Gerald S. Levey, M.D.	Beth and Josh Friedman	Burt Bacharach	Louie Anderson

One thousand guests attended the 2010 Visionary Ball at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 14th. The event was a great success that raised $2,097,000 million to benefit research and education at UCLA Neurosurgery.

The honorary co-chairs were Tony Pritzker, managing partner of The Pritzker Group, and Dr. A. Eugene Washington, vice chancellor of the UCLA Health Sciences and dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Edie Baskin Bronson and Jill Grey served as event co-chairs. The annual ball enables UCLA Neurosurgery to establish dedicated seed grants and engage highly distinguished faculty of surgeons and scientists to make significant innovations in neurosurgical patient care, research, and education.

The event, emceed by Mario Lopez, host of the popular daily nationally syndicated show Extra.
The program began with an opening of UCLA Chorus, followed by a welcome message from Dr. Neil A. Martin, W. Eugene Stern Chair and Professor of UCLA Neurosurgery, and a premiere of 3-D film, Experience UCLA Neurosurgery featuring the tremendous advancements in neurosurgical research and education.
We proudly acknowledged the accomplishments and dedication to excellence of five visionary award honorees:

2010 MEDICAL VISIONARY AWARD
Gerald S. Levey, M.D.
Presented by A. Eugene Washington, M.D., M.Sc.

2010 VISIONARY AWARD
Beth and Josh Friedman
Presented by Langston T. Holly, M.D., and Wesley Friedman

2010 ICON AWARD
Burt Bacharach
Presented by Jerry Moss

2010 RODNEY RESPECT AWARD
Louie Anderson
Presented by Joan Dangerfield

Another highlight of the celebratory evening was filled with series of touching patient testimonials of Blake Cline, Deanna Brady, Tristan Gunson, Ron Scanlon, Amy Brosnan and James Brosnan . The evening concluded with a musical performance by Steve Tyrell and a special guest, Herb Alpert.