NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County

Award recognizes Dr. Forde’s leadership, compassion, and lasting contributions to surgical patient care across multiple specialties at Kings County Hospital

In-person and virtual tax preparation services are available in various languages

The Peer Academy trains community members with lived experience with substance use or mental health conditions to become certified peer counselors who engage and support health system patients

The babies were born at 12:01AM and 12:02AM, weighing 6lbs. 13.9oz. and 5lbs., 15.4oz.

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