By COLlive reporter
Community leaders, government officials and community members joined the grand opening event for the ODA Primary Health Care Network branch in Crown Heights on Tuesday evening.
The large, gleaming new medical center at 779 East New York Avenue in Crown Heights boasts 30 examination rooms, state-of-the-art medical equipment and a large, comfortable waiting room. Directors said the center will be open in some capacity 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to provide care to all members of the community.
During a tour of the facility, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez was most impressed by the range of the specialized care they will be providing such as cardiology, podiatry, and more.
The new ODA center in Crown Heights merged with the offices of Dr. Eli Rosen, a medical practice serving the Crown Heights community for decades.
“The new center is an outgrowth of the decades of the incredible health care in the Crown Heights community,” Dr. Rosen told COLlive.com. “Crown Heights has had dedicated medical doctors for years, people embedded in the community, such as Dr. Feldman, who gave his being for this community, people that work day and night.”
Dr. Rosen and all the staff of both the pediatric practice and Crown Medical (adult practice) will be working in the medical center full time, actively involved in the large-scale operation and fully involved in patient care.
Dr. Rosen notes that Crown Heights residents have been calling for expanded medical services in the neighborhood for a long time.
“We are looking forward to expanded access for all, with increased services, including, over time different specialty services such as mental health providers and various sub-specialties here in Crown Heights,” he said.
ODA offers an array of health services from regular checkups to specialized diagnoses and treatments. They employ pediatricians, cardiologists, physical therapists, social workers, dentists and a wide variety of additional specialists. The staff works hard to ensure short waiting times and flexible scheduling for the whole family, all year round.
ODA Primary Health Care Network, founded by Rabbi Zvi Kestenbaum, has been dedicated to improving the health of the community for over 40 years. They have 5 facilities throughout Williamsburg and 2 summer locations in the Catskills – providing a full spectrum of health care services that are easily accessible.
ODA offers evidence-based, comprehensive primary care services as well as a full range of specialty, dental and behavioral health care services from 5 easy-to-access community health center locations in Brooklyn and 2 seasonal locations in the Catskills. Services are available 7 days a week, 365 days a year, with on-call availability 24 hours a day.
Recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance as a Level 3 Patient-Centered Medical Home, primary care is coordinated closely with other clinicians to provide for patient needs, resulting in more personalized, effective and efficient care. As a not-for-profit, Federally Qualified Health Center, ODA services are available to all, regardless of ability to pay.
In attendance at the event were NYC Comptroller Brad Lander, Pinchus Hikind from the Office of NYC Comptroller Lander, NYC Councilmember Darlene Mealy, NYS Assemblymember Brian Cunningham, NYS Assemblymember Simcha Eichenstein, NYC Councilmember Kalman Yeger, NYS Senator Simcha Felder, Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez, Eli Slavin from the Office of Representative Yvette Clark, Yaacov Behrman of Crown Heights Community Board 9, Eli Cohen of the CHJCC, Jacob Eisdorfer from the office of Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, Lorean Valentin from the Office of New York City Council Speaker Adams, Pesach Ossina from Office of New York City Council Speaker Adams, Rabbi Joel Friedman, Law Enforcement Chaplain, NYPD, Joseph Deutch – CEO of ODA Primary Health Care and Louis Kestenbaum – Chairman of the Board of ODA Primary Health Care.
The event was coordinated by The Friedlander Group.
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Please Please be mindful when hiring. DO NOT HIRE MENTAL HEALTH providers etc from Community. People talk no matter HEPA rules or not. Shidduchim are being ruined ! please have mercy.
Very Legitimate Point.
Our family situations are the subjects of people’s conversations. Hire frum providers that are not from the neighborhood. Our history can go back home with them to their own neighborhood instead of being recycled around Crown Heights. Why is it public knowledge that my friends fourteen year old is on pills …… because they heard the news from adults.
