Stuy Town team members from left to right: Randie Graves, medical assistant; Loriza Almodovar, medical assistant; Yvonne Sand, radiologic technician; Elizabeth Choi, MD; Ann Kokinda, practice manager; Freddy Verzosa, MD.
This Monday, we opened our brand new Stuyvesant Town practice at 518 East 20th Street. This practice will be a great addition to our ambulatory network. The practice began seeing patients on Tuesday and many neighbors have already stopped in to say hello, welcome them to the community, and make appointments.
We are excited to welcome several new members to our Downtown family at this practice. Dr. Elizabeth Choi and Dr. Freddy Verzosa will be our primary care physicians focusing on preventative care and family medicine. Dr. Johnny Arnouk will provide orthopedic services and we look forward to eventually growing the practice to include podiatry and dermatology. Check out the team in their beautiful new space.
It’s so wonderful to have new members on our team, and it’s also wonderful to welcome some of our family back into the MSBI world.
This fall, we were thrilled to welcome back Jacob Otabor, one of our nurses in the ED. He started at BI as an X-ray tech in 2005 and became an ED nurse in June 2010. He found his way back to MSBI in September. When asked why he came back, he said:
“MSBI is a home. When I came back here, I was glad to be back to sanity and to a place where I am recognized as a human being. There is a loving and caring you get here that you can’t get at other places.”
Welcome back, Jacob. We are so happy you’ve come home.