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Hope for the Future

Have you ever found yourself in the position that gives me hope for the future. It gives me Dear Mr. Rowley and Ms. Frankel,
BILL ROWLEY
of being able to help someone out at a time hope for the healthcare scene my grandkids SOUMYA CHATTERJEE
Chairman and Founder
when they really needed it? You see someone will inherit. I want to extend my sincere thanks for your MD, MS, FRCP, FACP, FACR
Healthnetwork Foundation
you care about who has a need, and you On the next page you’ll see a letter we generous gift once again. I am thrilled and Professor of Medicine,
Rheumatology Education
realize, I can help them. received from one of the physicians who has grateful to have your support year after year. Program Director,
It’s one of the best feelings in the world. benefitted from this kind of purposeful and Your contribution provides much-needed Department of Rheumatic
This was the whole idea 30-something generous giving Healthnetwork families excel at. funding to support research and training and Immunologic Diseases
years ago when I started the Inventory of Skills Have you ever made a donation somewhere initiatives related to Cleveland Clinic’s Cleveland Clinic
at YPO, which evolved into Healthnetwork and felt disappointed because you never heard Scleroderma and Myositis programs, and
Foundation: Equip people to help each other. back from the recipient? Let me tell you, that’s for that, I am deeply grateful.
After all these years, I’m still inspired, and not the case with the doctors who receive Through your previous donations, we have efforts and allows us to make discoveries
even surprised at times, by how dedicated Healthnetwork donations. They are tremendously been able to accomplish studies in Systemic that improve clinical outcomes. I will
Healthnetwork members are to helping others. grateful—and they tell us about it! Sclerosis. It has truly made a difference in the update you on our progress later this year.
This outward focus is what has kept The only thing that really matters in life is lives of these incredibly sick patients. This year, Thank you again for your support.
Healthnetwork going, and it’s what will carry who you have been able to help. Healthnetwork your donation will help us continue to work I wish you both and your families and
us into the future. We are a network of families get that. There’s a generous, giving-back towards our goals. other members of the Healthnetwork
people who care about one another, who are mentality that permeates our community, and I wholeheartedly commit to maximizing Foundation good health today and always.
extremely well connected and make pivotal I’m honored to be part of it with you. ✦ your thoughtful support with the hopes of
connections to help each other out, and helping future patients and their families. In Sincerely,
who give back to the hospitals and physicians addition, philanthropy accelerates our research Soumya
who are changing the world of medicine.
More and more in recent years I’ve been
receiving requests from families who want
advice on how they can direct their medical
philanthropy dollars to the people and
places making the biggest impact. I never
envisioned myself in this role of giving
philanthropic advice, but I’m thrilled to be
here. Because when people like you and BILL ROWLEY
me are giving generously and intentionally Chairman and Founder
to physicians doing life-changing research— Healthnetwork Foundation

BOARD OF ADVISORS EXECUTIVE TEAM
William W. Rowley | Chairman and Founder | William Rowley (Donating Time)
Chagrin Falls OH Megan Frankel, President
Anthony Busa | Bay Village OH Kim Kotora, Vice President
Barney Corning | Boston MA Gary Boris, Director of Business Operations
Bernardo B. Fernandez Jr., MD | Coral Gables FL Richard Cartabuke, MD, Medical Director
Josh Guttman | Cincinnati OH
Bill Krul | Kettering OH
Brock Steere | Akron OH On the cover: Luis Castillo with his wife, Myriam, and their This is what we call fun philanthropy! When Healthnetwork families make a generous gift to thank a
F. William Steere | Akron OH kids Alyssa, Inés, Carlo, and Leo. You can read Luis’s story physician or benefit a certain area of research, we organize a dinner for the philanthropic family, the
Patricia Rowley McCollum | Chesterland OH on page 6. physician, and hospital leadership. This dinner took place last fall when we honored Dr. Mohamad Bydon
William Babcox | Chagrin Falls OH (brother to Ali Bydon, p. 8) at Mayo Clinic in Rochester.

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