As a retired interventional pain management specialist, Bobby Dey, MD, understands the importance of outstanding care.
Though he practiced pain medicine in the Rockville/Baltimore, MD area until 2013, he is very familiar with our area; he graduated from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and completed an internship at Saint Peter’s Medical Center in New Brunswick before moving to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania to complete his residency and fellowship.
Dr. Dey has an even closer connection to our community and the University Medical Center of Princeton (UMCP); his mother, Bandana Dey, was a patient in 2015. While thinking back on the treatment that was provided, Dr. Dey reflected, “The intensivist group at UMCP always made me feel like my mom was in the most competent hands in the country.” He was so moved that he made a very generous donation to support the purchase of a state-of-the-art digital bronchoscope, processing unit, and related accessories that is housed in the Llura and Gordon Gund Center for Critical Care (CCU) at UMCP. This equipment allows our physicians to treat unstable patients at the bedside when emergencies arise in the CCU without delay, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. An intensivist is always present on the unit. Having this equipment housed in such close proximity to the patient allows potentially lifesaving diagnostic bronchoscopies to be done in the CCU promptly, thereby providing better outcomes.
This is an excellent example of how philanthropy has the ability to directly impact patient care. In allowing us to share this story, Dr. Dey hopes that others will recognize the difference that donations will make, whether they are large or small.
Article as seen in Foundation News Fall/Winter 2016.