More Than $5 Million in Donations Trigger a Party at a Grand Old River Oaks Home: It’s All About Helping Doctors, Nurses and Hospital Staff Hurt by Harvey

What: Houston Methodist Society for Leading Medicine cocktail reception

Where: The River Oaks home of Houston old guard stalwarts Sarah and Duncan Underwood

PC Moment: The celebration of generous donors saluted the 529 members who last year contributed more than $5 million to fund research, education and patient care at Methodist. Highlight was Methodist president and CEO Dr. Marc Boom‘s remarks on the impact of the Society’s largesse including $1 million dedicated to the Houston Methodist Employee Relief Fund. That entity provided a total of $8 million in aid to the 6,000 nurses, physicians, housekeepers, food service employees, maintenance and other staff affected by Hurricane Harvey.

Dr. Joshua Harris — associate professor of Clinical Orthopedic Surgery, head physician for the Houston Dynamo, physician for the Houston Ballet and consulting physician for Rice University — spoke about the newest advances in the Houston Methodist Department of Orthopedics & Sports Medicine.

Who: Christine and David Underwood, Laura and Andrew McCullough, Carole and Bruce Bilger, Bridget and Patrick Wade, Dan Gilbane, Elise and Matthew Oren, Ann and Johnny Johnson, Anne and Jack Moriniere, Cherrill Farnsworth and Peter Pavluk, Cam and Rod Canion, Kristi and Kenneth Breaux.