Number 1. If you are so paranoid that community therapists will discuss your personal business; then don’t use their services. 2. If you believe that there’s a G-d running this world, you would realize that nobody can ruin a shidduch that has been prepared for you before you were even born. Have a great day!
So we should shlep out of the neighborhood because it’s that hard to have at least ONE provider that person can feel comfortable with that is not from the neighborhood? you have NO IDEA how hard it is to shlep your child after school all the way to Petach Tikva to get the help they need. The money spent on Ubers to get there. Making sure you have arrangements for the other kids etc. It’s that or watching your child suffer or watching them being made fun of mercilessly in school. Community services should have the COMMUNITY PEOPLE In mind.
“Shidduchim are being ruined!”
This may sound controversial, but perhaps abuse or divorce is being prevented?
I agree HIPAA rules should apply to all care providers. There are of course halachic guidelines from well before HIPAA went into effect.
It should be up to the people dating to discuss mental health history, etc. Maybe something was found out that should have been stated up front?
You have what to learn about when it comes to Mental Health. Don’t know what your family situation is but if you are a parent or grandparent it’s not all that unlikely that one of your offspring will deal with a mental health issue and that’s possibly the case at this very moment and it’s just going undiagnosed and untreated thanks to your bias and lack of knowledge. In many cases mental health issues arise later in life. For example bipolar usually pops up between the ages of 20 and 25, schizophrenia usually starts between the ages of 25 and… Read more »
What’s the connection? The only point relevant to this discussion is making sure providers respect privacy.
Highly disagree! There are many young respectful lubavitch medical assistants working at the office and I was highly impressed by their professionalism and with keeping the privacy of the community- I have been at shabbos meals with them and have seen how they do not disclose any information about the community. They are our future! It’s beautiful to have them involved in our community- educated lubavitchers
So nice that we are supporting our chassidishe brethren from Williamsburg
will Dr. Rosen’s office remain on Kingston Ave?
Really hope so!!
nope
Can someone explain to me
Who owns the practice
How this is different than crown medical on Kingston
And why there are so many boro park chassidim at the inauguration?
Just curious to understand
Hatzlacha Rabbah!!!
ODA is owned by people from Williamsburg.
Crown Medical will now be in this office, as part of ODA, not as an independent practice.
They seem to have better ways of working, specially with medicaid etc (a lot of people go only there)
It is different because it has many specialists, which was missing from crown heights
We wish this project הצלחה
They have big shoes to fill, the shoes of our beloved רופא ידיד Dr. Eli Rosen……
Dr Rosen is a Legend!!
Times changing. Satmar have a huge imprint in Crown Hts, they offer good service. Good for the neighborhood. Obvi we had are chances to go big but let’s embrace what we now have.
Dr Portnoy at crown medical is A GEM
Feels like no individualized attention lost the caring warm feel of the old dr Rosen office, more like a clinic or emergency room hospital, I’m not impressed by this , and feel lost
Please please be mindful and sensitive to the providers you are hiring from within, OB, mental health, psychiatry and other sensitive levels of care etc, people talk even just to family and family to another family. This is sensitive and crucial information being shared. Nobody of the new generation is like Dr. Rosen that carries it all quietly and privately on his shoulders.
It’s nice to see more services opening to the community, I especially like that they mention “ODA services are available to all, regardless of ability to pay”
My only question is the food being served does not look like it’s too healthy.
I find it ironic that at events like this or other fundraising events focused on health tend to serve unhealthy food.
Venishmartem meod lenafshosechem starts with your fork and plate.
Any word if Dr. Issarof is also merging with oda? He is my Dr. and I will be sticking with him either way.
The founder is from Williamsburg
Hopefully this will benefit the entire community.. Time will tell.
BH for Glen Livet!
They’ve had a few articles here & for mnths they’ve been telling us about the opening!
Does anyone know WHEN they’ll open to the public?
Wondering if new practice is oriented to Jewish community or serving wider CH residents?
It’s probably for anyone who lives in the community just like any other clinic
Is there parking nearby?