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Check out this episode of the Curbsiders podcast: https://thecurbsiders.com/ Jails, Prisons, and their Effect on Public Health and Health Disparities... Expand your knowledge about howand how wellwe manage patient’s health during incarceration in the United States, with the expert knowledge of correctional health experts Drs. Aaron Fox @adfoxmd, Jon Giftos @JonGiftosMD, and Emily Wang @ewang422. Correctional medicine is a black box for many providers who do not work in prison and jail settings. But it’s ever more relevant to primary care physicians everywhere, with increasing rates of incarceration the last decade. In this episode, recorded live at SGIM 2019 #SGIM19, Dr. Fox, Dr. Giftos, and Dr. Wang talk us through the variability of the correctional healthcare systems throughout the country, the challenges to health for patients both while incarcerated and in the transition after release, and some essential nuts and bolts for providers about how to provide better care to this vulnerable population. #jails #prisons #healthdisparities #montefioredgim #bronx #bronxhealth #nyc #publichealth

Montefiore-New York Harm Reduction Educators (NYHRE) Clinic: Brianna Norton, DO, MPH, assistant professor, General Internal Medicine, has created a satellite clinic in East Harlem that operates in concert with the city's largest syringe exchange program to provide health care to an at-risk population. Thank you to Dr. Norton for her amazing dedication!! @nyhre @docbrain #harmreduction #nychealth #harlem #harlemhealth #nychealthy #syringeexchange ... http://www.einstein.yu.edu//me/newsletter/NYHREClinic.aspx

Chinazo Cunningham speaking on the Brian Lehrer show this morning! Click on the link to listen! Reefer, managed: cannabis as medicine @npr @brianlehrershow @drchinazoc #medicalmarijuana #medicalcannabis #marijuana #cannabis #bronx #bronxhealth #npr #brianlehrershow #brianlehrer #nyc #nychealth https://www.wnyc.org/story/reefer-managed-cannabis-medicine/

Today is International Women's Day and we are here to celebrate! Click on the link to read more about women in culture--from scientists and political trailblazers to artists and musicians. #internationalwomensday #internationalwomensday2019 #montefioredgim #womenempowerment https://artsandculture.google.com/project/women-in-culture