NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst

The Center for Hand Surgery at NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst gave patient Harry Perks something he had not had in 10 years: use of his right hand

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

In six months with the Lifestyle Medicine Program, patient Samuel Rios improved his A1C levels from 11.3% to 5.7% while coming off of insulin; patient Armando Perez Solis improved his A1C levels from 9.4% to 6.0%, putting his diabetes into remission; and patient Davi Baez improved her A1C levels from 11.2% to 8.5% despite being on medication that increased her blood sugar

Elmhurst Hospital is the first public hospital on the East Coast to provide hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy, a life-saving and less severe alternative to traditional cancer treatment