'Doctor Tallaj: The Hispanic Physician Who Faced COVID-19 in New York' received the prestigious award from the New York chapter of the US National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, in the category of “Social Concerns.”
Dr. Francisco Rosario, who has worked in New York for 22 years, told Aleteia: "The new trend is trying to incorporate the spiritual into medicine."
Dr. María Molina, a pediatrician, talks about the focus of her life and work: serving the Hispanic community to which she belongs—now more than ever, in times of pandemic.
Dr. Victor Peralta is a pediatrician of Dominican origin who has been working in New York for more than 30 years. He explains how his view of medicine and life changed when he learned he had cancer.
A documentary tells the life of Juan Tapia, a boy of Dominican origin who was a graffiti artist and is now a pediatrician in New York
David Y. Zhang is a prestigious scientist of Chinese origins living in New York, where he cares for the most vulnerable communities in the city.
Ingrid I. Félix-Peralta is a pediatrician. “I am dedicated to taking care of children from their birth until they’re 24 years old,” she says when asked about her job. “Taking care of” is the key phrase for how she understands her life.
Dr. Saulius Skeivys is the first member of his family—originally from Lithuania—to be born in the United States. He practices medicine in Woodside, Queens, in New York.
Dr. Jacqueline Delmont is in charge of optimizing services for the SOMOS network of doctors. Her work seemingly focused on numbers, also involves a strong element of the humanizing dimension of medicine.
Interview with Mario Paredes, CEO of SOMOS, a network in New York providing healthcare services to low-income communities.
Dr. Carmen Lazala is a pediatric endocrinologist. Her patients are children from vulnerable families in New York. Most have limited resources but know that they have a doctor who is willing to attend them 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. She’s a member of SOMOS.
Dr. Henry Chen is an internist working in Brooklyn. He speaks as the president of the SOMOS physician network, and is well acquainted with the work of health care for New York's immigrant community: he himself treats patients from China.
Dr. Jean R. Macenat is an immigrant to the United States. He’s proud to put his prestigious skills at the service of people without resources, mainly Caribbean and Hispanic people living in the Bronx (New York).
Dr. Denise Nuñez explains how she treats her patients in the Bronx, New York.
Dr. Rafael Guillen talks about his experience as a physician in New York, where he serves Latin American migrants.
The situation migrants face is often not an easy one. Most of the time, they find themselves struggling with a difficult present and an uncertain future.
