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The Giving Center
A Tribute to Caring
WesternU’s A Tribute to Caring California Medical Center and a professor of clinical
pediatrics at USC’s Keck School of Medicine. The Violence
honorees provide care and comfort Intervention Program (VIP) provides critical resource support
for women in Los Angeles county, helping to create positive
to the most vulnerable outcomes in their lives.
WesternU presented Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) its
WesternU’s “A Tribute to Caring” (ATC) gala on Nov. 8, Access to Caring Award for making a difference in advancing
2014 brought more than 600 guests together at the health care access and availability to underserved people.
Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California again this year to IEHP serves more than 900,000 residents of Riverside and San
celebrate two honorees who have made incredible differences Bernardino counties who are enrolled in Medi-Cal, Cal
in our community. MediConnect (Medicare), IEHP’s Medicare Special Needs
Plan, or the Healthy Kids Program.
For over 30 years, ATC has been raising money for student
scholarships, and WesternU’s founding president, Dr. Philip In accepting the award, IEHP CEO Bradley Gilbert, MD,
Pumerantz, PhD, expressed his sincere gratitude to the acknowledged IEHP’s special relationship with WesternU’s
evening’s guests in attendance. Harris Family Center for Disability & Health Policy and its
director Brenda Premo, MBA.
“What you are doing is helping us create a quality of healing
for the community that will make a difference in people’s (top) Philip Pumerantz, PhD, LHD (Hon.), President, Western University of Health
lives,” Dr. Pumerantz said. Sciences, Astrid Heppenstall Heger, MD, FAAP, Executive Director, Violence
Intervention Program, Linda L. Crans, Vice Chair, WesternU Board of Trustees;
Each year, proceeds from ATC benefit both student (Opposite page, top left) Thomas G. Fox, PhD, Senior Vice President, Western
scholarships in the academic year, and help grow the ATC University of Health Sciences; (top right) Bradley Gilbert, MD, CEO, Inland Empire
Health Plan; (second row) Lena Hadaya, PharmD ’17, Steven Nassar, PharmD ’18,
Scholarship Fund endowment. Angel Mercado, PharmD ’18, Kevin Mai, PharmD ’18, Daniel C. Robinson, PharmD,
FASHP, Dean, WesternU College of Pharmacy, Haig Haig, PharmD ’17, Ali Arianjam,
“As a result of tonight’s proceeds, we will have more than $1 PharmD ’17, Andy Vu, PharmD ’17 and Shanna Barkhorbari, PharmD ’17; (bottom
million in the ATC Scholarship Fund,” said WesternU Senior left) Mike Quick, WesternU Board of Trustees, Jackie Robinson, Daniel C. Robinson,
Vice President Thomas G. Fox, PhD. PharmD, FASHP, Dean, WesternU College of Pharmacy, Jackie Quick, and Mike
Augustine; (bottom center) Edward Deng, PharmD ’00, Megan Nguyen, PharmD ’00,
WesternU presented the Elie Wiesel Humanism in Healing Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, WesternU College of
Award, its highest honor, to Astrid Heppenstall Heger, MD, Pharmacy, Greg Collins, PharmD ’00; (bottom right) James D. Scott, PharmD, FCCP,
FAAP, executive director of the Violence Intervention Program AAHIVP , Associate Dean for Experiential and Professional Affairs, Associate Professor
of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, WesternU College of Pharmacy, Brandon
(VIP) at Los Angeles County-University of Southern Samson, PharmD ’16, Dr. Mary Holz-Clause, Dean, College of Agriculture, Cal Poly
Pomona, and Reg Clause, Director of Development, Cal Poly Pomona.
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A Tribute to Caring
WesternU’s A Tribute to Caring California Medical Center and a professor of clinical
pediatrics at USC’s Keck School of Medicine. The Violence
honorees provide care and comfort Intervention Program (VIP) provides critical resource support
for women in Los Angeles county, helping to create positive
to the most vulnerable outcomes in their lives.
WesternU presented Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) its
WesternU’s “A Tribute to Caring” (ATC) gala on Nov. 8, Access to Caring Award for making a difference in advancing
2014 brought more than 600 guests together at the health care access and availability to underserved people.
Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California again this year to IEHP serves more than 900,000 residents of Riverside and San
celebrate two honorees who have made incredible differences Bernardino counties who are enrolled in Medi-Cal, Cal
in our community. MediConnect (Medicare), IEHP’s Medicare Special Needs
Plan, or the Healthy Kids Program.
For over 30 years, ATC has been raising money for student
scholarships, and WesternU’s founding president, Dr. Philip In accepting the award, IEHP CEO Bradley Gilbert, MD,
Pumerantz, PhD, expressed his sincere gratitude to the acknowledged IEHP’s special relationship with WesternU’s
evening’s guests in attendance. Harris Family Center for Disability & Health Policy and its
director Brenda Premo, MBA.
“What you are doing is helping us create a quality of healing
for the community that will make a difference in people’s (top) Philip Pumerantz, PhD, LHD (Hon.), President, Western University of Health
lives,” Dr. Pumerantz said. Sciences, Astrid Heppenstall Heger, MD, FAAP, Executive Director, Violence
Intervention Program, Linda L. Crans, Vice Chair, WesternU Board of Trustees;
Each year, proceeds from ATC benefit both student (Opposite page, top left) Thomas G. Fox, PhD, Senior Vice President, Western
scholarships in the academic year, and help grow the ATC University of Health Sciences; (top right) Bradley Gilbert, MD, CEO, Inland Empire
Health Plan; (second row) Lena Hadaya, PharmD ’17, Steven Nassar, PharmD ’18,
Scholarship Fund endowment. Angel Mercado, PharmD ’18, Kevin Mai, PharmD ’18, Daniel C. Robinson, PharmD,
FASHP, Dean, WesternU College of Pharmacy, Haig Haig, PharmD ’17, Ali Arianjam,
“As a result of tonight’s proceeds, we will have more than $1 PharmD ’17, Andy Vu, PharmD ’17 and Shanna Barkhorbari, PharmD ’17; (bottom
million in the ATC Scholarship Fund,” said WesternU Senior left) Mike Quick, WesternU Board of Trustees, Jackie Robinson, Daniel C. Robinson,
Vice President Thomas G. Fox, PhD. PharmD, FASHP, Dean, WesternU College of Pharmacy, Jackie Quick, and Mike
Augustine; (bottom center) Edward Deng, PharmD ’00, Megan Nguyen, PharmD ’00,
WesternU presented the Elie Wiesel Humanism in Healing Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, WesternU College of
Award, its highest honor, to Astrid Heppenstall Heger, MD, Pharmacy, Greg Collins, PharmD ’00; (bottom right) James D. Scott, PharmD, FCCP,
FAAP, executive director of the Violence Intervention Program AAHIVP , Associate Dean for Experiential and Professional Affairs, Associate Professor
of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, WesternU College of Pharmacy, Brandon
(VIP) at Los Angeles County-University of Southern Samson, PharmD ’16, Dr. Mary Holz-Clause, Dean, College of Agriculture, Cal Poly
Pomona, and Reg Clause, Director of Development, Cal Poly Pomona.
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