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Sen. Chris Murphy Champions Youth Mental Health at Vogue Benefit
Kate Owen Every aspect of American life is being scrutinized, politicized, and altered under the Trump administration. Amid these challenges, editors, physicians, designers, and guests gathered to tackle one of the most pertinent issues facing Americans: mental health. On Sunday, June 2, New York-Presbyterian's Center for Youth Mental Health held its annual benefit, where Charlie Shaffer, MD, spoke with Senator Chris Murphy about the current developments on Capitol Hill. 'I think the burden is on the profession to pull yourselves outside of the medical model and really challenge policymakers when it comes to the societal factors that drive mental illness,' Murphy told the intimate crowd, which included Anna Wintour, Tory Burch, and Christopher John Rodgers. 'I believe that no social media company should allow any kid under 13 to have access to these sites,' Murphy continued. 'I don't think the algorithm should turn on until you're 18. I think it's the equivalent of a cigarette — this algorithm that just feeds you more and more polluted content.' Murphy was referring to research that has been done on the relationship between social media and mental health. He also raised concerns about the GOP's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which would put 8.6 million Americans at risk for not having Medicaid coverage that includes mental health care. Coincidentally, the Center for Youth Mental Health event — co-sponsored by Vogue — took place the day before Murphy announced the launch of a new political action committee to oppose President Trump's agenda and seek to 'mobilize those who want to push back against the administration.' In a post to X, Murphy said that 'mobilization needs infrastructure. It needs organizers, technology, and logistics support.' The Trump administration is currently increasing ICE arrest quotas, swinging tariff rates, eliminating climate change initiatives, and scrutinizing the humanity of trans people. All of these factors and more affect the mental health of young people, which Murphy acknowledged during the talk. 'You've got to build a consistent and uninterrupted system of care,' Murphy explained, 'but you also have to get serious about the exposure to violence in our cities.' He said further, 'You have to get serious about regulating social media. You have to understand the links between intense poverty — and I think many are doing that, but it is not always the number one, two, or three bullet points for providers and professionals coming to Washington. So that is certainly something that could help us act on, I think, what we are admitting to be a really comprehensive set of factors that contribute to kids' mental illness.' Originally Appeared on Teen Vogue
New York Post
07-05-2025
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- New York Post
10-year-old heart transplant patient saves lives of two toddlers
It started with the gift of a single heart — and ended with three lives transformed. Last July, doctors at New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital performed an extremely rare series of surgeries that changed the lives of three children forever. A heart from a deceased donor was transplanted into 10-year-old Hend Almesafri, who paid it forward by then providing her pulmonary valve to John Catoliato, 2, and her aortic valve to Teddy Carter, 3. 9 Doctors at New York-Presbyterian performed an extremely rare surgery on Hend Almesafri, 10, John Catoliato, 2, and Teddy Carter, 3 — changing their lives forever. NewYork-Presbyterian Now thriving, all three kids reunited at the hospital last February, where Hend surprised her 'heart brothers' with gifts and a moment their families will never forget. 'You see these kids interacting and you know people are good,' John's mother, Joanne Dowling, told the Post. 'We can never come up with a gift for her — what could you buy someone who gave your child the gift of life?' John's scary heart condition Joanne was only 24 weeks pregnant when she found out her unborn child had truncus arteriosus, a condition in which instead of having two exits from the heart — one going to the body and one going to the lungs — he only had one and a hole in his heart. She and her husband, Thomas Catoliato, were immediately referred to New York-Presbyterian. 'This is our first child together, and it just took a drastic turn — I felt like everything was obliterated from that point forward,' Joanne said. 9 Thomas Catoliato, Joanne Dowling and John Catoliato at the reunion last February. NewYork-Presbyterian 'I don't even know how to describe it, other than your pregnancy is no longer your pregnancy. You're just scared from that point forward, but the team made it so it was very seamless.' She never considered terminating. 'I loved [John] from the minute I found out I was pregnant with him,' she said. 