Today is the first day of work for new residents across our three family medicine residency programs. From Manhattan to the Mid-Hudson Valley, these 27 family physicians are gearing up to provide outstanding primary health...
Institute residency alum and PurpLE Clinic Director Anita Ravi, MD, MPH, MSHP has recently become selected to hold positions of leadership in two national health organizations. She will serve as the AAFP delegate to the AMA...
Olivia Button, a 2015-16 Community HealthCorps member, worked at one of the Institute’s school-based health centers this year. As a part of her service, she helped put on an art show to help...
Photo: (from left) Drs. Olivia Perlmutt, Seema Shah and Cynthia Calixte. Our incoming clinical research fellows will be conducting research in women’s reproductive health with mentorship from the Institute’s Director of Female Reproductive Health, Dr. Linda...
Dr. Bamidele Olatunbosun is a third-year resident in the Harlem Residency in Family Medicine program, set to graduate this month. As part of his residency training, Dr. Olatunsbosun and a few of his fellow residents assisted local...
Rebecca Green, LMSW, is a regional director of the Institute’s COMPASS programs. She is also one of the Institute’s trained Mental Health First Aid instructors. She recently shared with us a few things you should...
The Institute for Family Health was delighted to host an intimate luncheon on Saturday, May 7th in Kerhonkson, NY at the beautiful home of Roger Ross, the Institute’s VP for Talent Acquisition. A small...
Dr. Mark Sinclair (third from left), recent graduate (Class of 2016) of the Harlem Residency in Family Medicine, will be the first fellow in the Institute for Family Health’s Fellowship in Addiction Medicine. The Addiction...
This Sunday, May 15th, is New York City’s annual AIDS Walk. The walk inspires hundreds of thousand of New Yorkers to walk and raise money to fight HIV/AIDS. The funds raised at the event remain a...
Photo: Dr. Ravi, center, and other staff celebrate 50 patient visits at the PurpLE Clinic. — Last month was Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month. Last year, we opened a clinic for anyone who has...
Dr. Amalia Dorelien recently graduated from the Harlem Residency in Family Medicine. As part of her residency training, Dr. Dorelien assisted a local nonprofit, New York Common Pantry. What local organization did you work with? What is their...
Epic Systems recently used the Institute’s Zero Suicide efforts as a model or use-case for other healthcare organizations. The document, entitled “Preventing Suicides in Primary Care Settings” detailed how the Institute integrates mental health into...
In a recent visit to the Institute’s Family Health Center of Harlem, Norman Lamb, former UK Minister of Health, and David Covington, LPC, MBA, were impressed by the collaborative care model, our EHR use...
Photo: Dr. Pérez-Stable tours the Family Health Center of Harlem with Institute president, Dr. Calman. This morning, Dr. Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable presented the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health’s April Grand Rounds. Dr. Pérez-Stable, the Director of...
Dr. Margaux Lazarin, MPH, an alumni of our Mount Sinai Beth Israel Residency in Urban Family Medicine and provider at Urban Horizons Family Health Center in the Bronx, recently penned a blog for the AAFP (American Academy of Family...
