Sunset Park
Standing O is putting out the welcome mat for Dr. Janet Yeh, who recently joined the staff at NYU Lutheran Medical Center. This talented new breast surgeon is helping to lead the way for NYU Lutheran Medical Center to provide top-notch breast cancer care.
Dr. Yeh is board-certified and a fellowship-trained breast surgical oncologist. One of Dr. Yeh’s principal goals is to make a concerted effort to get to know each and every patient and her particular circumstances.
“It’s important to take the time to get to know each patient to better understand their priorities when crafting a treatment plan,” says Dr. Yeh (inset).
Dr. Yeh previously served as director of the breast center at Clara Maass Medical Center, a Barnabas Health-associated hospital in Belleville, N.J., before accepting the opportunity to join the staff at NYU Lutheran.
“The Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone is a world leader in the care of patients with cancer,” said Dr. Yeh. “We now have the opportunity to bring those exact same resources and level of clinical excellence to the people in Brooklyn without them having to travel to Manhattan.”
NYU Lutheran [150 55th St. at First Avenue in Sunset Park, (718) 630–8600].
Borough Park
More hospital news
Let’s hear it for the merge — Maimonides Medical Center is joining forces with the Visiting Nurse Service of New York to help local residents with chronic illnesses such as asthma or diabetes stay healthy and out of the hospital.
This new program, which is funded by the New York State Medicaid Delivery System Performance Incentive Program, is called Community Care Brooklyn, and it involves the formation of coalitions among local health providers with the aim of reducing avoidable hospital admissions and emergency room usage on a community level.
For this project, Visiting Nurse Service health coaches are being “embedded” for two or more days per week in the offices of primary care physicians in Brooklyn. The coaches work with at-risk patients who are being cared for by the doctors, supporting them with health education and wellness coaching that reinforces healthy nutrition and dietary practices, medication adherence, and/or medical treatment compliance.
Maimonides Medical Center [4802 10th Ave. at 48th Street in Borough Park, (718) 283–6000].
Fort Greene
Bright futures
Kudos are sent to the students in the Class of 2017 at Brooklyn Technical High School, who have been named College Match Scholarship Recipients through the prestigious QuestBridge program. Each has earned a guaranteed, full, four-year scholarship to an outstanding undergraduate institution.
• Canarsie’s Skye An – Williams College
• Sunset Park’s Nina Chen – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Prospect-Lefferts Gardens’s Sandy Jean Charles – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Bensonhurst’s Pei Yi Mei – Swarthmore College
• Crown Heights’s Alesia Michel – University of Chicago
Standing O wishes all the students good luck in their college careers.
Brooklyn Technical High School [29 Fort Greene Pl. at Myrtle Avenue in Fort Greene, (718) 804–6400].
Park Slope
Welcome back
The American Cancer Society has returned and opened an office right here in our borough. The new space offers cancer patients, caregivers, and volunteers greater accessibility to programs and services.
“The American Cancer Society has always held a presence in Brooklyn, but we’re thrilled to be in Brooklyn once again,” says Carla Sterling, executive director of community engagement for the American Cancer Society.
The office is now open 10 am to 2 pm, Monday through Friday, or by appointment.
American Cancer Society [503 Fifth Ave. Suite 2A in Park Slope, (800) 227–2345; www.cance
