NYC Health + Hospitals' Annual "Doctors' Day" Celebration Honors 25 Physicians Across the Health System
Honorees Represent Thousands of Highly Skilled Physicians Dedicated to Advancing Public Health
Apr 26, 2018
NYC Health + Hospitals today honored 25 physicians during its annual “Doctors’ Day” celebration. Physicians from the health system’s hospitals, community health centers, post-acute care facilities, and correctional health services, as well as its MetroPlusHealth Health Plan, were recognized for being highly skilled, mission-driven physicians dedicated to advancing public health.
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“I am so grateful to the thousands of physicians who, every day of the year, dedicate their professional lives to ensuring New Yorkers live their heathiest lives,” said Mitchell Katz, MD, president and chief executive officer of NYC Health + Hospitals. “Our physicians are at the heart of this amazing and essential health care system. They are the embodiment of our mission to serve all, no matter who the patients are, where they’re from, what language they speak, or how many dollars they have in their pockets.”Reflecting a range of specialties and years of service, the award-winning physicians were drawn from NYC Health + Hospitals’ multi-ethnic and multi-cultural workforce, showcasing the health system’s strength in providing culturally competent care to all, without exception.
“This select group of 25 outstanding physicians personify the dedication, compassion, and excellence required to practice in the nation’s largest public health care system,” said Machelle Allen, MD, chief medical officer of NYC Health + Hospitals. “Today’s honorees have made the important choice not simply to be doctors, but to be doctors committed to providing care to anyone who needs care—where the work they do makes a difference in the lives of more than a million patients each year. We salute them, and we offer them our deepest appreciation.”
NYC Health + Hospitals Doctors’ Day Award Recipients:
Manhattan
NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/BELLEVUE
Susan E. Cohen, MD FAAHPM
Medical Director, Palliative Care
NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/CARTER
Joseph Robert Mazza, MD
Attending Physician
NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/COLER
Khoi Luong, DO
Chief Medical Officer
NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/GOTHAM HEALTH, GOUVERNEUR
Melissa Walsh, MD FACOG
Attending Physician – Women’s Health
NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/HARLEM
Alvin Adell, MD
Associate Director, Department of Anesthesia
NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/GOTHAM HEALTH, SYDENHAM
Handel G. White, MD
Attending Physician
NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/GOUVERNEUR – PAC
Amit K. Bansal, DO
Associate Medical Director
NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/METROPOLITAN
Shobhana Chaudhari, MD, FACP, AGSF
Deputy Chief of Medicine/Medicine Residency Program Director
Brooklyn
NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/CONEY ISLAND
Frida Popilevsky, MD
Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit and Respiratory Therapy
NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/KINGS COUNTY
Howard Levitt, MD
Chief of Cardiology
NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/WOODHULL
Earl I. Clarkson, DDS
Chairman, Department of Dentistry and Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/GOTHAM HEALTH, CUMBERLAND
Genevieve Icart-Bandali, DDS
Attending Dentist
NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/GOTHAM HEALTH, EAST NEW YORK
Sandra R. Glasgow, MD
Attending Physician – Obstetrics and Gynecology
NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/MCKINNEY
Albert Edano, MD
Internist
Queens
NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/ELMHURST
Rohit Hasija, MD
Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon
NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/QUEENS
Tayyaba Bashir, MD
Associate Director, Cancer Center
Bronx
NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/JACOBI
John McNelis, MD, FACS, FCCM, MHCM
Chairman, Department of Surgery
NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/GOTHAM HEALTH, BELVIS
Rita Santana, MD
Ambulatory Primary Care Pediatrics
NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/GOTHAM HEALTH, MORRISANIA
Serge Nazon, MD
Attending Physician
NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/NORTH CENTRAL BRONX
Lori Ciuffo, MD
Associate Director, Ambulatory Medicine
NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/LINCOLN
Akinola Olufemi Fisher, MD
Chief of Ambulatory Care
Staten Island
NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/SEA VIEW
Robert D. Engel, DPM, DAPMSB
Podiatrist
NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/CORRECTIONAL HEALTH
Myoe Minn, MD
Medical Officer
NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/SIMULATION CENTER
Anjoinette M. Minors, MD, FACOG
Attending Physician – Obstetrics and Gynecology
NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/MetroPlusHealth
Talya Schwartz, MD FACP AGSF
Chief Medical Officer
For a full list of bios, visit /doctors-day-2018/.