The Women’s Guild Cedars-Sinai Enchanted Ball took place on Nov. 21 at the Beverly Wilshire, a Four Seasons Hotel. The event raised over $1.8 million to benefit The Neurology Project and The Distinguished Chair in Pediatrics at Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s. Attendees enjoyed a dinner, awards presentation, live auction and musical performance by multi-Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter Seal.
Oscar, Golden Globe and multi-Grammy award winning Lionel Richie was honored with the Hollywood Icon Award by Cedars-Sinai Chair of Neurosurgery Dr. Keith Black. And The Humanitarian Award was presented to Daniele and Arthur J. Ochoa.
Women’s Guild has raised over $70 million for Cedars-Sinai. Their projects include the Women’s Guild Simulation Center for Advanced Clinical Skills; the Women’s Guild Lung Institute; the Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center-A Project of Women’s Guild; the Women’s Guild Endowed Chair in Gastroenterology, held by Dr. Shelly Lu; and the Women’s Guild Distinguished Chair in Neurology, held by Dr. Nancy Sicotte. They just completed a $10 million campaign for the Women’s Guild Neurology Project, whose efforts have propelled Cedars-Sinai to the forefront in treating Parkinson’s, ALS, Stroke, and Alzheimer’s, they have committed to raising another $5 million for Neurology; and Cedars-Sinai’s newest expansion, Guerin Children’s where they will endow a $5 million Distinguished Chair in Pediatrics to Shervin Rabizadeh, MD, MBA.
