New York, NY (March 8, 2018) – Dr. Neil S. Calman, president and CEO of the Institute for Family Health, has been named board chair of the Community Health Care Association of New York State (CHCANYS), New York State’s primary care association. Dr. Calman was elected to serve as board chair at the annual CHCANYS membership …read more
New York, NY (March 5, 2018) – Today, Institute board member Jeanne Thelwell was presented with the 2018 Dorothy Kartashevich Consumer Award. Ms. Thelwell was presented the award during the annual Community Health Care Association of New York State (CHCANYS) Advocacy Day in Albany, NY. The award was established in honor of the late Dorothy Kartashevich, a Sunset Park …read more
The Institute for Family Health health centers are a part of the IMPLICIT Network- an FMEC Collaborative, a family medicine maternal child health learning collaborative dedicated to improving birth outcomes. The IMPLICIT Network developed an innovative model of impacting maternal health for future pregnancies by screening mothers at well-child visits for smoking, depression, family planning, …read more
New York, NY (December 5, 2017) – On Monday, December 4th, the Institute for Family Health opened a new health center, The Institute for Family Health at 17th Street, located at 230 West 17th Street in Manhattan. This new, state-of-the-art location offers outstanding primary care, mental health and social services for people of all ages. Patients of the Sidney …read more
New York, NY (November 14, 2017) – The Institute was featured in WNYC’s The Affordability Project, a series focusing on the increasing struggle to afford to live in New York City and what it takes to continue calling NYC home. In a story about uninsured New Yorkers, that aired today, the Institute’s Dr. Amy Pandya …read more
New York, NY (November 7, 2017) — As of December 4, 2017, the Insitute’s Sidney Hillman/Phillips Family Practice will be moving to two brand new, expanded locations. These new, state-of-the-art locations — one located on West 17th Street in Manhattan and the other at our Cadman Family Health Center in Brooklyn — will continue to offer outstanding primary care, mental …read more
New York, NY (October 20, 2017) – Dr. Neil S. Calman, president and CEO of The Institute for Family Health, has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine (NAM). Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement …read more
New York, NY (September 28, 2017) — The Institute for Family Health was awarded $350,000 per year for three years by the Office of Minority Health (OMH) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement Healthy Families, Healthy Children in 22 Bronx churches. The Institute, along with 15 other organizations nationwide, …read more
New Paltz, NY (July 24, 2017) – The Institute for Family Health was awarded more than $1.8 million by New York State as part of the Statewide Health Care Facility Transformation Program. The funding will support the development of a 24-hour Call Center, located at the Institute’s David N. Mesches, MD Health Campus, 279 Main Street …read more
Brooklyn, NY (July 17, 2017) – On Monday, July 17, the Institute for Family Health will open the Cadman Family Health Center at 300 Cadman Plaza West in Brooklyn, near the Downtown Brooklyn / Brooklyn Heights transportation hubs. The practice will be the first Brooklyn location for the Institute, which operates a combined 30 health …read more
