NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health

The Peer Academy trains community members with lived experience with substance use or mental health conditions to become certified peer counselors who engage and support health system patients

Dr. José A. Pagán, Svetlana Lipyanskaya, Christopher Mastromano, Dr. Jasmin Moshirpur, Dr. Talya Schwartz, and Dr. Mitchell Katz are recognized as trailblazers leading New York’s health landscape

Four of the health system’s sites were recognized by the federal government as 2024 Hypertension Control Champions; only six sites in New York State received this award in 2024

NYC Health + Hospitals/Community Care Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer Nicole Jordan-Martin, NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health Chief Executive Officer Svetlana Lipyanskaya, and MetroPlusHealth President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Talya Schwartz are recognized as champions of health care access in New York

NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health’s Director of Nursing for Behavioral Health Services Seun Ajibade, NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem’s Chief Executive Officer Georges Leconte, and NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health’s Director of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery Cedric Olivera are recognized