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Butler Center Team Takes the Field at Yankee Stadium in Recognition of Its Work with Victims of Child Abuse

October 26, 2022
Four doctors standing in baseball field

Team members from the J.E. and Z.B. Butler Center for Children and Families, from left, Lynn D. Hamberg, LMSW, MEd, Director; Omawatie (Shelly) Gopee-Bonilla, NP; My Luu, NP; Mandy O’Hara, MD, MPH, Child Abuse Pediatrician; and Rachel Sheffet, PsyD

The dedicated team from the J.E. and Z.B. Butler Center for Children and Families at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) was honored by the New York Yankees before a game in August. The team was recognized for its work evaluating, treating and helping victims of child abuse and neglect.

More than two dozen Montefiore Einstein associates attended the baseball game to discuss research and patient care at CHAM and advancements made at the Butler Center with donors and apprised them of ongoing work. The event was an opportunity for existing and potential donors to meet and better understand the work of Montefiore Einstein leaders.

The Butler Center at CHAM is a leader in the diagnostic evaluation and treatment of abused and neglected children from birth to age 18. It provides comprehensive child abuse evaluations and behavioral health treatment for children who are victims of physical and sexual abuse, have been exposed to violence or have experienced a traumatic event. Since its founding in 1984, it has served almost 38,000 children with medical, psychosocial and therapeutic services. It also has trained thousands of medical providers and social service professionals on how to detect and treat abused children.

Irwin Redlener, MD and his wife

Irwin Redlener, MD, was the first president of Children’s Hospital at Montefiore and one of the early founders of the J.E. and Z.B. Butler Center for Children and Families in 1997, along with his wife, Karen Redlener. They are public health activists specializing in healthcare for underserved children.

The Butler Center team works closely with the Bronx Child Advocacy Center, operated by Safe Horizon, to provide on-site medical care to child abuse victims. It is one of only two hospital-based child abuse programs in New York City that has implemented a new model of care with nurse practitioners working hand in hand with physicians to provide child abuse evaluations. The Butler Center child abuse pediatrician is designing a new, comprehensive training curriculum to foster the growth of this model for the future.

Two male doctors and two femail doctors

From left: Lynn Hamberg, LMSW, MEd; Sean Gearty, fiancé of Amanda Parsons, and Amanda Parsons, MD, MBA, Vice President of Clinical Services, Healthfirst, and Clinical Assistant Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Andrew Racine, MD, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics, System Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Montefiore Einstein, and Executive Director, Montefiore Medical Group

Michael D. Cabana, MD, MPH

Michael D. Cabana, MD, MPH, the Michael I. Cohen, MD, University Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Physician-in-Chief, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, speaks at the event.

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