Physical Therapy Now Available!

Services are available for a variety of individuals ranging from adolescents to the elderly. 

We specialize in:
 •   Neck & Back Injuries
 •   Pre and Post Operative Orthopedics
 •   Neurological Diagnosis (Stroke)
    …and more!

Need Physical Therapy Services? Ask your Primary Care Physician (PCP) for a referral!
FOR APPOINTMENTS CALL (718) 716-4400

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Barnard College Emerging Leaders Tour MHHC

On Wednesday, January 11th, MHHC welcomed over 50 female students who visited the facilities from the Columbia University Barnard College Emerging Leaders Program.  This was the third year in which MHHC hosted students from this program and it allowed the opportunity to showcase the pristine facilities and the work being done, but also to share knowledge and experiences from MHHC’s leaders with this generation of emerging leaders.  During the visit, students had the opportunity to hear firsthand from President & CEO Verona Greenland about leadership, being a visionary and developing the ability to motivate individuals to achieve the “bigger picture.”    The Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) is a year-long selective and competitive first-year leadership program which focuses on leadership from an interpersonal and co-curricular point of view, as it pertains to women in particular.   This program assists first-year students in developing key leadership skills through weekly workshops and seminars that place them in front of successful women from a broad variety of fields and experiences. 

A critical component in the Emerging Leaders Program is students’ participation in the Leadership Institute, a five day program during the inter-session in January which seeks to display leadership in NYC in a number of public sectors. During this week, in addition to touring MHHC as the selected health care agency, the students also visited agencies in other sectors such as government, education, the judicial system, and community service. The goal of the program is to expose the ELP students to aspects of NYC public policy that they would not otherwise have an opportunity to experience.

 

For more information on the Emerging Leaders Program please visit http://barnard.edu/studentlife/leadership/programs/elp

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MHHC Celebrates Black History Month!

                                               

 

FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH

As we commemorate  the  week  long  activities  for NATIONAL BLACK HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD)  nationwide, please  join us in continuing to EDUCATE all our sexually active patients, colleagues, friends, family and acquaintances  about the importance of stemming the rising tide of the AIDS  epidemic  in the African American  population.  They  account  for a higher  proportion  of HIV  at  all stages  of  disease  from  new infections to deaths!

 KNOWLEDGE IS POWER, KNOW YOUR HIV STATUS   

DID YOU KNOW?

There are more than 1 million people in the United State living with HIV.  

20%, 1 in 5, do not know they are infected.             

As of 12/ 2011 MHHC  tested over 3,500 people in the community, performed a total of over 49,508  HIV tests to 28,625 unduplicated individuals.

 

 THE FACTS – Get Educated www.cdc.gov/hiv

The racial and ethnic disparities in the  HIV/AIDS epidemic are astounding!!!

  • Nationwide, African Americans  bear  the  most  severe burden  of  HIV   of  all  racial  and  ethnic  groups
  • African   Americans  account for more than 49% of AIDS cases, but  they comprise  only 14% of the U.S. population.
  • In 2009, Black  men  accounted  for  70% of  new  HIV  infection.  
  • AIDS is now the third leading cause of death for Black  men  and  women ages 35 to 44.
  • Of all Black women living with HIV/AIDS, 85% were infected through heterosexual contact.
  • Of all black men living with HIV, 48% were men who had   sexual contact with another man.
  •  The rate of AIDS diagnosis for Black Adults  and Adolescents  was 10 times the rate for whites and 3 times the rate for Hispanics.

 

SPREAD THE WORD, GET INVOLVED, GET TESTED.  

 

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Save The Date: May 23, 2012 – MHHC Annual Benefit Gala

Join us for our Annual Benefit Gala on Wednesday, May 23, 2012.  For sponsorship opportunities and ticket information please contact the Development Office at (718) 483-1218.

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MHHC Awards Students at the Bronx Museum of the Arts for Participation in Art Contest.

Morris Heights Health Center staged its 3rd Annual Welcome Card Design Competition for participants to submit entries for a patient greeting card. The competition this year was in partnership with the Bronx Museum of the Arts Teen Council program for students to enter designs for the 2012 patient welcome card. Over 23 students participated with representatives from the Bronx Museum of the Arts Teen Council program, Wings Academy, and the International Community High School

MHHC staff and fellow sponsors AmeriGroup and WellCare hosted an awards ceremony on Thursday December 22nd at the Bronx Museum of the Arts to publicly recognize the students for their efforts and distributed the incentives to students for their participation. Each student received a $50.00 gift card and a certificate of appreciation for entering the competition.

Congratulations to the 2011 winner Stephanie Balbuena who also walked away with a laptop computer. Stephanie’s design will be used on MHHC’s official 2012 new patient welcome card and will also be used as the cover design for the organization’s 2012 calendar.

 

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