We keep the patient first.
We are committed to be patient focused in everything we do.
We treat everyone with respect and compassion.
We serve with compassion. We provide a heartfelt experience to every patient and each other.
We embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion.
We respect the diverse cultures and uniqueness of our patients, their families and our workforce and their needs as individuals.
We are committed to the economic health of Central Brooklyn.
We provide equitable access to opportunities to Brooklyn residents and contracts to Brooklyn-based MWBE business to enhance the economic health of the communities we serve.
We seek continuous improvement and strive for excellence.
Through continuous improvement, we reliably deliver as leaders in safety, accessibility and delivering the right care based on modern science to improve the health of our communities.
One Brooklyn Health System, Inc. (OBHS) is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt corporation licensed under Article 28 of the Public Health Law. OBHS is the NYS Department of Health approved co-operator of Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, Interfaith Medical Center and Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center.
OBHS seeks to preserve and enhance access to healthcare services in Brooklyn by coalescing the separate hospitals and their governed affiliates into a sustainable, quality integrated health system.
In January 2018, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that OBHS was awarded $664 million in capital funding from the NYS Department of Health’s Health Care Facilities Transformation Program: Kings County project. The award represents a significant part of the Governor’s groundbreaking $1.4 billion “Vital Brooklyn” initiative* that will address chronic social, economic and health disparities – and transform Central Brooklyn. The funding provides OBHS with approximately:
to develop a 32-site ambulatory care network.
for critical clinical and facility infrastructure improvements.
to create an enterprise wide Health Information Technology Platform.
The OBHS Mission was adopted by its unified independent and unified Board of Trustees. OBHS is led by CEO, LaRay Brown, who also serves as President and CEO of Interfaith Medical Center. She is joined in the Executive leadership team by Dr. Sandra Scott and Paul Rosenfeld.
*https://www.ny.gov/programs/vitalbrooklyn-intiative
We are committed to transforming how health care is delivered in Central Brooklyn and to becoming a financially sustainable system of care. We will do that by:
Maintaining the highest standards of quality.
Embracing prevention & health promotion and creatively addressing the social determinants of health.
Coordinating care across the continuum of the needs of patients.
Building, through partnerships, additional community-based ambulatory care capacity.
Engaging our loyal workforce.
President and CEO, One Brooklyn Health System
President and CEO, Interfaith Medical Center
LaRay Brown was appointed in July 2017 as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the One Brooklyn Health System, Inc., serving Central and Northeast Brooklyn, is comprised of twelve ambulatory care centers, three hospitals, two nursing homes, an assisted living and independent living facility, a transitional housing program, an urgent care center, and a retail pharmacy. Ms. Brown was instrumental in the founding of One Brooklyn Health System and bringing together the three diverse boards of Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, Interfaith Medical Center, and Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center to create One Brooklyn Health System, Inc. and establish a new governance structure that would accommodate the combination of these three health systems. As CEO of One Brooklyn Health System, Ms. Brown is now responsible for the clinical and administrative integration of three health systems and the Implementation of a $664 million capital program funded pursuant to the New York State Health Care Facility Transformation Program: Kings County. Ms. Brown also currently serves as the President and CEO of Interfaith Medical Center in Brooklyn, a position to which she was appointed in February 2016.
Prior to becoming CEO of Interfaith Medical Center and One Brooklyn Health System, Ms. Brown enjoyed a 28 year career with the largest municipal healthcare system in the nation; her last positions being that of Senior Vice President for Corporate Planning, Community Health and Intergovernmental Relations and Corporate Officer at the New York City Health and Hospitals (H&H). In this capacity, Ms. Brown directed strategic planning efforts, formulated and executed legislative initiatives and advocacy strategies. She also spearheaded a variety of initiatives including implementation of comprehensive psychiatric emergency programs at several hospitals; the development of a community governed federally qualified health center on Staten Island; negotiations with state and federal officials for the development of a new long term care hospital and nursing facility in Harlem; the development of a public entity Federally Qualified Health Center comprised of H&H ambulatory care centers: as well as the development of hundreds of affordable and accessible apartments for the public hospital system’s long term care and hospital patients. Ms. Brown is past Chairperson of the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems (now America’s Essential Hospitals). Ms. Brown served as a member of New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo’s health care transition and Medicaid Redesign teams. She also served on the Board of the New York State Health Foundation.
