Hep Free NYC Webinar E-Meeting Highlights | 03-18-2020
A Joint Hep B Coalition & Hep C Task Force Meeting
March 18, 2020 (3 – 5 PM)
E-meeting via webinar. Attendance: See below
To view the recording of this webinar meeting, click here.
May is Hepatitis Awareness Month!
Get involved, Contact Bethsy Morales, bmorales@hispanicfederation.org.
Hep Free NYC 2019 Accomplishments
Check Hep B Patient Navigation Program Partner
Paul Lee, Project Coordinator/Grant Specialist, Korean Community Services – plee@kcsny.org
- View presentation here.
Coalition against Hepatitis in People of African Origin (CHIPO)–NYC Committee
Farma Pene, Health Care Access Specialist, NYC Health Department – fpene@health.nyc.gov
- View presentation here.
Hep Free NYC Communications Committee
Joy Cambe, Program Coordinator, Empire Liver Foundation (ELF) – joycambe@empireliverfoundation.org, @LiverEmpire
Farah Riazi, Outreach Coordinator, Mount Sinai REACH Program – farah.riazi@mountsinai.org, @Reach4Cure
- View presentation here.
- Hep Awareness Month Brainstorm Responses here.
- Follow @HepFreeNYC on Twitter – Linkedin – Facebook – Instagram
New Research Committee: Focusing on Hep B or C Research specifically to foster communication and collaboration among researchers in support of elimination efforts.
New South Asian Initiative: Building awareness of Hep B and C in South Asian communities in NYC.
Get Involved – email Sarah Ahmed, sahmed10@health.nyc.gov
Advocacy Updates
Annette Gaudino, State & Local Policy Director, Treatment Action Group – annette.gaudino@treatmentactiongroup.org
City Council Viral Hepatitis Initiative FY21 Budget Proposal
- The Viral Hepatitis Initiative funds community organizations to provide hepatitis focused patient navigation, provider training and patient education.
- The community organization Viral Hepatitis Initiative Unified Budget Ask was shared with City Council Health & Finance Committee staff.
- Public hearings are suspended until further notice; budget discussions will resume in April/May.
- Community providers, patients and members of impacted communities can submit written testimony on the importance of the City Council Viral Hepatitis Initiative funding to: financetestimony@council.nyc.gov.
Article 6 State Match
- Article 6 State Match refers to funds NYS allocates to counties including NYC to match and offset a portion of local public health spending. Last year the NYS match was reduced from 36% to 20%, which would have significantly reduced the amount of funding to community organizations in the Viral Hepatitis Initiative. Last year, the Mayor’s Budget and City Council compensated for funding shortfall, however it’s unknown if the shortfall will be covered this year.
- Action Alert: Call Gov Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins and Speaker Heastie to demand no cuts to Medicaid, restoration of Article 6 matching funds to NYC, and continued funding for HCV elimination, currently $5M; contact numbers and social media kit have been shared on the Hep Free NYC Listserv.
NYS Hep C Elimination Plan
- After the release of the new USPSTF Hep C Screening Recommendations: NYS is amending the State HCV testing law to include universal screening of pregnant women during each pregnancy and screening for everyone >18 years of age.
- NYS Elimination Task Force Data & Metrics Advisory Committee is having a call on April 9th to advance work on metrics, an elimination dashboard and a plan for tracking the implementation.
- NYS Hep C Elimination Plan Website
Viral Hepatitis and COVID-19
Ann Winters, MD, Viral Hepatitis Program Medical Director, NYC Health Department – awinters@health.nyc.gov
- NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene COVID-19 Updates
- Hep Free NYC COVID-19 Coronavirus Resources
- Organizations are encouraged to develop strategies and plans to ensure their participants have access to basic necessities, medical care and harm reduction resources.
