Excela Health doctors Geoffrey Joseph (left), general surgeon, Dr. Sharon Goldstein (center), breast surgeon, and Dr. Michael Szwerc (right), thoracic surgeon, play a life-size Operation game, presented by a team member of Talent Network, on March 30 during the Black Tie for Hope Casino Night, hosted by Excela Health and the Westmoreland/Frick Hospital Foundation, held at the Greensburg Country Club.
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Dr. Geoffrey Bisignani (left), entertains guests with a card trick during the Black Tie for Hope Casino Night hosted by Excela Health and the Westmoreland/Frick Hospital Foundation, held March 30 at the Greensburg Country Club.
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Guests have fun at the craps board during the Black Tie for Hope Casino Night, hosted by Excela Health and the Westmoreland/Frick Hospital Foundation, held March 30 at the Greensburg Country Club.
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From left: Board members of the Westmoreland/Frick Hospital Foundation, Ed Meidel, Al Novak, vice president and chief development officer, Jess Stairs and Holly Dibiasi, gather for a photo March 30 during the Black Tie for Hope Casino Night, hosted by Excela Health and the Westmoreland/Frick Hospital Foundation, held at the Greensburg Country Club.
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Dr. Christopher Bartels (left), general surgeon with Excela Health, joins his patient Merle Rahl and his wife, Cathy, during the Black Tie for Hope Casino Night, hosted by Excela Health and the Westmoreland/Frick Foundation, held at March 30 the Greensburg Country Club.
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Sharon and Bob Rogalski, CEO of Excela Health, pose for a photo March 30 at the slots during the Black Tie for Hope Casino Night, hosted by Excela Health and the Westmoreland/Frick Foundation, held at the Greensburg Country Club.
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From left: Event chair Ron Eberhardt joins committee members Sally Anne Novak, Patricia Buhl and Joan Stairs for a photo March 30 during the Black Tie for Hope Casino Night, hosted by Excela Health and the Westmoreland/Frick Foundation, held at the Greensburg Country Club.
Casino-style games are a staple of the annual Excela Health black tie gala. This year, organizers added another test of skill and chance to the mix, with a life-size Operation game.
How steady were the hands of a group of surgeons as they tried to avoid the buzzer and pluck the wish bone, funny bone and other parts from their hapless patient? Not perfect, but pretty steady overall.
This year’s event, hosted by Westmoreland/Frick Hospital Foundation and held March 30 at the Greensburg Country Club, was dubbed Black Tie for Hope, with proceeds benefiting Excela’s state-of-the-art cancer care services.
It was an auspicious day for the gala, with
March 30 designated as National Doctors Day in the United States.
Prior to all the fun and games, Excela CEO
Bob Rogalski shared that he himself is a cancer
survivor, having been diagnosed in 2011 with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a blood cancer.
Rogalski said he received part of his treatment at the Arnold Palmer Cancer Center in Unity and is now cancer-free.
“That shows we have great cancer care out here in Westmoreland County,” he said.
Event chairman was foundation trustee Ron Eberhardt, seen with wife JoAnn. Special guest at the pre-gala VIP reception was former Penguin and current Penguins radio broadcaster Phil Bourque.
Also seen: Sharon Rogalski, Jeff and Leanne Feret, David and Barbara Lynn, Dr. Sharon Goldstein and Craig Jahnke, Dr. Michael and Stephanie Szwerc, Terry Graft and Linda Brown, Joan and Jess Stairs, Al and Sally Ann Novak, Dr. Geof and Kelly Bisignani, Sharon Smith, Jill Briercheck, Jo Ellen Numerick, Patti Buhl, John and Linda Dixon, Matthew and Megan Snider and David and Ashleigh Riehl.
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