Spotlight Newsletter

Exciting medical advances and inspiring patient stories are happening every day at YNHH because of you! Spotlight is designed to keep you up-to-date on how your support is touching the lives of our patients and their families. Without help from friends like you, these stories would not be possible. Read the many heartfelt stories below. Thank you!

Yale New Haven Health

Ella Pałac & Jacek Zganiacz

With Gratitude

Ella & Jacek Give Back to Help Others Survive The bond between Ella Zganiacz and her husband, Jacek, is deep....
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The Parent Plate Program

Jeff and Samantha established the Parent Plate Program at YNHCH that provides food for parents so they can stay at...
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From Supporter to Survivor, Rich keeps Riding

Without your generosity to Closer to Free and Smilow Cancer Hospital, Rich would not have made it to the finish...
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Turning Heartbreak Into Help for Cancer Patients

Gina has raised nearly $100,000 for Smilow Cancer Hospital, for cancer patients and in memory of her brother Chip Gina,...
Chef Page

Can Delicious Food Make You Healthier?

Chef Jacques Pépin, pictured in our new Teaching Kitchen, says yes! Nearly 2,500 years ago, Hippocrates— famously known as the...
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The Irving and Alice Brown Teaching Kitchen

Carole Brown provides a new way to get healthy in honor of her parents At an age when most people...
Spotlight Fall2024

Leah’s Culinary Journey

Leah and her husband Rich are cooking and eating healthier to address her diabetes — and loving it! — thanks...
Yale New Haven Health

Chris Cusano, CT Brain Tumor Alliance

Chris Celebrates his 40th Birthday

Today, as Executive Director of the CT Brain Tumor Alliance, Chris provides a listening ear to brain tumor patients. At...
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Breaking Boards for YNHCH

Little Ian — shown here with his parents Gunsoo and Seung Min — has had two open heart surgeries to...

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