NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst

NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Morrisania and NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull held Healthfirst's top two spots for quality care for Medicare patients

The public health care system’s hospitals are recognized as Best Hospitals for treating conditions such as heart failure, heart attack, hip fracture, kidney failure, colon cancer, diabetes, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

The state-of-the-art treatment – stereotactic radiosurgery – allows patients to go home the same day, a vast improvement from the previous type of treatment that required 5 to 10 days in the hospital

An internationally recognized expert in dermatology, Dr. Han’s areas of focus at Elmhurst Hospital to include promotion of equity and inclusion in research trials and advancing clinical innovation

Sheela Maru, MD, a clinical leader in obstetrics, women’s health, and global health, will head the Institute as Director; Ben McVane, MD, an emergency medicine physician with expertise in global health and medical care for asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants, will serve as Assistant Director