November Medical Professional Newsletter

admroarnycNovember 10, 2022


Welcome our New Board Member Dr. Chan is a board-certified pediatrician at a PCMH-recognized hospital-affiliated primary care office in Hempstead and a teacher for pediatric residents and medical students who have their continuity clinic in her office. Dr. Chan graduated from St. George’s School of Medicine and completed her residency at NYU Langone Long Island Hospital formally known as Winthrop Hospital. After working 6 years in 2 offices in the NYC area at Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn and Urban Health Plan in Corona, Queens, Dr. Chan returned to the same office where Dr. Chan had trained as a resident and has been practicing here for the past 6 years. In addition to her clinical responsibilities, Dr. Chan is involved with several quality improvement projects including 1) evaluation and management of patients with ADHD, 2) coaching the resident project on the early education of dental care and brushing in her patients, and 3) coaching the medical student project on depression screening. Since Dr. Chan returned 6 years ago, Dr. Chan became the Reach Out and Read Coordinator and was the recipient of the 2021 Living, Breathing, ROR GNY Award. In 12 years as a pediatrician, besides taking care of children and watching them grow up, it has been a pleasure to teach the next generation of pediatricians to detect early, educate and help prevent health concerns to provide our children with a better future.  
Exciting Updates About Books
ROR GNY is excited to announce that we have partnered with All About Books for a new order for 2022. We are expected to receive 43,000 books to be distributed to sites.  Thank You to All About Books!!!
 We are thrilled to announce that in December 2022 we are expected to receive an order of over 120,000 from Barefoot Books which will be distributed to over 150 sites. We are excited for the families that will get to experience reading these stories. A very special Thank You to Barefoot Books in supporting our mission to expand early literacy in the Greater New York area!
A special Thank You for your cooperation in completing the Reach Out and Read of Greater New York Fall Survey.  This survey is extremely helpful in collecting information for effective tracking of updated site contact and shipping information, book needs and preferences per site, training needs and opportunities as well as volunteer opportunities.  If for any reason your site was unable to complete the survey, please see the link below to be able to do so:https://forms.gle/wo8GyPDXQitHDVKf6 

Upcoming: Town HallDecember 16th, 2022 We are excited to invite you to attend our upcoming Town Hall meeting.  Further details will be provided. 
Annual Benefit:ROR GNY IS THRILLED TO ANNOUNCED THAT WE MET OUR GOAL OF $200,000 AT THE ANNUAL BENEFIT: CELEBRATING RESILIENCE