After more than 50 years of service to its members and UPHS patients, the Women’s Committee of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Faculty (WCUPMF ), formerly the Doctors’ Wives Committee, was dissolved last summer. Formed in 1954, the group initially volunteered with pediatric patients and organized social activities to engage its members. Later, when pediatric patients moved to CHOP, the Women’s Committee directed its charitable outreach to patients of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
WCUPMF Board members present a check to Timothy Dillingham, MD, chair of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, for the remaining funds in the WCUPMF treasury. Final board members are (l. to r) Randi Gaiser, Debra Grady, Rosa Aukburg, Becky Levy, Maryann Salcido and Jean Bryan.
Through WCUPMF fundraising efforts, the department was able to purchase therapeutic tools for use on the wards, provided holiday meal celebrations for Rehab patients, families and staff, and even purchased a specially equipped van for Rehab patient transportation. In 2010, a major gift partially funded the purchase of an ultrasound system used for diagnosis and guided therapeutic injections in Rehab patients.
