For the Future of
Health
Justice
The Campaign for NewYork-Presbyterian
For the Future of
The Campaign for NewYork-Presbyterian
At NewYork-Presbyterian, we are proud of our tradition of innovation and of the exceptional care we provide when we bring together brilliant minds, forward-looking facilities, and cutting-edge techniques and technologies.
But we also know that healthcare can—and must—be about so much more.
A truly great hospital will never turn a person away based on their ability to pay. It will provide care across differences of language, culture, lifestyle, and the many social determinants that shape a person’s health. It will draw on a depth of knowledge that includes the vast diversity of human beings and use that knowledge to inform both medical breakthroughs and individualized treatments for each unique patient.
It will look like NewYork-Presbyterian, where caring for all has always been part of our mission—and where it’s at the heart of our vision for the future.
As we look to the next generation of medicine, we must bring forward a deep understanding of the inequities and the social determinants of health that define our hometown, our country, and our world—and our expertise in how to address them.
With your support, we can lead the way in defining a more inclusive, equitable future for medicine.
We are committed to improving the health and well-being of our patients and communities through research, dialogue and education, equity in our clinical operations, investment in our communities, and advocacy. Together, we have the ability to dismantle the systemic factors that lead to health inequity and to be an advocate for national change."
Dr. Julia Iyasere
Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
NewYork-Presbyterian
We hold sacred our responsibility to be the place that so many turn to in their most vulnerable moments. And we are committed to being a beacon of hope for our patients and their families. With our exceptional care teams and the generosity of our supporters, NewYork-Presbyterian is poised to transform healthcare for our city and beyond.”
Brian G. Donley, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer
NewYork-Presbyterian
Investment Priorities
Ensuring that the Center for Youth Mental Health has all the resources it needs to face the growing mental health crisis.
Making psychology and psychiatry more accessible by using apps to connect with patients where they are.
Integrating our mental health services into public schools to reach more young people—especially those too often missed by the system.
Developing and scaling software that helps analyze all the factors in a patient’s life, from physical data to social determinants of health, and create a treatment plan designed specifically for each individual.
Creating the most accurate, equitable computer models possible by ensuring that our analysis includes and accounts for the full diversity of the communities we serve.
Closing the implementation gap that leads to thousands of unnecessary deaths each year.
Extending Och Spine throughout NYP—bringing the nation’s largest, most comprehensive spine program to more patients across Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Westchester, and beyond.
Establishing an outpatient spine care hub in The Spiral at Hudson Yards—a full-service, 50,000-square-foot same-day treatment center to bring pain-free futures to many more people.
Growing our renowned programs to meet even more unique needs among women.
Broadening our telemedicine offerings and leveraging mobile technology.
Opening a new Women’s Health and Reproductive Medicine Center and a Breast Center in Brooklyn.
Incorporating mental health services across pediatrics to help address behavioral health issues that disproportionately affect young people in marginalized communities.
Setting an innovative standard of care for complex health challenges, including sickle cell disease.
Providing exceptional, accessible cancer care across our health system with facilities that bring world-class care to all—including a landmark new building in Washington Heights.
Honing our understanding of individual cancer behavior using the power of AI and the uniquely large, diverse patient data of NYP.
Integrating cross-cutting systems from imaging, infusion therapy, and cutting-edge cell therapy to heart, lung, and skin care to nutrition, social work, and mental health support for each patient.
Leading the way in screening social determinants of health and addressing challenges such as food insecurity, housing insecurity, and inability to access transportation.
Launching a Comprehensive Sickle Cell Disease Program to optimize clinical care for sickle cell disease.
Supporting the PEAK program (Patient Education for Advanced Kidney disease) to transform care for chronic kidney disease patients.
Uncovering Disparities in Hypertension
Marwah Abdalla, MD, clinical cardiologist and cardiac intensivist at NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia Irving Medical Center.
Hypertension is one of the leading risk factors for heart disease and death and also the origin of many healthcare disparities.
“It’s a treatable disease, and unfortunately, as a medical community, we’ve struggled with getting one of the most leading risk factors for heart disease under control,” Dr. Abdalla says. “Over the past several years, there’s been an increase in and worsening of hypertension-related mortality, as well as blood pressure control.”
Dr. Abdalla’s research lies in understanding why that is and what can be done about it. Since 2014, she has been collaborating with the Jackson Heart Study, which follows one of the largest cohorts of Black adults to ever be studied in the United States in order to uncover why this population suffers more from hypertension and cardiovascular disease.
“Black people have high rates of hypertension, and there’s a multitude of reasons for that,” says Dr. Abdalla. “What are the historical reasons for this? Obviously, racism has had a huge impact on the health of underrepresented groups within the U.S., not just on Black adults.”
The next step for Dr. Abdalla, then, is looking at effective implementation strategies to improve hypertension management and blood pressure control across the country.
“From a research perspective, we have to identify and target multilevel factors—including at the structural, environmental, community, and healthcare system levels—that can be used to improve healthcare, particularly for vulnerable populations,” she says. “What we do on the research and clinical side can impact families and their descendants across generations.”
As healthcare professionals, we are driven by a desire to save and serve as many people as we can.
The tools we use, and the models of care we create, will help NYP expand our skills and revolutionize medicine so we can provide the best possible care for anyone who walks through our doors—and what we do here will serve as a beacon for hospitals and caregivers all over the world.
But we need your help to realize our bold visions for health justice as reality—right here and right now.
For every person who has lost all hope of getting the help they need …
For every family struggling to make ends meet while facing a health crisis …
For every physician with a vision to do more for the communities she serves …
