STONY BROOK, N.Y. – In a tribute to his late wife, Marilyn Colletta, and the treatment and care she received at Stony Brook University Hospital for Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML), Smithtown resident, Joseph Colletta started the Stony Brook Foundation / Marilyn Colletta Fund. The First Annual Marilyn Colletta Benefit Gala, sponsored by the Father Seyfried Council 821 Knights of Columbus of Kings Park, raised $20,000 for AML research at Stony Brook, which is conducted through the Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplant Program. The Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplant Program at Stony Brook is a full-service program that performs bone marrow and stem cell transplantation in patients with blood cancers.
Presenting the check for $20,000 from gala proceeds are Joseph Colletta (2nd from right), and Joseph Lupo, Grand Knight of Counsel (left), to Richard N. Fine, M.D., Dean, Stony Brook University School of Medicine; Kenneth Zamkoff, M.D., Medical Director, Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplant Program; and Douglas Gladstone, M.D., Assistant Director, Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplant Program.
