Researchers at The Rockefeller University have developed an automated technology that combines imaging with digital analysis and machine learning to help physicians detect melanoma at its early stages. This work was supported by American Skin Association, whose chairman is Howard P. Milstein, with additional support from the Paul and Irma Milstein Family Foundation and the National…
The Chinese government granted its prestigious Marco Polo Award to Howard P. Milstein, CEO of New York Private Bank & Trust and its operating bank Emigrant Bank, for his contribution to the exchange of international talents through The Milstein Medical Asian American Partnership Foundation. The award was presented in Beijing on October 26 at a…
At an evening reception and screening hosted by the Howard and Abby Milstein Foundation at the Times Center in Midtown Manhattan, major civic and civil rights figures celebrated the newest Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) series by Emmy- and Peabody-award winning Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., Black America Since Martin Luther King Jr.: And Still…
As part of its mission to support vital and innovative research in the field of reproductive medicine, the Howard and Georgeanna Jones Foundation for Reproductive Medicine announced today that it has awarded a second year of funding of $200,000 to co-investigators working on a translational research project that will attempt to identify noninvasive parameters capable…
Howard P. Milstein, Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro and Christopher D. Hillyer, M.D., President and CEO of New York Blood Center joined on 4/30/16 to add the names of eight FDNY bone marrow donors to the Honor Roll of Life at the 12th annual induction ceremony at FDNY Headquarters. Firefighter Fredrick Perdue, 46, met the…
The China Association for International Exchange of Personnel announced that Howard Milstein will receive the prestigious Marco Polo Award, the highest honor given to a non-Chinese citizen. In advance of the award ceremony in October in Beijing, Mr. Milstein was recognized at the Chinese Consulate General’s office in New York City with a reception in…
Howard Milstein told CNN reporter Paul Gittings that he believes his partnership with golf legend Jack Nicklaus was founded on the two men’s commitment to giving to worthy causes. “[Milstein] believes it was one of the reasons Nicklaus chose him to be his partner in a ‘beauty parade’ which also included private equity firms, who…
The breadth of Howard and Abby Milstein’s support stems from a belief that education is a lifelong pursuit that happens both in the classroom and in other venues. At the New York Public Library, Abby has been on the Board for more than 15 years, and currently serves as Vice Chairman. Howard’s parents endowed The…
Nonprofit community blood center raises more than $2.1 million to support its lifesaving work The New York Blood Center (NYBC), a nonprofit, community-based organization that serves more than 20 million people and 200 hospitals in the New York metropolitan area, today announced that its 2015 biennial gala, held at Cipriani 42nd Street in midtown Manhattan…
The United Hospital Fund paid tribute to Howard P. Milstein, Arnold P. Gold, M.D., and Stephen Berger at its annual gala, held at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, recognizing their invaluable contributions aimed at improving health care in New York. Drawing a crowd of more than 550 health care, business, and community leaders, the event marked the…
