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Construction Begins at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center on New Golisano Center for Community Health
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y.--April 17, 2015-- The Golisano Foundation and Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center held a ceremonial groundbreaking for the new Golisano Center for Community Health. The innovative center, scheduled for completion in 2016, is supported by a $3.5 million gift from businessman and philanthropist Tom Golisano and will provide comprehensive integrated health care services to adults with special needs, including intellectual and developmental disabilities, and to their families.
Participating in the ceremony were, from left, Memorial President & CEO Joseph A. Ruffolo, Golisano Foundation Director Ann M. Costello, George Augstell and Dr. Steven P. Perlman, Clinical Professor of Pediatric Dentistry at Boston University's Goldman School of Dental Medicine, the founder of Special Olympics Healthy Athletes Special Smiles, which provides free dental exams to Special Olympics athletes, and cofounder of the American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry. Augstell, a participant in the Rivershore Inc. supportive employment program, will own and operate the new center's food concession.
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center is a full-service, 171-bed regional medical center with extensive inpatient and outpatient services including The Heart Center of Niagara, Niagara Wellness Connection Center, Schoellkopf Health Center, Wound Center of Niagara, Diabetes & Endocrinology Center of Niagara, Niagara Metabolic & Bariatric Services and The OB/GYN Center at Niagara Falls Memorial.
Memorial's community health advocacy efforts coupled with extensive and productive community partnerships make it one of Western New York's most consistently innovative providers of community based health outreach. Niagara Falls Memorial is also a catalyst for community growth. Since 2003, the medical center has made more than $62 million in capital improvements to its downtown Niagara Falls campus. To learn more, visit NFMMC.org.
April 17, 2015