Ms. Brown graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania and received her graduate training at the University of Pennsylvania FELS Center for Government Policy. She is also the recipient of numerous awards and mention in the Congressional Record. Ms. Brown has been named by “Modern Healthcare” as one of the Top 25 Women in Healthcare.
Chief Executive Officer/Chief Operating Officer
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center/Rutland Nursing Home
Veteran Healthcare executive Paul Rosenfeld brings an impressive and valuable breadth of experience to the position of CEO/COO of Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, and as a member of the One Brooklyn Health System Senior Executive team. Responsible for day to day operations and execution of the strategic vision and mission of the campus as a part of the overall system, he is responsible for oversight of Acute, Ambulatory and Long term Care/Nursing Home Operations and Initiatives. Rosenfeld joined Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center at One Brooklyn Health in January 2018. In addition to his operational responsibilities at Kingsbrook. Rosenfeld serves as a Board Member of the Continuing Care Leadership Coalition and the Cinergy IPA, as well as having served on various Commissions and Boards during the course of his career. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President for Long Term Care Operations at CenterLight Health Care System of New York.
Executive Director
Brookdale Hospital Medical Center
Dr. Sandra Scott is a recognized physician leader, and educator, a graduate of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. She completed her Emergency Medicine
residency at Boston Medical Center. Dr. Scott served as the Chief of Service for Emergency Medicine at Rutger’s New Jersey Medical School and Chair of Emergency Medicine at Lincoln Medical Center in the South Bronx. She brings a fresh perspective to improving health care services for the communities in East and Central Brooklyn.
Prior to her appointment as the Executive Director, Dr. Scott served as Brookdale’s Chair of Emergency Medicine from 2018. In September 2020, she was announced as the Chair of Emergency Medicine for One Brooklyn Health.
Dr. Scott looks forward to expanding access to care, cultivating outstanding talent, and advancing programs of excellence to improve health care outcomes, financial performance, and operational efficiency.
Chief Executive Officer/Chief Operating Officer
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center/Rutland Nursing Home
Veteran Healthcare executive Paul Rosenfeld brings an impressive and valuable breadth of experience to the position of CEO/COO of Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, and as a member of the One Brooklyn Health System Senior Executive team. Responsible for day to day operations and execution of the strategic vision and mission of the campus as a part of the overall system, he is responsible for oversight of Acute, Ambulatory and Long term Care/Nursing Home Operations and Initiatives. Rosenfeld joined Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center at One Brooklyn Health in January 2018. In addition to his operational responsibilities at Kingsbrook. Rosenfeld serves as a Board Member of the Continuing Care Leadership Coalition and the Cinergy IPA, as well as having served on various Commissions and Boards during the course of his career. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President for Long Term Care Operations at CenterLight Health Care System of New York.
President and CEO, One Brooklyn Health System
President and CEO, Interfaith Medical Center
LaRay Brown was appointed in July 2017 as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the One Brooklyn Health System, Inc., serving Central and Northeast Brooklyn, is comprised of twelve ambulatory care centers, three hospitals, two nursing homes, an assisted living and independent living facility, a transitional housing program, an urgent care center, and a retail pharmacy. Ms. Brown was instrumental in the founding of One Brooklyn Health System and bringing together the three diverse boards of Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, Interfaith Medical Center, and Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center to create One Brooklyn Health System, Inc. and establish a new governance structure that would accommodate the combination of these three health systems. As CEO of One Brooklyn Health System, Ms. Brown is now responsible for the clinical and administrative integration of three health systems and the Implementation of a $664 million capital program funded pursuant to the New York State Health Care Facility Transformation Program: Kings County. Ms. Brown also currently serves as the President and CEO of Interfaith Medical Center in Brooklyn, a position to which she was appointed in February 2016.
Prior to becoming CEO of Interfaith Medical Center and One Brooklyn Health System, Ms. Brown enjoyed a 28 year career with the largest municipal healthcare system in the nation; her last positions being that of Senior Vice President for Corporate Planning, Community Health and Intergovernmental Relations and Corporate Officer at the New York City Health and Hospitals (H&H). In this capacity, Ms. Brown directed strategic planning efforts, formulated and executed legislative initiatives and advocacy strategies. She also spearheaded a variety of initiatives including implementation of comprehensive psychiatric emergency programs at several hospitals; the development of a community governed federally qualified health center on Staten Island; negotiations with state and federal officials for the development of a new long term care hospital and nursing facility in Harlem; the development of a public entity Federally Qualified Health Center comprised of H&H ambulatory care centers: as well as the development of hundreds of affordable and accessible apartments for the public hospital system’s long term care and hospital patients. Ms. Brown is past Chairperson of the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems (now America’s Essential Hospitals). Ms. Brown served as a member of New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo’s health care transition and Medicaid Redesign teams. She also served on the Board of the New York State Health Foundation.
