New York, NY Dr. Hawthorne Smith, Director of NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue’s Program for Survivors of Torture (PSOT), was recently elected to a two-year term as the new President of the National Consortium of Torture Treatment Programs (NCTTP), a U.S.-based network provider of services, education and resources for survivors of torture. As part of his
New York, NY NYC Health + Hospitals today announced that Jhonelly Gil, a housekeeping aide in the Department of Environmental Services at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, was voted “2021 Amazing Employee of the Year,” representing the public health system’s 44,000 workforce. Gil has been at NYC Health + Hospitals for 14 years and is responsible
STONY BROOK, NY, October 14, 2021 The Safe States Alliance awarded the Stony Brook Trauma Center, Suffolk County's only Level I Trauma Center, an Injury and Violence Prevention Program Achievement Award for 2020. The award recognizes Stony Brook's ability to pivot and make many of its injury prevention programs available to the community despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. "This award is a thank you to the team here that works tirelessly to reach the community and provide the care they need no matter the circumstances," says James A. Vosswinkel, MD, FACS, Trauma Medical Director and Chief of the Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care in the Department of Surgery at Stony Brook Medicine. "This is a reminder that every idea can make an impact. These programs can and will save lives." The Stony Brook Trauma Center offers free in-person injury prevention programs to the public, educating local communities on best prac