Toni Aspinall-Daley
Toni Aspinall-Daley, MD
Assistant Director, Department of Pediatrics
NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Roosevelt
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Caring for a Multicultural Community
When she was in college, Dr. Toni Aspinall-Daley thought about being a linguist. Her mother talked her out of it but the career path she eventually chose did lead her to a place filled with languages. “Our clinic serves families from countries as diverse as Haiti, Russia, Dominican Republic, Nigeria, Mongolia, Bangladesh – just to name a few,” she says.
As a pediatrician at NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Springfield for 10 years, Dr. Aspinall-Daley has won high regard from families and colleagues for her empathetic care of children of all cultures and backgrounds. “Many of our families have limited English proficiency and have had minimal access to quality health care,” she says. “Some families have lower health literacy so communication is challenging even with a translator. It requires resourcefulness and adaptability, and an increased awareness of potential unconscious bias.”
Being honored as the Doctors’ Day recipient for Gotham Health’s Queens-Staten Island region, Dr. Aspinall-Daley says, “validates my ambition to provide excellent, patient-centered care to families under trying conditions.”
Early in her career, Dr. Aspinall-Daley ran the sickle cell program at NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens for five years. She spent 20 years in private pediatric practices in Queens and on Long Island before rejoining NYC Health + Hospitals in 2015. She also has an academic appointment at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and has precepted students at every level across the city – from aspiring health professionals in high schools and colleges to medical students, interns and residents.
But it’s not just future medical professionals she’s passionate about teaching. “Each day I have the privilege of educating families and potentially changing the trajectory of an adolescent’s life,” she says. “That is pretty impactful.”