The family of well-known physician David Eitel recently created the “David R. Eitel MD, MBA, Celebration of Education Endowment” to allow his legacy to live on at WellSpan York Hospital.
The endowment will benefit the Simulation Center and help to update and improve the availability of simulation resources for all health care providers for generations to come.
“Dr. Eitel was an early adaptor of simulation methodologies for teaching, problem solving and studying the flow dynamics,” said Richard Sloan, MD, director of Medical Education.
“The Eitel Endowment is a wonderful legacy for a physician who devoted his professional career to the education of the next generation of physicians and healthcare improvement.”
Dr. Eitel passed away in October at the age of 63. He was a physician with WellSpan York Hospital and WellSpan Health for more than 30 years.
Dr. Eitel developed the curriculum for the WellSpan York Hospital Emergency Medicine Residency program and served as the program’s first medical director. Most recently, he served as physician advisor for Case Management.
“I know he was one of the first to tour the new Simulation Center when it opened. He was fascinated by its potential to really “turn on the lights” for WellSpan staff,” said Lynne Eitel, wife of the late Dr. Eitel and a nurse at WellSpan York Hospital.
If you are interested in making a gift to support the Eitel Endowment, please use our secure website: https://www.wellspansecure.org/giving/. Contact WellSpan Philanthropy at 851-3595 if you would like to learn about other giving opportunities.