Stony Brook University Cancer Center hosted a Battle of the Bands event on September 17 and raised over $5,600 to help fund programs for Stony Brook Cancer Center’s Bone Marrow Transplant Unit.
Five bands comprised of healthcare professionals from four Suffolk County Hospitals – including, Eastern Long Island Hospital, Northport VA Medical Center, Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center and Stony Brook Medicine — traded in their stethoscopes for microphones, bass guitars, and drums and battled it out, to compete for the title of ‘Docs Who Rock.’
Guests and performers on stage.
“It means so much to the patients, because they’re in the hospital the longest prepping for several weeks before their bone marrow transplant and it gets boring just being in a hospital room. We try to do everything from art therapy to music therapy and we want to provide more so these funds will help,” said Jeanine Carlson, RN, Nursing Supervisor, Stony Brook University Hospital, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit.
The bands performed for nearly 375 people at the 89 North Music Venue in downtown Patchogue. WBAB radio host Fingers emceed and judged the event and food was donated by local area restaurants.
Grey Matters and Prognified were two Stony Brook bands that competed in the event. Grey Matters, a group consisting of a doctor and medical personnel from Stony Brook Medicine, were crowned the winner of the evening and walked away with the guitar trophy, which will be displayed in their hospital for a year.
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