Earlier this month, the entire 3rd year Class of CUNY medical students assembled virtually to look at art. One exercise they performed together was observing John Singleton Copley’s painting, Watson and the Shark. Considered the first […]
Winter/2021
GLAUCOMA: Early Screenings save sight
“Glaucoma is a devastating disease.” This is a phrase that Dr. Michelle Packles, an ophthalmologist at SBH, uses regularly when discussing an eye disease that affects an estimated three million Americans. What makes it particularly troublesome […]
What You May Not Know About Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal tunnel is the leading occupational hazard of the computer age, affecting over five million American workers. However, says Dr. Christopher Koontz, a hand surgeon at SBH Health System, it’s not only a repetitive motion injury, […]
SBH’S VERSION OF “CALL THE MIDWIFE”
By Steven Clark “Call the Midwife” rings true to Jacqueline Biggs because, in part, she lived it. The popular PBS and Neflix series, based on the best-selling memoir of the same name, features the midwives and […]
A Visit With The SBH Rooftop Farm Beekeeper
About a quarter of a million bees called the Bronx home this spring and summer, residing in four colonies on the rooftop farm at the SBH Health and Wellness Center. In what beekeeper Eric Hanan of […]
REDUCING INCOME TAXES IN RETIREMENT
By Howard Hook, CPA, CFP Howard Hook is a fee-only Certified Financial Planner and CPA with the wealth management firm of EKS Associates in Princeton, NJ. He has been named to Medical Economics’ list of top […]
Unique Clinical Quality Fellowship Program Offered
SBH Health System is one of the few institutions in the country to offer a two-year clinical fellowship in quality and safety. The program, which will admit one fellow beginning July 1, 2021, is open to […]
Urgent Care Comes To The Bronx
A holistic approach to caring for the whole patient, proactively, episodically and continuously, enhances the effectiveness of preventative measures and improves patient outcomes overall. As a means to this end, the new Health & Wellness Center […]
TAKE THE FIRST LOOK AT A REMARKABLE NEW FACILITY
Welcome to the SBH Health and Wellness Center A little over four years ago Dr. David Perlstein, president and chief executive officer of SBH Health System, and executives from L+M Development Partners, SBH board members and […]
SBH Sponsors Translational Medicine Program at CUNY
By Steven Clark On its website, the Master’s in Translational Medicine (MTM) program at The City College of New York is described as a collaboration between The Grove School of Engineering and The CUNY School of […]
New Video Interpretation System Rolls into SBH
By Steven Clark Is she checking her blood sugars?¿Ella se está monitoreando los niveles de azúcar? Does she do this before breakfast?¿Ella se chequea el azúcar antes del desayuno? Do you have any questions?¿Tiene alguna pregunta? […]
SBH Welcomes Team of Physician Assistants
There are an estimated 115,000 physician assistants in the U.S. It’s considered the fastest growing segment in the healthcare field and one of the fastest growing professions in the entire labor market. According to the American […]
DIABETIC ULCERS: One Patient’s Story
To this day, Peter Visvardis is still not sure how he got it. It may have been when walking barefoot around the pool while vacationing in Arizona. Or, he may have gotten that small puncture wound […]
Cabrini Grant Enrollee Sees Changes
Daniel Bonilla could see that his efforts were changing lives in ways he never could have imagined. In fact, the impact of what he did, particularly in an age of Covid, sometimes left him in tears. […]
Teaching Kitchen Offers Medical Education
THE PATIENT: He’s a middle aged man who says he feels pretty healthy. However, he carries excess weight around his abdomen, putting him at risk for heart disease and diabetes. His blood pressure is elevated and […]
Community Partnerships Create Foundation for Healthcare Transformation
By Luci DeHaan Five years ago, SBH embarked on an ambitious state-funded initiativeto transform the way health care is delivered to patients in our communities. SBH convened and led a network of 250 health and social […]
OMM Benefits Pregnant, Antepartum Women and Newborns
For about 15 years, Dr. Hugh Ettlinger would drive a weekend each month to Massachusetts, to the home of Dr. Anne Wales. Here, Dr. Wales, a leading figure in the field of osteopathic medicine for decades, […]