Honor ECMC’s 100th Anniversary

beds and the resources to provide special care for tuberculosis

patients and those with acute communicable diseases; and

WHEREAS, In 1919, the Buffalo City Hospital School of Nursing was

founded; it was the first diploma nursing school in Buffalo to include

university courses, racially integrate students, and admit men; and

WHEREAS, During the 1930s, the hospital received the full and

unqualified approval of the American College of Surgeons as being

acceptable for graduate training in surgery and surgical specialties;

and

WHEREAS, In 1952, an outpatient clinic for children with polio was

opened, and in 1965, the Intensive Care Unit was opened to provide

highly concentrated medical and nursing care; and

WHEREAS, Three years later, Anita Dorr, a registered nurse at the

hospital designed the first crash cart in her basement; originally known

as the Dorr Cart, today's crash cart used universally in emergency

departments contains essential tools and drugs needed in a medical

crisis; and

WHEREAS, In 1972, Dr. Helen Ranney was the recipient of the Reverend

Martin Luther King, Jr. Medical Achievement Award in recognition of her

research in sickle cell anemia; and

WHEREAS, ECMC was proudly named the region's designated trauma

center in 1989, and a decade later, the rooftop heliport was opened; and

WHEREAS, In 2004, the ECMC Healthcare Network becomes an autonomous

health system as a not-for-profit public benefit corporation and is

renamed the Erie County Medical Center Corporation (ECMCC); and

WHEREAS, From its humble beginnings, ECMC has grown into one of the

area's leading healthcare providers and one of the country's most

modern, functional, and efficient healthcare delivery systems; and

WHEREAS, Currently, the advanced academic medical center offers the

residents of Erie County 583 inpatient beds, on- and off-campus primary

care and family health centers, more than 30 outpatient specialty care

services, and Terrace View, a 390-bed long-term care facility; and

WHEREAS, ECMC is also the regional center for trauma, burn care,

behavioral health, transplantation, and medical rehabilitation, and is

proud to be the home of a number of Centers of Excellence, including

those for transplantation and kidney care, behavioral health and

oncology; and

WHEREAS, In addition, ECMC serves as a major teaching facility for

the University at Buffalo, making it a top destination for research and

innovation; and

WHEREAS, The success of ECMC is in direct correlation to the efforts

of its President and CEO Thomas J. Quatroche Jr., Ph.D. and his staff,

whose involvement is, and always has been, characterized by an

impressive commitment, an unbridled enthusiasm, and an uncompromising

standard of excellence in all endeavors on behalf of the institution and

the community it serves; and

WHEREAS, Entering its 100th year, ECMC remains true in purpose and

strong in spirit, taking just pride in its excellent facilities,

dedicated staff and laudable history of quality health care; and

WHEREAS, Venerable and trustworthy institutions, tending to the

needs of the community and its citizenry, represent the threads from

which the fabric of society is woven, and so now is this Legislative

Body moved to recognize the beneficent good works of ECMC, sharing the

pride of its history and accomplishments, and anticipating its future of

continued growth in quality and personalized care; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to

extend congratulations and just tribute to Erie County Medical Center,

commemorating its 100th Anniversary of service and care on behalf of the

Buffalo community; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be

transmitted to Thomas J. Quatroche Jr., Ph.D., President and CEO, Erie

County Medical Center.