In Attendance
- Adeeba Khan NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene akhan8@health.nyc.gov
- Adizatou Maiga African Services Committee adizatoum@africanservices.org
- Adrian Morel Northwell Health – Health System rmorel4@northwell.edu
- Alecia Charles Hepatitis C Program Coordinator SUNY Downstate Medical Center alecia.charles@downstate.edu
- Alexis Brenes Health Care Access Specialist NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene abrenes@health.nyc.gov
- Alexis Fields Program Manage Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center afields@bhmcny.org
- Anabelle Soto Associate Director of Prevention The Alliance for Positive Change anabelle@alliance.nyc
- Andrew Bonfrancesco Supervisor Positive Health Project a.bonfrancesco@housingworks.org
- Annette Gaudino HCV Project Co-Director Treatment Action Group annette.gaudino@treatmentactiongroup.org
- Asia Ataide Outreach Worker – CART Northwell Northwell Health – Health System aataide@northwell.edu
- Bethsy Morales-Reid Director of Community Health Engagement Hispanic Federation bmorales@hispanicfederation.org
- Carol Lemus Director of Health and Wellness Lantern Community Services, Inc. clemus@lanterncommunity.org
- Caroline Davidson Research Associate Shatterproof cdavidson@shatterproof.org
- Catherine Rivera AbbVie catherine.rivera@abbvie.com
- Chris Cruz AbbVie chris.cruz@abbvie.com
- Colleen Stapleton Viral Hepatitis Community Partner colleen.stapleton@mssm.edu
- Dailee Louis Viral Hepatitis Community Partner daileelouis@gmail.com
- Danait Yemane Hepatitis B Project Coordinator African Services Committee danaity@africanservices.org
- Daniela Sanclemente Patient Navigator (VHP) NYC Health + Hospitals – Elmhurst Hospital Center sanclemd@nychhc.org
- Danielle Cornwall Pharmacy Specialist/Hep C Coordinator Amida Care dcornwall@amidacareny.org
- David Ford Business Development Representative Hospice of New York dford@hospiceny.com
- Diana Diaz Munoz Hep C Program Manager NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene ddiazmunoz@health.nyc.gov
- Donna Gilmore Physician Specialist NYC Health + Hospitals – Kings County Hospital Center donna.gilmore@nychhc.org
- Emeka Iloeghu Consultant Trainer The Hepatitis C Mentor and Support Group, Inc. arinze777@gmail.com
- Farma Pene Health Care Access Specialist NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene fpene@health.nyc.gov
- Fatima Omarufilo Patient Navigator MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER alabaran@montefiore.org
- Frank Winter External Affairs Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services frank.winter@cms.hhs.gov
- Gail Brown Policy Director COPE gbrown.cope@gmail.com
- Geraldine Joseph Hepatitis Coordinator Mount Sinai & Ryan Network geraldine.josephpa@mountsinai.org
- Gerardo Marcano Health Educator GREENWICH HOUSE gmarcano@arguscommunity.org
- Gil Cerpa Patient Navigator Praxis Housing Initiatives gacerpa@praxishousing.org
- Graham Murray President Lookit Design gmurray@lookitdesign.com
- Halimatou Konte Program Manager African Services Committee halimatouk@africanservices.org
- Henry Chang World Hepatitis Alliance henry.amsterdam@gmail.com
- Irfan Azam Viral Hepatitis Community Partner iazam@health.nyc.gov
- James Park Assistant Professor, Dept of Medicine; Hepatologist NEW YORK UNIVERSITY james.park@nyumc.org
- James Spellman Senior Medical Scientist Gilead Science james.spellman@gilead.com
- Janet Escalante Director Paramount Specialty Pharmacy janete@islandcarerx.com
- Janice Lyu Hep B Associate Charles B Wang Community Health Center jlyu@cbwchc.org
- Janneth Garcia Viral Hepatitis Community Partner jgarcia711@gmail.com
- Jessica Clark Community Outreach Liaison Northwell Health – Health System jclark13@northwell.edu
- Jiehui (Joy) Zhu Patient Navigator Charles B Wang Community Health Center jizhu@cbwchc.org
- Joanna Li Administrative Assistant Chinese American Medical Society jli@camsociety.org
- John Youhanna Regional Medical Director Dynavax Technologies jyouhanna@dynavax.com
- Joy Cambe Program Coordinator Empire Liver Foundation joycambe@empireliverfoundation.org
- Juan Lugo NEW YORK CITY HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORP lugoj1@nychhc.org
- Karen Haslam Northwell Health – Health System khaslam@northwell.edu
