What You Need To Know
Hackensack Meridian doctors are raising funds in a “Battle of the Bands”. “LiveStream” includes lead singer and keyboardist Dr. Debra Fromer, Vice Chair and Chief of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Surgery in the Department of Urology at Hackensack University Medical Center, drummer, Dr. Michael Stifelman, Regional Chair of Urology North, and Trumpeter Dr. Brian Benson, Chair of Otolaryngology at Hackensack University Medical Center. The doctors and their bandmates will compete in an annual New York City Battle of the Bands competition to benefit American Urological Association (AUA) initiatives to expand recruitment outreach.
Practicing medicine for about 25 years now, Dr. Fromer has been a musician all her life. She loves music as an outlet to daily pressures. In fact she recalls a time during her residency when she began playing a piano in the hospital as a stress reliever. She'll never forget the feeling of family, as patients listened and sang alongside her. Now she draws similar inspiration from the musical camaraderie she's formed with her colleagues. Her band, "LiveStream," has band members, including her boss, Dr. Michael Stifelman, chair of Urology at Hackensack University Medical Center, director of Robotic Surgery and co-director of Urologic Oncology at John Theurer Cancer Center, who plays the drums, and Dr. Brian Benson, Julliard-trained trumpeter and the Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology at Hackensack University Medical Center. Now the band will take to the stage competing against bands from New York City Urology-led bands in an epic fundraiser to support AUA initiatives. Attendees vote for the winner. Come support our Hackensack Docs that Rock!
Battle of the Bands Benefit
Thursday, May 7, 2026
7PM (doors open at 6)
@Downtown Social 149 Second Ave, NY, NY
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For an interview with one of the band, contact: mary.mcgeever@hmhn.org.