Hospital was acquired by the
Detroit Medical Center (DMC) in 1997
and closed its doors two years later.
Today, the Sinai Guild's mission is to
support and promote medical and sci-
entific activities that benefit both the
Jewish and Metro Detroit communities
through the DMC and Jewish communal
agencies. To do this, it awards grants
for medical research and technology.
On Tuesday, Oct. 13, the Guild is
holding its "Women in Philanthropy"
fundraiser at Congregation Shaarey
Zedek Southfield. Dr. Mehmet Oz is the
featured speaker.
Dr. Oz is the author of YOU: Staying
Young and Healing from the Heart. He is
professor of cardiac surgery at Columbia
University and a founder of the comple-
mentary medicine program at New

York-Presbyterian Hospital. He is a
frequent guest on The Oprah Winfrey
Show and Discovery Health, and his
syndicated television program, "Dr. Oz,"
recently premiered on WDIV-TV.
Sandi Matz, a co-chair of Women in
Philanthropy, explained, "We're bring-
ing in Dr. Oz for this event because
he's very well thought of and will draw
large crowds."
During the luncheon event, the Sinai
Guild is announcing the opportunity
to participate in a national women's
heart study. The study protocol was
designed by Theodore L. Schreiber,
M.D., FACC, professor of medicine
at Wayne State University School of
Medicine in Detroit and specialist-in-
chief, cardiovascular medicine presi-
dent, DMC Cardiovascular Institute.
Monies raised from the Oct. 13 event
will help purchase portable, advanced

Dr. Mehmet Oz

duplex ultrasounds with vascular reac-
tivity assessment for DMC hospitals.
"It is heartwarming to see the results
of what is achieved by our grants,"
said Rusty Rosman, Sinai Guild presi-
dent. I I

Robyn Gorell is a vice president at Marx

Layne & Co. communications.

Women In Philanthropy

The Sinai Guild's Women In
Philanthropy event will begin
at noon Tuesday, Oct.13, at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek
Southfield. Registration begins at
11:15 a.m.
Dr. Mehmet Oz will speak at noon,
followed by lunch. Tickets are $100.
For information, contact thesinai-
guild.org or (248) 538-6501.

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