'I knew that the doctors at New York-Presbyterian could fix him. If anyone could fix him, it would be them.' He had open heart surgery when he was only 5 days old and, while it went well, it was difficult to accept that he would need to continue having surgeries his entire life because the artificial valve just wouldn't grow. 9 John was only a few days old when he went through open heart surgery. NewYork-Presbyterian So when they found out about the possibility of a heart transplant, they were hopeful. 'It's almost like there's a light at the end of the tunnel for him,' Joanne said. 'It's a comfort to us to know that John may never need an open heart surgery — we may never have to hand our child to a surgeon again.' In July, she was grabbing a cup of coffee in the afternoon when she got the call — they had a match. Ten-year-old Hend would be getting her own brand-new heart, but was donating the perfectly usable pulmonary valve from her old one. Things moved quickly after that. Thomas raced home from a trip to the beach and was on the phone with Dr. Gladstone discussing the procedure that evening. 9 'It's a comfort to us to know that John may never need an open heart surgery — we may never have to hand our child to a surgeon again,' Joanne said. NewYork-Presbyterian It was a degree of professionalism, kindness, consistency and communication that had kept their spirits up since they first found out about John's condition. 'They were like, 'This is what we do for a living, right?' This is what we go to work every day to do. So they kind of held us up. They pumped wind back into our sails. And they kept that level of connection,' he said. At 5 a.m. the following morning, they came to the hospital feeling scared and confused, but they knew that they — and John — were in good hands. 9 'We call them heart brothers,' Joanne said. 'John has one side and Teddy has the other.' New York Presbyterian 'It was so sunny that day, and John was in his pajamas, and I just looked at him and thought 'Buddy, you don't even know.' He had no clue,' she recalled, tearfully. 'And [the hospital staff] was just so kind.' Even though John was only 18 months old at the time, Joanne said the doctors 'didn't make it traumatizing at all to take him' away, because they 'made it fun for' John, as though he was just about to go on a little ride. 'New York-Presbyterian was so prepared on every level, from the general intake to the ER all the way up to getting him into the OR,' Thomas said. 'It was almost as if everybody had a team meeting of 50 people for five hours, to which every step, every door that opened, every transition was seamless.' 9 The Catoliato and Carter families at the reunion. NewYork-Presbyterian Following the transplant, they stayed in touch with John and Katie Carter — the parents of the other recipient, Teddy. 'We call them heart brothers,' Joanne said. 'John has one side and Teddy has the other.' Teddy's surgery-saving transplant Teddy was two months old when he was diagnosed with a heart defect called aortic stenosis, which can block or restrict blood flow to the heart. 'We were totally surprised,' Katie told The Post. 9 Teddy was two months old when he was diagnosed with a heart defect called aortic stenosis. New York Presbyterian 'It was really scary to have a child who needs pretty immediate open heart surgery — that is certainly something no parent wants to go through, but we just had faith that we had amazing doctors at New York-Presbyterian and we were lucky to live in New York and have access to such incredible care.' Despite multiple procedures, he would have needed several more open-heart surgeries before he reached adulthood — were it not for this heart transplant. 9 'It was really scary to have a child who needs pretty immediate open heart surgery,' Katie told The Post. NewYork-Presbyterian Two toddlers, one heart donation This type of surgery — in which one donor's heart is used to benefit multiple recipients — is called a split-root domino heart transplant and it's pretty uncommon. 'A split-root domino partial heart transplant is extremely rare and has been performed only a handful of times — and, up until this operation, never in the northeast,' Dr. Andrew Goldstone, surgical director of pediatric heart transplantation at New York-Presbyterian, told the Post. 'We're uniquely positioned to perform domino transplants and split-root dominos because of the surgical and team expertise in all aspects of cardiovascular disease and transplantation, and the resources necessary to make this all a reality.' 9 All of children, including Teddy, are doing well now. NewYork-Presbyterian All three of the recipients are doing well, and they reunited at the hospital in February — an experience Joanne described as both 'surreal' and 'humbling.' 'You see this little girl and she's got gift bags — she bought them presents,' Joanne said. 'I thought, 'Oh my God, we didn't get her anything.' But what can you give somebody that gave your child an option to live?' 'It was just really special to be able to spend some time together,' Katie said. And if you think the kids are too young to really understand what was happening, according to Teddy's father, they seem to comprehend more than you'd expect. 'We were in the car driving to [Teddy's] appointment the other day, and he said 'My heart was broken and now it's fixed,'' he said.
