Congratulations are in order for Richard “Rik” Haldeman, PA, the Clinical Director of Whitney Young Health’s HIV Program, as he was awarded the New York State Department of Health’s Commissioner’s Special Recognition Award at this year’s World AIDS Day Event at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center.
Rik was given this award for…
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Yesterday, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced her new bill that would exp and New York’s Basic Health Program at Whitney Young Health.
Basic Health Program Expansion Act of 2018 legislation would allow New York State to expand access to the high-quality, low-cost Basic Health Program (BHP) to low- and middle-income New Yorkers and people across…
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Want to earn some experience working in Finance while getting in some volunteers hours? Whitney Young Health is currently looking for a Finance volunteer to assist with filing and light clerical work at our Watervliet Administrative office. If interested, please reach out to Deshaya, our Volunteer Program Manager at dwilliams@wmyhealth.org.
Whitney M. Young, Jr. Health Center and Watervliet City Schools will open a School-Based Health Center for students in the district for the upcoming school year. The school-based health center provides primary and preventative medical services to students enrolled in the program and promotes the overall health of the child.
“Our school-based…
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HGTV: Whitney Young Health edition! Thank you to our volunteers, Julianna and Nyasha from Girls Inc. of the Greater Capital Region’s “Eureka!” program, for helping us spruce up the Pediatric rooms at our Albany Health Center with this amazing outer space mural! Julianna and Nyasha, who are students at Albany Academy for Girls and Loudonville Christian School,…
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Tomorrow is #NationalHIVTestingDay. Did you know that Whitney Young Health always offers free and confidential HIV testing with the following programs:
CPTS Program (located at our Albany Health Center, 920 Lark Drive in Albany) from 8:00am – 4:30pm.
Project UP-BEAT (located at our Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Treatment Center, 10 Dewitt Street in Albany)…
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Whitney Young Health is once again a corporate sponsor for the Palace Theatre Albany’s “Summer in the City” movie series this summer.
“Summer in the City” is a FREE movie series that takes place every Tuesday during July and August so local kids, summer camps and families can get out of the heat and…
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Do you want to make a difference in your community each and every month? Let us introduce you to the Whitney Monthly Challenge. The Whitney Monthly Challenge is your opportunity to change the lives of our patients each and every month through donating. Your donation goes directly to providing our patients with affordable healthcare they…
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Whitney Young Health held an official ribbon cutting and open house for their renovated Albany Dental Practice located at 900 Lark Drive in Albany. This $2 million dollar project is part of Whitney Young Health’s Campaign for Smiles, a fundraising initiative to expand and enhance dental services in the Capital Region.
Pictured: WYH’s…
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Whitney Young Health announced that Hershel T. Ellenbogen D.M.D. recently joined the Whitney Young Health team as the AVP of Dental Services. He will oversee the organizations Dental Practice, which provides services at the Albany, Troy and Watervliet Health Centers as well as a collaborative practice arrangement with the Healthy Capital District Initiative that serves…
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