Medical Programs

Happiness Is Camping houses a fully equipped health center. Our dedicated staff always includes a pediatric oncologist and two or more hematology oncology nurses. They reside at the camp's health center and provide 24-hour medical supervision.

The center is equipped to handle on-going care, thus enabling the camp to welcome children who require IV chemo-therapy or transfusions, children at serious risk of bleeding and infections, and children with significant physical disabilities.

Medical Staff on a Wagon

In addition to administering to the children's health needs, the medical team enjoy participating in all camp activities. This offers campers the opportunity to socialize with their physicians and nurses, and view these life givers in a warm, non-clinical light.

Happiness Is Camping Medical Director Emeritus Paul A. Meyers, MD and the Nursing Director Julie McMahon, PNP, from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and, Medical Director Richard G. Gorlick, MD are eager to assure you that your child will be well cared for during his or her stay.

Medical Advisory Board

Paul A. Meyers, M.D.
Medical Director Emeritus, Happiness Is Camping
Vice Chair Dept. of Pediatrics
Attending Pediatrician, Dept. Hematology/Oncology
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Richard Gorlick, M.D.
Medical Director, Happiness Is Camping
Division Chief, Hematology and Oncology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Pharmacology
The Children's Hospital at Montefiore

Peter Cole, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
The Children's Hospital at Montefiore

Sharon L. Gardner, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
NYU School of Medicine
Pediatrician, Stephen D. Hassenfeld Children's Center

Julie E. McMahon, RN, MSN, PNP
Nursing Director
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Nina Pickett
Administrator
Department of Pediatrics
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Eva Radel, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
The Children's Hospital at Montefiore