Schneider Children's Hospital recently celebrated the opening of a new pediatric ambulatory chemotherapy unit that features 13 treatment bays, each equipped with a television that provides access to video games. The spaciousness of the new unit enhances patient's comfort and privacy. Cutting the ribbon were, from left: Kevin McGeachy, the hospital's deputy executive director; Fredrick Bierman, MD, chairman of pediatrics; Jeffrey Lipton, MD, chief of pediatric hematology/oncology; Arthur Klein, MD, the hospital's executive director and chief of staff, and senior vice president of children's services for the North Shore-LIJ Health System; and Philip Lanzkowsky, MD, the hospital's long-time executive director who initiated the construction of the new unit.

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