Kids with Asthma: “Kids With Asthma “ project at Metropolitan Hospital Center provides support services and educational workshops in the East Harlem, home to the highest prevalence of asthma in the country As a member of the Metropolitan Auxiliary since 2001 I have raised funds to combat the childhood asthma in that community. My work with the program has laid the path to the United Hospital Fund 2006 recognition award. In addition I had the privilege of introducing Governor Paterson, then Senator as a 2005 honoree of the Auxiliary to celebrate his contribution to ‘Kids With Asthma”.

Haitian Health: Kinship with the Haitian community is simply part of me. So on the radio in Creole I touch thousands of Haitians everywhere. I present an educational discussion centered around a specific medical topic. Anatomy, pathophysiology, treatment, questions and answers are put on the table.

Hamilton Heights educational and social dynamics. I am a member of the 30th Precinct Community Council. Thru that organization I reach out to the schools on career day, I organize and or contribute to health fairs, I stay connected with the police department. I have been a member of the “three O” since 2001.
National Night Out is our big annual party. That night we take to streets to celebrate a crime free night.

Create future doctors: I mentor young people interested in medicine. As a physician of a challenged social extraction and a member of Mount Sinai School of Medicine and a preceptor at Columbia University School of Medicine I strive to create a vision and a plan for young people who dream of embracing medicine as a career especially when they are facing social adversities.

CV BS in biology from City College in Hamilton Heights MD from Downstate University in Brooklyn. Work experience in Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Addiction Medicine, and Forensic Medicine. Other languages Spanish, French, Creole.