Yahoo
29-04-2025
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LI dad says infant son is fighting for his life in NYC hospital after a botched circumcision: ‘He looks like he's been through war'
A Long Island dad says what should have been a routine circumcision for his newborn son in a New York City hospital has left the little guy fighting for his life. Cole Jordan Groth was born on March 31 at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital — although he was diagnosed with a congenital heart disease, he was otherwise healthy — and scheduled to go home with his parents to meet his two-year-old older brother at their Long Island house in Lake Grove on April 16. Two days prior, the doctors called Tim Groth, and his wife Gabrielle, asking if they wanted to have their son circumcised, and what transpired turned into a 'parent's worst nightmare,' Groth, 35, told The Post Monday. Within a few hours of the common procedure, the infant nearly bled to death, started having seizures and suffered damage to multiple organs, the dad said. When his wife came to the hospital to go over her son's discharge the next day on April 15, she discovered the baby boy was 'pale, screaming and despondent,' Groth said. 'It's just horrible,' he added. Over the next 10 days, Cole had to receive blood transfusions daily and had multiple surgeries — including one on his stomach since parts of his intestines had failed due to the blood loss. The boy, who remains in critical condition, was put on a respirator, given pain medications, has a colostomy bag to go to the bathroom and is receiving all his nutrition intravenously, Groth said. 'He looks like he's been through war,' the dad added. 'He's pale, vascular … you see the hole in his stomach for the ostomy bag. Part of me is really angry. 'All of it was so avoidable and so unnecessary. Part of me is really sad. My son is obviously suffering … you wouldn't wish this on your worst enemy.' The father filed a grievance with the hospital searching for answers. He explained that his son's bleeding was discovered by a nurse around 2:30 a.m. on April 15 but it wasn't until after 5 a.m. that blood work was finally ordered. And the attending doctor wasn't notified until 8:30 a.m., during a shift change, about what was happening. 'They failed to stop the bleeding and failed to identify and diagnose how much blood he lost,' he said. 'You can't go from a circumcision to a baby nearly bleeding to death and have done things the right way.' Baby Cole faces a long road to recovery. He's expected to remain in the cardiac neonatal intensive care unit for months as doctors hope to eventually perform another surgery to reconnect his intestines so they can remove the colostomy bag. The family set up a GoFundMe page on April 19 hoping to raise $50,000 to pay for the months of treatment now needed. As of Monday afternoon, the page for Cole had received nearly $60,000 in donations. And there have been some positive signs — the baby hasn't required a blood transfusion in several days. But his parents are still bracing for any long-term implications. 'I spent my time crying,' Groth said. 'I've gotten to the point now where I have to deal with it. Now it's a lifetime of we have to figure out what's the next complication.' Throughout the harrowing ordeal, the hospital, Groth said, has been sympathetic, but also careful not to admit any wrongdoing. 'They have done their best to show as much compassion and empathy as they can without really having any sort of accountability,' he said. 'They have chosen their words wisely.' A spokesperson for NewYork-Presbyterian told The Post that they couldn't comment, citing 'patient privacy policies.' Groth works as a CEO running a pain management practice on Long Island that his father, a doctor, founded. He said his father and other family members — also in the medical industry — have told him Cole's case shows the hospital 'definitely' didn't follow the 'standard of care' or 'act urgently enough.' The distraught dad said he hasn't lawyered up yet, but admitted he hasn't ruled out legal action down the road. 'At the end of the day, we are kind of just still hoping that he lives,' Groth said.
New York Post
28-04-2025
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- New York Post
LI dad says infant son is fighting for his life in NYC hospital after a botched circumcision: ‘He looks like he's been through war'
A Long Island dad says what should have been a routine circumcision for his newborn son in a New York City hospital has left the little guy fighting for his life. Cole Jordan Groth was born on March 31 at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital — although he was diagnosed with a congenital heart disease, he was otherwise healthy — and scheduled to go home with his parents to meet his two-year-old older brother at their Long Island house in Lake Grove on April 16. 7 Cole Jordan Groth is fighting for his life after a routine circumcision gone wrong, his dad Tim Groth told The Post. Courtesy of the Groth family Two days prior, the doctors called Tim Groth, and his wife Gabrielle, asking if they wanted to have their son circumcised, and what transpired turned into a 'parent's worst nightmare,' Groth, 35, told The Post Monday. Within a few hours of the common procedure, the infant nearly bled to death, started having seizures and suffered damage to multiple organs, the dad said. When his wife came to the hospital to go over her son's discharge the next day on April 15, she discovered the baby boy was 'pale, screaming and despondent,' Groth said. 'It's just horrible,' he added. 7 Cole has been in the hospital for almost a month after losing half of his blood following his circumcision. Courtesy of the Groth family Over the next 10 days, Cole had to receive blood transfusions daily and had multiple surgeries — including one on his stomach since parts of his intestines had failed due to the blood loss. The boy, who remains in critical condition, was put on a respirator, given pain medications, has a colostomy bag to go to the bathroom and is receiving all his nutrition intravenously, Groth said. 7 Ever since the March 14 procedure, Cole has been fighting for his life, having received multiple blood transfusions a day and multiple surgeries. GoFundMe 'He looks like he's been through war,' the dad added. 