Health System Honors 24 Physicians at Doctors’ Day Event
Doctors are recognized for their remarkable achievements
The event included a congratulatory video message from Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
New York, NY
NYC Health + Hospitals today honored 24 doctors at the Doctors ’Day event. These doctors are nominated for their outstanding achievements, such as building a weight management clinic in the South Bronx, connecting with a patient who is unable to be treated through music, or developing an award-winning stroke. unit. The event included a video message from Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who is here. President and CEO Dr. Mitchell Katz joined staff at The View at Battery Park to recognize outstanding doctors in the nation’s largest public health system.
“The doctors we recognize today are important members of our health system,” he said President and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals Dr. Mitch Katz. “Whether they’re making emergency department admissions more efficient or raising the rate of pediatric vaccines, these doctors are helping us improve patient care every day.”
“These doctors are shining examples of compassion, work ethic, and dedication to our staff,” he said. NYC Health + Hospitals Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Machelle Allen. “Today is the day to celebrate their accomplishments as important members of our health care family.”
At the height of the pandemic, in early April 2020, NYC Health + Hospitals had more than 4,000 patients with COVID-19, with 900-plus patients in the ICU on ventilators. Today, the hospital system has 60 patients with COVID-19 and 6 ICU patients with COVID-19.
Below are the recipients of the NYC Health + Hospitals Doctors’ Day award:
BRONX
NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln
Nail Cemalovic, MD
Director, Intensive Care Unit
NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Morrisania
Nelly Maseda, MD, FAAP
Director of Pediatrics
NYC Health + Hospitals/Correctional Health Services
Frantz Medard, MD
Caring Doctor
NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Belvis
Frances W. Quee, MD
Pediatrician
NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx
Jessica Stoeckel, MD
Director, Intensive Care Unit
NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi
Elana Sydney, MD
Chief of Ambulatory Care
BROOKLYN
NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Cumberland
Nayaz Ahmed, MD
Doctor of Primary Care
NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County
Susan W. Law, DO, MPH
Doctor of Neurology
NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull
Lucia Palladino, MD
Attendance at the Critical Care Physician
NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, East New York
Tess Punnapuzha, MD
Doctor of Primary Care
NYC Health + Hospitals/McKinney
Inna Sosina, MD
physician
NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island
Michelle Soto, MD, MBA
Chief of Ambulatory Care
MANHATTAN
NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Judson
Rachel Bring, MD
Caring Doctor
NYC Health + Hospitals/Gouverneur
Michael Goldstein, MD
Psychiatrist
NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan
Nicola Kotchev, MD
Caring Doctor, Geriatrics
NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue
Leonardo Lopez, MD
Associate Chief of Psychiatry
NYC Health + Hospitals/Carter
Sanjay Patel, MD
Physician of Infectious Diseases
NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem
Cara Taubman, MD, MPH
Assistant Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program
NYC Health + Hospitals/Coler
Deane Tsuei, MD, PhD
Associate Director of Medicine
QUEENS
NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens
Parampreet Bakshi, MD
Associate Director of Ambulatory Care
NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst
Devorah Judith Nazarian, MD
Associate Director, Emergency Department
STATEN ISLAND
NYC Health + Hospitals/Sea View
Edward Rendon, MD
Attending a Psychiatrist
TIBUOK SYUDAD
MetroPlusHealth
Sanjiv Shah, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer
NYC Health + Hospitals/Simulation Center
Tricia Camille Yusaf, MD
Associate Director of Education
Biographies of the 24 doctors recognized at this year’s event are available here.
NYC Health + Hospitals has launched a website to help preserve the legacy of the heroic response to the COVID-19 pandemic system. The website, found on nychealthheroes.com, serves as a public platform to identify the more than 40,000 courageous health care workers whose dedication is helping thousands of New Yorkers recover. from COVID-19 and return home. To date, more than 15,000 COVID-19 patients treated at NYC Health + Hospitals have returned home thanks to the diligence and dedication of the heroes of the system’s health care.
