2/13/2016
Jennifer Lawrence Challenges Community to Match $2M Donation to Kosair Children's Hospital![]() Louisville native and actress Jennifer Lawrence donated $2M to Louisville's Kosair Children Hospital to establish the Jennifer Lawrence Foundation Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, which is dedicated to the care of children recovering from heart procedures, such as open heart surgery. The Jennifer Lawrence Foundation is now challenging the community to raise another $2M to help fund the project that is projected to cost $25M to complete. "It is wonderful having such a great children's hospital in Louisville," said Dr. Thomas S. Higgins, Jr., "This facility allows me to continue caring for sick kids with complex sinus issues just like I were still at Johns Hopkins Hospital." --------- Dr. Thomas S. HIggins, Jr., MD, MSPH has been on staff at Kosair Children's Hospital since returning to Louisville from Johns Hopkins Hospital. "It is wonderful having such a great children's hospital in Louisville," said Dr. Thomas S. Higgins, Jr., "This facility allows me to continue caring for sick kids with complex sinus issues just like I were still at Johns Hopkins Hospital." Here is the press release at kosairchildrenshospital.com. "As Kentucky and Southern Indiana’s only full-service, free-standing pediatric hospital, Kosair Children’s Hospital, along with its predecessor hospitals, have cared for children for more than a century without regard to their families’ ability to pay. The hospital also is an advocate for the health and well-being of all children. The 267-bed hospital is the region’s only Level I Pediatric Trauma Center and serves as the primary pediatric teaching facility for the University of Louisville School of Medicine. Specialists offer comprehensive pediatric care including a full range of services for congenital and acquired heart disease, cancer care, neurosciences, spine and orthopaedic care, and neonatal care. In 2007 and 2012, Kosair Children’s Hospital received the prestigious Magnet designation recognizing excellence in nursing from the American Nurses Credentialing Center." (source: kosairchildrenshospital.com) To see Dr. Thomas S. Higgins, Jr., a fellowship-trained Rhinologist (Sinus Specialist) , click below
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