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  • Health Advisory Board

    GetHealthyHarlem.org's articles are written by Harlem Health Promotion Center (HHPC) staff using the name "Editor." All articles written by "Editor" are reviewed by our Health Advisory Board (HAB) to make sure they are correct and complete. Our HAB is made up of health professionals, some of whom work independently in the community; others are connected with schools such as Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and Touro College of Pharmacy; others work at Harlem Hospital Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, Mount Sinai Medical Center, North General Hospital, or community clinics. These HAB members are an important part of the GetHealthyHarlem.org website because their work in this community allows them to provide information that is tailored to site users. The HAB is also an important part of the website's Honesty on the Net (HON) certification that requires all content to be reviewed by health professionals and updated regularly.

    For information about what the letters following each advisory board member's name mean, please see the end of this page.

    Please note: The information provided on GetHealthyHarlem.org does not replace the relationship between you and your health care provider.

    The following are members of GetHealthyHarlem.org's Health Advisory Board:

    Ahluwalia, Kavita, DDS, MPH: School of Dental and Oral Surgery, Columbia University

    Akabas, Sharon, PhD: Columbia Institute of Human Nutrition

    Amesty, Silvia, MD: Columbia University, Farrell Community Health Center

    Bell, David, MD, MPH: Columbia University, Young Men's Clinic

    Bruning, Nancy, MPH: Nanercize 

    Cohall, Alwyn, MD: Harlem Health Promotion Center

    Contento, Isobel, PhD, CDN: Columbia University Teacher's College

    Creighton, Alyssa, MPH: Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health and Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

    Cruz, Ma Michelle Q., PT: Manhattan-based InterFysio, LLC

    Dotson-Newman, Ogonnaya, MPH: WEACT for Environmental Justice

    Drago, Lorena, RD, MS, CDN, CDE: Private practice

    Eddy, Martha, RSMT, CMA: The Center of Kinesthetic Education

    Hayes, Roger, MA: NYC Department of Health

    Hedmann, Monique, MPH: Hip Hop Public Health Education Center

    Hoepner, Lori, MPH: Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health and Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

    Joseph, Kathie-Ann, MD, MPH: The Comprehensive Breast Center at Columbia University

    Keller, Kathleen, PhD: Columbia Institute of Human Nutrition

    Kligler, Benjamin, MD, MPH: Continuum Center for Health and Healing

    Koch, Pam, EdD, RD: Columbia University Teacher's College

    Kringas, Pat, RN, MA, CDE: Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center

    LeMelle, Stephanie, MD: NYS Psychiatric Institute

    Martinez, Robert, L.Ac, MSTOM: Laughing Monkey Acupuncture

    McGregor, Carlton, MD: New York Presbyterian, Columbia University

    Moats, Harmon: Neurological Institute, New York Presbyterian

    Nelson, Maudene, RD, CDE: Columbia University Institute of Human Nutrition

    Nickolas, Thomas, MD: New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University

    Pezzolesi, Robert, MPH: New York Alcohol Alliance

    Priestly, Lisa, CPT, HLC, RYT200: WholeLife Styles Inc.

    Scobie, Janice, MD, MS: Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    Sokoloff, Tracey, BSN, MPH: Isabella Home and Community Services

    Vargas, Ileana, MD: Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center

    Weil, Richard, CDE: St. Luke's and Behavioral Health Program, NYU Medical

    Whyatt, Robin M., DrPH: Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

    Williams, Olajide, MD: Harlem Hospital

    Witherspoon, Bill, LMSW: Upper Manhattan Mental Health Center

    Younge, Richard, MD: New York Presbyterian, Columbia University

     

    BSN - Bachelor of Science of Nursing

    CDE - Certified Diabetes Educator

    CDN - Certified Dietitian/Nutritionist

    DDS - Doctor of Dental Surgery 

    DrPH - Doctor of Public Health

    EdD - Doctor of Education

    L.Ac - Licensed Acupunturist

    LMSW - Licensed Master Social Worker

    MA - Master of Arts

    MD - Doctor of Medicine

    MPH - Master of Public Health

    MS - Master of Science

    MSTOM - Master of Science in Traditional Oriental Medicine

    Pharm D - Doctor of Pharmacy

    PhD - Doctor of Philosophy

    PT - Physcial Therapy

    RD - Registered Dietitian

    RN - Registered Nurse

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    Last modified: July 28, 2024

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