NYC Wellness + Hospitals SVP and CQO, and Metropolitan Hospital Leadership Recognized by Castle Connolly as ‘2023 Best AAPI Doctors’
Dr. Vani Dandolu, Dr. Gladys M. Lee-Hwang, Dr. Anitha Srinivasan, and Dr. Eric Wei are amongst 350 physicians who had been nominated by their peers and selected by the wellness care directory
Jun 07, 2023
New York, NY
NYC Wellness + Hospitals right now announced that 4 of its leaders had been amongst 350 physicians across 35 states and 63 specialties named to Castle Connolly’s inaugural list of ‘Top Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Doctors‘ for their health-related knowledge and culturally-responsive care. The physicians who produced the list had been all nominated by their peers and then evaluated for criteria such as experienced reputation, hospital appointments, and education. Castle Connolly is a wellness care directory that aids individuals locate providers. Their ‘Top AAPI Doctor’ distinction is portion of their efforts to make it a lot easier for individuals to locate providers who have shared backgrounds and experiences. The 4 honorees from NYC Wellness + Hospitals are:
Vani Dandolu, MD, MPH, MBA
Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology
NYC Wellness + Hospitals/Metropolitan
Gladys M. Lee-Hwang, MD
Director of Labor and Delivery
NYC Wellness + Hospitals/Metropolitan
Dr. Anitha Srinivasan, MD, MPH, FACS
Deputy Health-related Director, Director of Perioperative Solutions, Director of the Breast Wellness Center
NYC Wellness + Hospitals/Metropolitan
Eric Wei, MD
Senior Vice President and Chief High-quality Officer
NYC Wellness + Hospitals
Dr. Dandolu oversees around 90 clinical and non-clinical staff as Chief of Obstetrics & Gynecology at NYC Wellness + Hospitals/Metropolitan, a designated Infant-Friendly and certified gold Secure Sleep hospital in East Harlem. She is also Board Certified in Female Pelvic Medicine, offering specialized care to individuals with pelvic floor defects and dysfunction. Dr. Dandolu is an professional in minimally-invasive gynecologic and urogynecologic surgery. She is cited in more than 600 publications and has served as key or co-investigator in a number of clinical trials.
“At NYC Wellness + Hospitals/Metropolitan, we are devoted to offering higher-good quality, compassionate care to our individuals,” stated Dr. Dandolu. “I am gratified to be recognized by Castle Connolly as a leading AAPI doctor for offering exceptional, life-saving care to the communities we serve.”
Dr. Lee is the Director of Labor & Delivery at NYC Wellness + Hospitals/Metropolitan, exactly where 852 babies had been born final year. The hospital has state-of-the-art labor & delivery suites, with devoted Postpartum pavilion, and a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to take care of premature or sick babies. Dr. Lee has been in practice for more than 20 years — she earned her health-related degree from New York Health-related College and completed her residency at the hospital. She is now an Associate Professor and Clinical Instructor at her alma mater.
“Patients and physicians alike have come to rely on the Castle Connolly Best Physicians list to locate the most trusted and skilled physicians by specialty, as a result becoming recognized as a Castle Connolly Best AAPI Physician is a accurate honor,” stated Dr. Lee.
As Deputy Chief Health-related Officer of NYC Wellness + Hospitals/Metropolitan, Dr. Srinivasan oversees and guides clinical practice at the hospital, in consultation with the Chief Health-related Officer. She is a Common Surgeon by trade, but her accurate passion is assisting females in underserved communities fight breast cancer. Dr. Srinivasan is the founder and director of the hospital’s Breast Wellness Center. Beneath her leadership, the center delivers higher-good quality and complete preventative care to around 1,500 individuals a year, as properly as lifesaving breast cancer therapy for as lots of as 60 new instances diagnosed every year. Dr. Srinivasan also manages Perioperative Solutions, which requires care of individuals ahead of and immediately after surgery. She also teaches surgical students at New York Health-related College.
“Being recognized as a Castle Connolly Best AAPI Physician is not only an honor for me, but it is also proof that our providers define and reflect the culture of excellence at NYC Wellness + Hospitals/Metropolitan, exactly where we relentlessly concentrate on exceptional patient outcomes while providing equitable wellness care for all,” stated Dr. Srinivasan.
Dr. Wei leads the wellness system’s Workplace of High-quality and Security, focused on fostering a culture of security, constructing good quality improvement capacity across all 43,000+ employees, and becoming a information-driven organization. He is also an associate clinical professor of Emergency Medicine at the NYU Grossman College of Medicine and adjunct professor at the NYU College of Worldwide Public Wellness. Dr. Wei founded the Assisting Healers Heal plan to help wellness care workers by way of emotional and psychological trauma. He is the fellowship director for the NYC Wellness + Hospitals Clinical Leadership Fellowship. He is also a practicing Emergency Medicine doctor rotating by way of all 11 Emergency Departments at NYC Wellness + Hospitals.
“I am honored to be named by Castle Connolly as a Best AAPI Physician. I really feel privileged to function for NYC Wellness + Hospitals, exactly where we actually embrace the diversity of our employees, individuals, and the communities we serve,” stated Dr. Wei. “It is essential to have a wellness care workforce that represents our individuals so we can minimize and eventually get rid of disparities in care.”
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