VICTOR — The fifth annual Thompson Health Golf Classic, held on June 3 at Cobblestone Creek Country Club in Victor, netted approximately $62,000 to support a new, 12-bed intensive care unit (ICU) as well as an expanded Pulmonary Medicine Clinic at UR Medicine Thompson Hospital.
Thompson currently has a seven-bed ICU, which is most often at capacity. When completed in the spring of 2020, the 12-bed ICU will be staffed by full-time “intensivists” who are specially trained in the care and management of critical care patients. This expanded ICU will allow Thompson to accommodate an estimated 250 to 330 additional patients each year, just as the expanded Pulmonary Medicine Clinic will treat 40 percent more patients and significantly reduce appointment wait time.
“Being able to care for more patients from our community here at Thompson – instead of having to send them to Rochester hospitals – will ease the burden on local families who will now be able to stay close to home while supporting their loved ones. We are incredibly thankful to all involved with the Thompson Health Golf Classic for their support of this vital enhancement to our health system,” said Anita Pietropaolo, director of the F.F. Thompson Foundation.
The following awards were presented at the Thompson Health Golf Classic:
- 1st Place Gross – 58 – Phil Muscato, Tom DeGrazia, Tom Herman, Mark Mijangos
- 2nd Place Gross – 61 – Jim McCormack, Jimmy Wilmot, Lance Young, Tyler French
- 1st Place Net – 71 – Audrey Shortino, Val Barlotta, Rene Enright, Irene Viola
- 2nd Place Net – 72 – Dennis Gruttadaro, Spencer Studwell, Tom Prato, Curt Haas
- Longest Drive
- Men – Phil Muscato
- Women – Margaret Somerset
- Closest to the Pin – Charles Parkhurst
- Closest to the Line
- Men – Spencer Studwell
- Women – Nina Fargnoli
Event co-chairs Greg Felosky and Jody Stolt are grateful to the Presenting Sponsor, KeyBank, as well as to all of the other sponsors, volunteers and participants.