December 20, 2007

Julie Andrews sings the praises of the MGH

Dame Julie Andrews — legendary award-winning British actress, singer and author — was the special guest at an intimate dinner Dec. 2 hosted by the patient-based nonprofit Institute for Laryngology and Voice Restoration (ILVR), which collaborates closely with the MGH Voice Center. Andrews joined Peter L. Slavin, MD, MGH president; Andrew Warshaw, MD, MGH surgeon-in-chief; Steven M. Zeitels, MD, director of the MGH Voice Center; Robert E. Hillman, PhD, co-director and research director of the MGH Voice Center; and Ann Prestipino, senior vice president for Surgical and Anesthesia Services and Clinical Business Development, to pay tribute to the MGH clinicians whose expertise and state-of-the-art surgical and medical care helped her following unsuccessful vocal
cord surgery at another institution. As honorary chairwoman of the ILVRÕs board of directors, Andrews is a longtime supporter of the staff of the MGH Voice Center and of the ILVR's research and educational missions to provide
innovative treatments for those who have lost their voice.

From left, Prestipino, Hillman, Zeitels, Andrews, Warshaw and Slavin