The first Sleep and Health Benefit Dinner was held on October 10, 2002, and focused attention on the health and safety issues surrounding the work hours of medical interns and residents.
Funds raised through this event enabled the Division to extend the scope of the then-ongoing study of the effect of the extended work schedules of medical interns and residents on their health and safety, and that of their patients.
Support for the 2002 Sleep and Health Benefit Dinner was generously provided by the following individuals and organizations:
| Underwriter | Brigham & Women’s Hospital Cephalon, Inc. |
Department of Surgery, Brigham & Women’s Hospital Spring Air Mattress Co. |
| Benefactor | Respironics, Inc | |
| Patrons | Aetna US Healthcare Sue and Walter Cahners Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital |
Jordan’s Furniture Micki and Herbert Lee Megan and Robert O’Block Pfizer, Inc |
| Supporters | Committee of Interns and Residents & SEIU Merck & Co, Inc |
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc Carl Schmidt |
| Sponsors | Charles A. Czeisler, PhD, MD George and Nancy Kidder Maria I. Marmarinos, Catalyst Group |
Raymond Sanchez, MD, Bristol-Myers Squibb Tempur-Pedic Medical Division J. Woodrow Weiss, MD David P. White, MD |
| Leaders | Patrick Bohan, Sleep Health Center Richard Ferber, MD Dr. Sandra Gilmore King Koil Sleep Products Land and Sky Michael Lawee Robert W. McCarley, MD |
Janet Mullington, PhD Purdue Pharma L. P. Karen Ramsey & Giles Troughton SleepCare, LLC Howard Stevenson Charles J. Weitz, MD, PhD |
We would like to express our deepest appreciation for their support.