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AHPSI, Invita a participara a nnuestros miembros al VIII Congreso medico anual internacional, Domingo, 19 de Mayo, 2013, el Dr.Walid Michelen, expondra durante hora de la mañana, en el Hospital Linconl, Bronx, NY, topic :"Recent advances in treating rheumatoid arthritis"

Walid Michelen, MD

Walid Michelen migrated with his family from the Dominican Republic when he was 11 years old. He attended Fordham Preparatory High School and Lehmann College where he received his B.A. in Political Science. He obtained his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College. He trained in primary care internal medicine at Montefiore Hospital’s Residency Program in Social Medicine and completed a fellowship in Rheumatology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Since then he has held a number of positions including Director of Residency Training in Internal Medicine at Bronx Lebanon Hospital, Medical Director of North Central Bronx Hospital, Senior Vice-President for the South Manhattan Health Network, which includes Bellevue Hospital, Executive Director of Metro Plus Health Plan, Chief Medical Officer for the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), Vice-President of Community Health at New York Presbyterian Hospital and the Chief of Staff and Director of Business Development and Grants for HHC’s Generations Plus/Northern Manhattan Health Network, which is comprised of Harlem, and Lincoln hospitals as well as the Segundo Ruiz Belvis, Morrisania Diagnostic and Treatment Centers and the Renaissance Healthcare Network. He is currently the CEO/CMO of HHC’s Gotham Health. Gotham Health has over 140,000 patients and more than 700,000 visits a year. It is the largest health center in New York State and one of the largest in the country.

In his spare time Dr. Michelen participates in a number of community activities. He was the Chair of the Board of Directors for Alianza Domincana, the largest community-based organization serving Dominicans in the United States. He currently serves as the Chair of the Nasry Michelen Daycare Center. In addition he is a board member and Treasurer of Latinos for National Health Insurance and is a board member of the US Branch of the Escuelas de Las Americas de Medicine, located in Cuba.

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