Maimonides Medical Center

I took over the gym for him.

And at that time, I was still working full-time at Maimonides Medical Center.

I was a child life specialist and art therapist in pediatric ICU and oncology and ER sometimes.

But I worked there.

And hi, I'm Puja Karakunda.

Um, I'm a radiation oncologist at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn.

All right.

Thank you both so much for joining me as we talk through staging, radiation, planning and timing, the Adriatic trial, and finish with some real-world examples of where things get tricky in clinic.

That was the day I was born.

My father chose Maimonides Hospital, a Jewish hospital in Brooklyn, because although my mother was Catholic, he wanted to make sure that if there were any complications in the delivery, that they would respect his decision to pick my mother over me, something that would never have happened in a Catholic hospital.

As he reminded me years later, 'I knew and loved your mother,' and we had never met.

Well, after 30 hours of difficult labor, I arrived.

They didn't have birth control, and she had to make a decision, all right? And that decision was she needed to be a mother to my father.

And so she had a back alley abortion, had to get rid of the fetus herself.

It was, I mean, the story, she told me the story, okay? So my father knew the story, too, which is maybe another reason why he made that decision about Maimonides Hospital.

But you know why I tell you that story? Because a year and a half after the passage of Roe v.

But ultimately, we must start where we typically do at the beginning.

On March 15, 1933, Joan Ruth Bader was born in Brooklyn, NYC at Beth Moses Hospital as the second daughter of Nathan and Celia Bader.

Ruth grew up in a Jewish household in Flatbush, NYC.

Throughout her life, Ginsburg's relationship with Judaism was something of discussion.

"On October 1st, 73 years ago, I was born.

My father chose Maimonides Hospital, a Jewish hospital in Brooklyn, because although my mother was Catholic, he wanted to make sure if there were any complications in the delivery, they would respect his decision to pick my mother over me," parentheses, "something that would not happen in a Catholic hospital," close paren.

"As he reminded me years later, 'I knew and loved your mother.

We had never met.' Well, after 30 hours of difficult labor, I arrived.

Four people suffered minor injuries.

They were taken to Maimonides Medical Center.

Even as the wind starts to die down, city officials are asking New Yorkers to remain cautious around damaged trees and hanging branches while the cleanup continues across the five boroughs.

Now, folks, on to some of the other news of this Monday.

RWJ has been a phenomenal, RWJ Barnabas has been a phenomenal partner health system to fill that geographic gap.

Same goes in Brooklyn with Maimonides in Wyckoff, Garnett up north of Westchester.

And sorry to your listeners for the New York State geography lesson here.

But Tier one is our proprietary network.