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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 8, 2004

SCHUMER: ALMOST $150,000 COMING TO STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Federal Funds will be used for the construction of the Regina McGinn Education Center in New York

US Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that the US Department of Housing and Development has awarded $149,115 to Staten Island University Hospital for the construction of the Regina McGinn Education Center.

The new Education Center will meet the needs of the hospital to advance the education of its 400 medical students, 200 residents, and 1,000 staff and doctors. The new center will include additional teaching space, a 3oo person auditorium, and facilities which provide the latest audio-visual technology. This is helpful in allowing students, teachers and doctors to transmit radiology images. The second floor of the new building will be home to the University's growing medical library. The new center will benefit not only the hospital's medical staff and students, but also neighborhood organizations and support groups that need space to meet and serve their constituencies.

"This state-of-the-art education center will provide much needed facilities to make sure our medical professionals are getting the best training with the most advanced technology possible," Schumer said. "It is critical we continue to invest in healthcare on every level."

Regina Marie McGinn had been a doctor at Staten Island University Hospital for almost fifteen years before she succumbed to cancer in August of 2001. Her academic success, professional accomplishments and u commitment to quality patient care had long established McGinn as one of the most respected physicians on Staten Island. She was a devoted physician and educator and as Associate Director of Medicine, she became one of the faculty's spokespersons for medical education . For years Mcginn stated that as a teaching hospital, Staten Island University Hospital had the obligation to provide the resources necessary to educate future generations of physicians.

Staten Island University Hospital is a not-for-profit 785-bed, tertiary care teaching hospital and located in Staten Island. Founded in 1861, the Hospital today is a member of the North Shore - Long Island Jewish Health System.

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