The $75 million gift late last month from the Douglas M. Noble Family Foundation to Holy Name Medical Center obviously will be transformational for the Teaneck-based hospital.
Longtime CEO Mike Maron, who was appreciative of the gesture, explained some of the ways the gift will have impact — now and in the future.
And, perhaps, around the country.
In the short term, Maron talked about how the donation will help recruit more talented health care professionals to Holy Name — Dr. Eleanora Spinizza, a trained fellow in neurology at Columbia just joined the staff — to the addition of a biplane angiography, which will enable the hospital to perform more high-end procedures connected to the treatment of strokes and aneurysms.
Maron also noted upgrades in the NICU unit, too.
“With this extraordinary support, we can expand access to specialized care through initiatives such as our Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, address the ongoing physician shortage by launching our Graduate Medical Education program, and bring state-of-the-art technology to clinical services — including a groundbreaking neuroendovascular institute,” he said.
“The Noble grant is going to allow us to continue to stay at the forefront of new technology while being able to recruit the best physicians.”
It may also help them do so in a new wing.
Holy Name and Teaneck have been discussing ways to add hundreds of thousands of square feet to the facility in a capital improvement plan.
“The $75 million obviously doesn’t pay for all of it — but it enables us to get it started,” Maron said.
The gift is one of the largest in New Jersey — and the largest to a Catholic hospital anywhere in the country.
Maron hopes it will spur others to act to help other Catholic hospitals.
“The fact that the Noble family would think so highly of a Catholic institution is inspirational,” he said. “Our hope and our prayer is that it inspires others to be so reflective.”
For Holy Name, it means the medical center will be able to continue to do what it always has done: Perform at a far higher level than some might expect.
Don’t put Maron in that crowd.
He’s proud of the work of his team — and how it has raised the bar for care everywhere.
“When everyone keeps saying ‘You’re punching above your weight,’ you have to eventually ask: ‘What weight?’” he said.
“We are going to continue to do what we’ve always done: Care for people in the best possible way.”
As for the gift: Maron called it divine intervention.
“We take the blessings from God when they come, and we we’re grateful for them,” he said. “They allow us to continue to move forward, stronger and better.”