- Karina Escamilla Health Affairs Coordinator Consulate General of Mexico/Ventanilla de Salud kescamilla@consulmexny.mx
- Kyle Hwang Patient Navigator (VHP) APICHA Community Health Center khwang@apicha.org
- Leandra Ureña Hepatitis Program Assistant NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene lurea@health.nyc.gov
- Lilas Kodjo CUNY Communications Intern NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene lkodjo@health.nyc.gov
- Lisa Convery de López VP Contract Management Community Health Action of Staten Island (CHASI) lisa.convery_lopez@chasiny.org
- Liz Tang Health Care Access Specialist NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene ltang@health.nyc.gov
- Luis Mares Hep/HIV coordinator Latino Commission on AIDS lmares@latinoaids.org
- Marc Schlosser The Institute for Family Health mschlossermd@gmail.com
- Maria Mercedes Guzman Montefiore Hep C Treatment at NYHRE New York Harm Reduction Educators mariguzm@montefiore.org
- Marie Bresnahan Director, Training, Policy and Administration, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene mbresnahan@health.nyc.gov
- Mary Chiang Patient Navigator Charles B Wang Community Health Center mchiang@cbwchc.org
- Medesa Garrett HCV Program Coordinator Brightpoint Health mgarrett@brightpointhealth.org
- Melissa Ip Viral Hepatitis Community Partner melissa.ry.ip@gmail.com
- Mona Liza Velazquez Peer Navigator Lower East Side Harm Reduction Center mvelazquez77605@gmail.com
- Nadine Kela-Murphy Practice Transformation specialist NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene nkelamurphy@health.nyc.gov
- Nancy Agront Medical Science Liasion AbbVie nancy.agront@gmail.com
- Nicolette Fitzgibbon Patient Navigator Montefiore Health System nfitzgibbo@montefiore.org
- Nirah Johnson Capacity Building Coordinator (VHP) NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene njohnso2@health.nyc.gov
- Norman Archer HOUSING WORKS INC n.archer@housingworks.org
- Nyashadzashe Makoni HONE coordinator Mount Sinai Health System nyashadzashe.makoni@mountsinai.org
- Okhyun Ko Patient Navigator Korean Community Services oko@kcsny.org
- Oluwatoyin Erinle Program Manager BronxCare Health System oerinle@bronxleb.org
- Paul Lee Project Coordinator Korean Community Services plee@kcsny.org
- Paul Bolter Viral Hepatitis Community Partner pbolter1@gmail.com
- Perla Romero Patient Navigator (VHP) Lower East Side Harm Reduction Center perla@alliance.nyc
- Rahel Yosief Patient Navigator (VHP) BOOM!Health ryosief@boomhealth.org
- Rasheed Young NYC Health + Hospitals – Harlem Hospital Center youngr6@nychhc.org
- Rebekah Parsons Viral Hepatitis Community Partner parsons9399@gmail.com
- Robert Desrouleaux Trainer The Hepatitis C Mentor and Support Group, Inc. rdesrouleaux@hepatitiscmsg.org
- Ruth Montas Trainer The Hepatitis C Mentor and Support Group, Inc. rmontas@hepatitiscmsg.org
- Samantha Brandspiegel Health Educator Mount Sinai Health System samantha.brandspiegel@mountsinai.org
- Sandee Myles (VHP) COPE smyles@copehealth.org
- Sara Kim Program Coordinator Korean Community Services skim@kcsny.org
- Sarah Ahmed Communications and Community Engagement Coordinator NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene sahmed10@health.nyc.gov
- Shanaz Hosein Program Manager, HITE Greater New York Hospital Association shosein@gnyha.org
- Sheila Reynoso Director HCV Treatment Network (VHP) MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER sreynoso@montefiore.org
- Stephanie Serafino NYC Health + Hospitals – Bellevue Hospital Center serafins@nychhc.org
- Steve Hemraj Wellness Program Director Bedford-Stuyvesant Family Health Center shemraj@bsfhc.org
- Tatiana Vera Patient Navigator MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER tvera@montefiore.org
- Tom Muneyyirci Sr. Account Executive AbbVie tom.muneyyirci@abbvie.com
- Umaima Khatun NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene ukhatun@health.nyc.gov
- Veronica Perez Executive Director American Liver Foundation vperez@liverfoundation.org
- Victoria Foster Manager NYU School of Medicine – Division of Epidemiology Department of Population Health victoria.foster@nyulangone.org
- Virginia Lee Center for Comprehensive Health Practice vlee@cbwchc.org
- Yanting (Kelly) Huang Data Manager NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene yhuang5@health.nyc.gov
