Beebe Ball names honorary chairs for Nov. 7 event
Dr. Steven D. Berlin and his wife Leisa Berlin are the honorary chairs of the 22nd Annual Beebe Ball, A Royal Evening, set for Saturday, Nov. 7. The event, held for the first time at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center, is raising money for the Beebe Medical Center Women’s Health Pavilion, which will be remodeled in 2010.
The Berlins have been strong supporters of Beebe Medical Center, each working continuously to improve the healthcare it offers the community.
Steven Berlin, an obstetrician/gynecologist, today serves as Beebe’s chief of obstetrics/gynecology, overseeing the Women’s Health Pavilion. He is also the director of the Department of Integrative Health, chairman of the Beebe Physician Network board of trustees, chairman of the Investigational Review Board, member of the Medical Executive Committee and member of the Beebe Medical Center board of trustees. He is a partner in Bayside Health Association Chtd. in Lewes.
Berlin, who joined the Beebe medical staff in 1994, is a pioneer in gynecologic surgery and alternative medicines. Together with Beebe fellowship-trained surgical oncologist Dr. James E. Spellman, Berlin performs an abdominal chemotherapy known as intraperitoneal treatment to treat ovarian cancer. Berlin, and obstetrician/gynecologists Dr. Vincent B. Killeen and Dr. Leo H. Eschbach, have brought laparoscopic hysterectomy to Beebe Medical Center. This procedure and others are offering women an alternative to the traditional approaches and are expanding the minimally invasive surgery program at Beebe Medical Center.
He initiated the Department of Integrative Health, which offers complimentary and alternative treatments to the community. He has received additional, specialized training in OB/GYN ultrasound as required to obtain and maintain Bayside Health’s ultrasound accreditation by the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine. He recently has become trained in auricular acupuncture, bringing another alternative modality to the community.
Leisa Berlin has been a well-known member of the Lewes business community. She is a former owner of the Blue Water House and the Second Street Candy Store, and most recently has helped her son Chris McKeown with his restaurant Agave. She is a longtime volunteer who actively works to raise funds for Beebe Medical Center. She has been involved with planning the Beebe Ball since 1994, and she has been a key person on the table decoration committee. She was named the volunteer of the year in 2006.
The Beebe Ball is organized each year under the auspices of the Beebe Medical Foundation, established in 1989 with the sole mission to raise philanthropic support for Beebe Medical Center. The foundation is located at 902 Savannah Road, Lewes DE 19958; visit beebemedicalfoundation.org
