A retired Louisville physician is giving $8 million to the Norton Healthcare Foundation to establish a treatment and research center for Parkinson's Disease and for an upgraded critical care center.The gift is from Dr. Elizabeth Pahk Cressman, a retired anesthesiologist who practiced mainly at what is now Norton Suburban Hospital.It's in memory of her husband, Dr. Frederick Cressman, who died in January after a seven year battle with Parkinson's Disease.Five million dollars of the gift will establish the Cressman Parkinson's Center at the Norton Neuroscience Institute. The other $3 million will be used to expand the critical care center at Norton Suburban Hospital, which will also carry the Cressman name.More details about the gift will be disclosed at a press conference this afternoon.
Rick Howlett was midday host and the host of LPM's weekly talk show, "In Conversation." He was with LPM from 2001-2023 and held many different titles, including Morning Edition host, Assignment Editor and Interim News Director. He died in August 2023. Read a remembrance of Rick here.