Maimonides Health is committed to meeting the ever-changing needs of the diverse communities we serve. Maimonides Medical Center is in Borough Park, next to Sunset Park and Bensonhurst, which are home to two of Brooklyn’s many Chinatowns.
As these Asian communities grow, so too does our commitment to provide culturally sensitive and tailored healthcare services for them.
Dr. Jenny Tsang-Quinn, Senior Vice President of Ambulatory Health Services and Population Health at Maimonides, says, “We had one of the first population health departments in the city. If someone speaks a dialect, and we see that population growing, we want to make sure there are doctors or nurses who speak that dialect.”
Maimonides offers a robust array of Asian patient services. And we believe in building a team that is as diverse as the communities we serve. As such, our system has one of the highest numbers of Asian physicians in the tristate area, and approximately 19% of our workforce identifies as Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI).
Among them are Jenny Sanchez, one of the leaders of the AAPI Employee Resource Group, Dr. Mary Lee-Wong, an allergist and immunologist, and Dr. Myung Bae, an emergency medicine provider and wilderness medicine expert, each of whom use their experiences and cultural competence to improve Maimonides for both patients and employees.
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About Maimonides Health
Maimonides Health is Brooklyn’s largest healthcare system, providing more than 1 million patient visits each year through the system’s three hospitals, 1,800+ physicians, and more than 80 community-based practices and outpatient centers. Our system is anchored by Maimonides Medical Center, one of the nation’s largest independent teaching hospitals and home to centers of excellence in numerous specialties; Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital (formerly New York Community Hospital), a 130-bed adult medical–surgical hospital; and Maimonides Children’s Hospital, Brooklyn’s only children’s hospital and only pediatric trauma center.
Maimonides’ clinical programs rank among the best in the country for patient outcomes, including our Heart and Vascular Institute, Neurosciences Institute, Bone and Joint Center, and Cancer Center. For additional information, please visit www.maimo.org and follow us on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok.