05/07/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/07/2024 14:10
Doctors across the health system are nominated by their Chief Medical Officer for the recognition
May 07, 2024
New York, NY - NYC Health + Hospitals today celebrated its Doctors' Day and the 26 doctors recognized for their outstanding patient care. This year, for the first time, NYC Health + Hospitals is honoring three physicians at their new Gotham Health Centers of Excellence, which provide Long COVID services, as well as primary care services. The doctors were nominated by their facility's Chief Medical Officer to qualify for the achievement. This year's honorees include pediatricians, primary care doctors, emergency department physicians, an oncologist, a pathologist, a neurologist, an HIV specialist, an optometrist, and others. They come from a diverse array of nations such as Ukraine, Nigeria, China, Burma, Nepal, Bangladesh, Cyprus, Haiti, India, and Pakistan. Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Machelle Allen joined staff at The View at Battery Park to recognize outstanding doctors in the nation's largest municipal health system. Biographies of the 26 doctors recognized in this year's event are available here.
Dr. Gail T. Prado, one of this year's Doctors Day awardees, in the lab at NYC Health + Hospitals/WoodhullHonorees include the following:
Here is the full list of NYC Health + Hospitals Doctors' Day 2024 Award recipients:
BRONX
NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Belvis
Winifred O. Egbuna, MD
Attending Physician
NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Morrisania
Teresa Polito, MD
Attending Physician, Pediatrics
NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Tremont
Wilmer J. Petite, MD
Attending Physician, Cardiology
NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi
Robert Faillace, MD
Chief of Medicine
NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln
Muhammad Waseem, MBBS, MS, CHSE-A, FAAP, FACEP, FAHA, FSSH
Attending Physician, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx
Boris M. Mashalov, MD
Attending Physician, Pediatrics
BROOKLYN
NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Broadway
Abimbola Oduguwa, MD
Attending Physician, Pediatrics
NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Cumberland
Julia Mai, OD, FAAO
Optometrist
NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, East New York
Maqsoodur Rahman, MD
Attending Physician
NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County
Selwena R. Brewster, MD, MBA
Associate Chief Medical Officer
NYC Health + Hospitals/McKinney
Lisel M. Hope, MD, MPH, FACE
Attending Physician
NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health
Eleonora Akker, DO, FACP
Director of Medical Education
Program Director of Transitional Year
Associate Program Director of Internal Medicine Residency
NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull
Gail T. Prado, MD
Attending Physician, Pathology
MANHATTAN
NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue
Sara K. Rostanski, MD
Associate Chief of Neurology
NYC Health + Hospitals/Carter
Prem C. Srivastava, MD
Attending Physician
NYC Health + Hospitals/Coler
Nazma A. Hossain, MD
Attending Physician
NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Gouverneur
Fontine Zhang, MD
Attending Physician
NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Sydenham
Cheryl A. Smith, MD
Attending Physician
NYC Health + Hospitals/Gouverneur
Polina Gilchyonok, MD
Chief of Service, Subacute Rehabilitation
NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem
Umesh Paudel, MD
Chief, Division of Neonatology
NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan
Mahrukh Bamji, MD
Chair of Pediatrics
QUEENS
NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Roosevelt
Ei Khine Moe, MD
Primary Care Physician
NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst
Barbara M. Dilos, DO
Director of Anesthesia
NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens
William X. Li, MD, M.Sc
Director of Radiation Oncology
CITYWIDE
NYC Health + Hospitals/Correctional Health Services
Jean Liautaud, MD, CCHP
Assistant Chief of Service, Medicine
NYC Health + Hospitals/Simulation Center
Zachary A. Blankenship, MD
Clinical Education Director
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