An HIV diagnosis is no longer a death sentence. This is what Karin Palencia-Lua, Raul Rodriguez, Alexander Rodriguez and Guadalupe Ramos, the HIV Care and Prevention Team, at Open Door Family Medical Center, continually stress to patients when they test positive for the virus. “We tell them that nowadays they can live a long, healthy […]

June is Men’s Health Month, a good time to talk about the health of those men in your life. Below, Dr. Daren Wu, Chief Medical Officer of Open Door Family Medical Center, answers questions about men’s health and the reluctance many men seem to have in seeking health care. 1. Have you found that men are […]

The first-ever School-Based Health Center (SBHC) in the mid-Hudson Valley Region opened this month, as the result of a collaboration between Open Door Family Medical Center and the Webutuck Central School District. The grand opening ribbon cutting, held May 14th, celebrated this partnership which will bring easy access to regular, high quality, evidence-based health care […]

Open Door partners with organizations in the communities we serve to deepen the impact of our services. This article features a longstanding important relationship between Open Door Family Medical Center and Family Services of Westchester as both organizations work to address significant mental health challenges faced by patients in local communities. Behavioral health therapists at […]

A big thank you to Westchester County Executive George Latimer for stopping by Open Door Port Chester to help hand out free Covid-19 at-home test kits to the community. At the event, Open Door’s Covid-19 Outreach team handed out Covid-19 information and answered questions. Latimer said, “This pandemic is still very much a part of […]

We wish all of our volunteers a very HAPPY NATIONAL VOLUNTEER MONTH! A Message from Jane Levy, Senior Manager of Volunteer Programs Dear Open Door Volunteers, Volunteers are a vital part of the success of Open Door. You – an Open Door Volunteer – demonstrate that when you help one person, you strengthen an entire […]