'He's pale, vascular … you see the hole in his stomach for the ostomy bag. 'Part of me is really angry. 'All of it was so avoidable and so unnecessary. Part of me is really sad. My son is obviously suffering … you wouldn't wish this on your worst enemy.' The father filed a grievance with the hospital searching for answers. 7 The boy has been on a respirator and has a colostomy bag. GoFundMe He explained that his son's bleeding was discovered by a nurse around 2:30 a.m. on April 15 but it wasn't until after 5 a.m. that blood work was finally ordered. And the attending doctor wasn't notified until 8:30 a.m., during a shift change, about what was happening. 'They failed to stop the bleeding and failed to identify and diagnose how much blood he lost,' he said. 'You can't go from a circumcision to a baby nearly bleeding to death and have done things the right way.' Baby Cole faces a long road to recovery. He's expected to remain in the cardiac neonatal intensive care unit for months as doctors hope to eventually perform another surgery to reconnect his intestines so they can remove the colostomy bag. The family set up a GoFundMe page on April 19 hoping to raise $50,000 to pay for the months of treatment now needed. As of Monday afternoon, the page for Cole had received nearly $60,000 in donations. And there have been some positive signs — the baby hasn't required a blood transfusion in several days. But his parents are still bracing for any long-term implications. 'I spent my time crying,' Groth said. 'I've gotten to the point now where I have to deal with it. Now it's a lifetime of we have to figure out what's the next complication.' 7 Tim Groth says what has happened to their son is a 'parent's worst nightmare.' GoFundMe 7 Tim says his son will remain in the hospital for months. GoFundMe Throughout the harrowing ordeal, the hospital, Groth said, has been sympathetic, but also careful not to admit any wrongdoing. 'They have done their best to show as much compassion and empathy as they can without really having any sort of accountability,' he said. 'They have chosen their words wisely.' A spokesperson for NewYork-Presbyterian told The Post that they couldn't comment, citing 'patient privacy policies.' Groth works as a CEO running a pain management practice on Long Island that his father, a doctor, founded. He said his father and other family members — also in the medical industry — have told him Cole's case shows the hospital 'definitely' didn't follow the 'standard of care' or 'act urgently enough.' 7 Cole's parents hope he survives the harrowing ordeal. Courtesy of the Groth family The distraught dad said he hasn't lawyered up yet, but admitted he hasn't ruled out legal action down the road. 'At the end of the day, we are kind of just still hoping that he lives,' Groth said.
Yahoo
28-04-2025
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Parents Claim Newborn ‘Nearly Bled to Death' After Circumcision, Is in Critical Condition: 'We Are Living a Nightmare'
A newborn baby, Cole, nearly bled to death and is in critical condition following a circumcision, according to his parents Parents Tim and Gabrielle Groth said they are 'living a nightmare' and are unsure if Cole will survive As their son remains hospitalized, they are sharing his story in hopes of preventing this medical emergency from happening to other families A newborn baby's parents say he nearly bled to death and is fighting for his life after he was circumcised at a New York City hospital. Tim and Gabrielle Groth welcomed a baby boy, Cole, on March 31. Due to a congenital heart disease, the infant had a stent placed to ensure proper blood flow. After its insertion, Tim said in a GoFundMe post that Cole was 'one of the healthiest babies on the floor' and was set to be discharged from the hospital. However, the baby's health allegedly took a turn for the worse after he was circumcised the evening of April 14. Hours after the routine procedure at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, 'Cole nearly bled to death,' Tim said. "I walk in and he is extremely pale. He is crying like I've never heard before," Gabrielle told CBS News. "It was not my healthy boy I saw just the day before." NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital tells PEOPLE in a statement that they 'cannot comment' on the incident due to 'patient privacy policies.' Tim recalled watching his son's health deteriorate. "Throughout the night, for 10-plus hours, our son bled almost to death," Tim added. "The vital organs of his body lost blood and oxygen, and he suffered liver damage, kidney damage, brain damage. How does that happen in a cardiac NICU?" Related: New Zealand Man Wakes from Surgery, Learns He's Been Fully Circumcised Against His Wishes Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Tim said Cole was taken into emergency surgery. The couple says they were later told that their son's intestines had died and turned black, and there was feces in his abdomen that all needed to be cut out. 'Cole now sits in ICU left cut wide open with countless tubes, medications, fluids, etc, helping us cling to the hope that he might live,' Tim said on GoFundMe. 'Words can only touch the surface of the pain Cole, my wife, our family and I feel physically and emotionally from this.' is now available in the Apple App Store! Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more! ! As of April 20, Cole remains at the hospital in critical condition. Tim said the newborn undergoes daily transfusions and had four surgeries in the past week. The worried father hopes sharing their family's story will prevent this medical emergency from happening to others. 'There is no place for carelessness in medicine in our country,' he said. 'Could you imagine scheduling your son's circumcision and possibly having him die? We don't want any other families or babies to experience the pain and heartbreak we are going through.' 'We are living a nightmare,' he added. Gabrielle told CBS that she and her husband are just waiting for the day they can bring Cole home. "I want him to know how strong he is and the strength he showed, and how much he fought," she said. Read the original article on People
