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The Benefit for Greenwich Hospital will take place on Friday, September 26, 2025, at Greenwich Country Club. On this special evening -- our hospital's largest annual event -- we will share progress stemming from our $125 million Arc of Care Campaign and recognize this year's outstanding Benefit honorees.
We are delighted to honor Barbara Netter, devoted friend of Greenwich Hospital and stalwart champion of medical and scientific progress, with our distinguished Luminate Health and Medicine Award. Mrs. Netter is a dedicated member of our Arc of Care Campaign Leadership Council, whose visionary philanthropic leadership has greatly enhanced the work of our two physician honorees -- neurosurgeons Murat Günel, MD, and Zion Zibly, MD.
Greenwich Hospital has experienced exponential growth within its Neurosciences program and Dr. Günel will be honored for his role in transforming the local landscape for diagnosis and treatment of patients. A world-renowned expert in high-intensity focused ultrasound, Dr. Zibly will be honored for his groundbreaking research and work, which has provided our patients with life-changing hope and healing.
The contributions of our honorees touch our patients and their families every day. We hope you can join us in celebrating our campaign progress and our vision for the future.
Event Time 6:30 pm - 11:00 pm
Event Location Greenwich Country Club
Dress to Impress, Semiformal Suit and Tie, Evening Dresses
Fare Cocktail Reception and Plated Three-Course Dinner
Luminate Health and Medicine Awardee Barbara Netter
Physician Honorees Murat Gunel, MD, and Zion Zibly, MD
Entertainment Liberty Band
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Greenwich Hospital Luminate Health & Medicine Awardee
Barbara Netter
Barbara Netter, visionary philanthropist and stalwart champion of medical and scientific progress, is the recipient of the 2025 Greenwich Hospital Luminate Health and Medicine Award. Mrs. Netter's impact on our hospital is far-reaching and transformative. She serves on the hospital's Arc of Care Campaign Leadership Council and has provided lead investments with a particular focus on Neuroscience, making possible some of the most innovative services, technologies and treatments in the region. A longtime Greenwich resident and former practicing psychotherapist, Mrs. Netter's vast volunteer and philanthropic involvements-both locally and nationally-include numerous civic, educational and cultural institutions.
With her late husband, Edward Netter, she co-founded the Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy (ACGT), a nonprofit organization that provides national grants to scientific investigators at major institutions to accelerate research in cancer gene therapy. In addition to serving as ACGT's honorary chair, Mrs. Netter serves on the Board of the Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania and on the Advisory Board of the School of American Ballet.
The Netters endowed the creation of Quinnipiac University's Frank H. Netter, MD School of Medicine, which was named in honor of Edward's cousin, a renowned surgeon and prolific medical illustrator whose works have become a staple of medical education. The couple also endowed the Barbara and Edward Netter Professorship of Cancer Gene Therapy at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.
For her invaluable partnership, forward-looking leadership, friendship, transformational philanthropy, and profound impact on science and medicine, Greenwich Hospital is proud to honor Barbara Netter this evening.
Physician Honoree
Murat Gunel, MD
Considered one of the world's most illustrious doctors and researchers in genomics, neurosurgery and neuroscience, Dr. Murat Günel is the Sterling Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery and Professor of Neurobiology and Genetics at Yale School of Medicine, as well as Neurosurgeon-in-Chief at Yale New Haven Health System. He is also the Director of the Yale Program in Brain Tumor Research and Co-Director of the Yale Program on Neurogenetics.
His research focuses on gene discovery in diseases of the human brain, including disease development, vascular disease and tumors. Dr. Günel was elected to the National Academy of Medicine, the highest distinction in medical sciences; the recipient of the prestigious Ralph G. Dacey Medal for Outstanding Cerebrovascular Research; and the recipient of the WINN award, given by the Society of Neurological Surgeons to recognize outstanding, continuous commitment to research in neurosciences.
Guided by Dr. Günel's vision and leadership, Greenwich Hospital has experienced exponential growth within our Neurosciences program. We honor him for his role in transforming the landscape for diagnosis and treatment of our patients. We honor him for his role in transforming the landscape for diagnosis and treatment of our patients.
Physician Honoree
Zion Zibly, MD
A world-renowned expert in high-intensity focused ultrasound, Dr. Zion Zibly brings his expertise to Greenwich Hospital, making our hospital one of the few in the country offering this noninvasive surgery for patients seeking relief from tremors due to movement disorders. Dr. Zibly is the Director for the Center of Neuromodulation; Director of the Center of Neurosurgical Cancer Pain, Head of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery; Head of the Focused Ultrasound Institute; and Associate Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Yale School of Medicine.
He has performed hundreds of complex surgeries on patients with brain malignancies, Parkinson's, tremors and dystonia. He was also a member of the surgical team that performed the first brain stimulator procedure for Alzheimer's patients in the United States, and he is the first and only neurosurgeon to perform surgeries with gene therapy for pediatric genetic neurodegenerative disorders.
We honor Dr. Zibly for his groundbreaking research and work, which has provided our patients with life-changing hope and healing.
Young Families Benefit Committee
Jennifer Borzykowski I Julia Braun Annunziato I Adam Epstein I Rebecca Epstein I Katie Fong Biglin I Lindsay Gurciullo I Andrea Sinkin Jaffe I Jen Turano I Lindsey Wilner Rudder
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