Ms. Brown graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania and received her graduate training at the University of Pennsylvania FELS Center for Government Policy. She is also the recipient of numerous awards and mention in the Congressional Record. Ms. Brown has been named by “Modern Healthcare” as one of the Top 25 Women in Healthcare.
Executive Director
Brookdale Hospital Medical Center
Dr. Sandra Scott is a recognized physician leader, and educator, a graduate of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. She completed her Emergency Medicine
residency at Boston Medical Center. Dr. Scott served as the Chief of Service for Emergency Medicine at Rutger’s New Jersey Medical School and Chair of Emergency Medicine at Lincoln Medical Center in the South Bronx. She brings a fresh perspective to improving health care services for the communities in East and Central Brooklyn.
Prior to her appointment as the Executive Director, Dr. Scott served as Brookdale’s Chair of Emergency Medicine from 2018. In September 2020, she was announced as the Chair of Emergency Medicine for One Brooklyn Health.
Dr. Scott looks forward to expanding access to care, cultivating outstanding talent, and advancing programs of excellence to improve health care outcomes, financial performance, and operational efficiency.
Kurt Kodroff, MD, MMM,
One Brooklyn health system,
Chief Quality Officer
Gary Stephens, MD.,
Interfaith medical Center,
Chief Medical Officer
Julie Mirkin, DNP,
Brookdale Hospital,
Chief Nursing Officer
Kusum Viswanathan, MD, FAAP,
BrookDale Hospital,
Chief Medical Officer
Tom Smith,
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center,
Chief Nursing Officer
Prissana Alston, MSN, EDD,
Interfaith Medical Center,
Chief Nursing Officer, OBH Chief Nursing Executive
Kurt Kodroff, MD, MMM,
One Brooklyn health system,
Chief Quality Officer
Gary Stephens, MD.,
Interfaith medical Center,
Chief Medical Officer
Julie Mirkin, DNP,
Brookdale Hospital,
Chief Nursing Officer
Kusum Viswanathan, MD, FAAP,
BrookDale Hospital,
Chief Medical Officer
Tom Smith,
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center,
Chief Nursing Officer
Prissana Alston, MSN, EDD,
Interfaith Medical Center,
Chief Nursing Officer, OBH Chief Nursing Executive
| OBHS Service Line | Chair |
|---|---|
| Dental And oral Health services | David J. Miller, DDS |
| Orthopedics | William P. Urban, MD |
| Pathology | Muhammad Cheema, MD |
| Psychiatry | Jason Hershberger, MD |
| Radiology | Steven Braha, MD |
| Surgical services | Ravi Kothuru, MD |
| Marc Ross, MD Interim Chief Medical Officer | |
| MEDICINE | Patrick Lee, MD |
| PEDIATRICS | Kusum Viswanathan, MD |
| OBS/GYN | Cyrus Mccalla, MD |
| FINANCE | John Schmitt, Interim Chief Financial Officer |
Chair
David J. Miller, DDSChair
William P. Urban, MDChair
Muhammad Cheema, MDChair
Jason Hershberger, MD, Chair, Brookdale, Kingsbrook, and InterfaithChair
Steven Braha, MDChair
Ravi Kothuru, MD
OBHS member hospitals have strong, historic ties to the communities they serve. In recent years, OBHS member hospitals have supported participatory action research (PAR) projects with the residents of Central and Northeast Brooklyn to develop community -led research and recommendations to improve community health.
The PAR reports are a cornerstone of OBHS’ first joint community health needs assessment and community service plan as a hospital system. OBHS member hospitals abide by federal health laws included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and New York State Department of Health regulations requiring a community health needs assessment and community service plan once every three years. OBHS member hospitals have come together as vital anchor institutions and safety - net providers to develop a plan that aligns New York City, New York State and federal health requirements and initiatives with the health needs voiced by the Central and Northeast Brooklyn community. Click here to view, download and print the IRS Implementation Strategy & NYS Community Service Plan for 2022 - 2024 period.
For more information, email contact@interfaithmedical.com the Subject: Community Service Plan, or call (718) 613 - 4926.
