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Lindsay Farrell, Open Door President and CEO, has recently received two awards for her exceptional work in the non-profit field. She has been named a 914INC. Women in Business honoree – an award that recognizes some of the most successful, influential and inspirational female executives, entrepreneurs, and government and non-profit leaders in Westchester. In addition, […]

Ruth Sapatanga became a patient at the Open Door Family Medical Center site in Ossining shortly after arriving here in 2017 from her native Ecuador. This month, as part of its ongoing goal to meet the needs of the people the federally qualified health care center serves, Open Door has added Sapatanga to its Medical Center Board of Directors. “Community health centers are medical practices that are owned by

Dr. Karen M. Murray, obstetrician-gynecologist and Senior Medical Site Director of the Ossining Open Door Family Medical Center, has been named the recipient of the Caring for All Award. Westfair Communications, publisher of Westchester and Fairfield County Business Journals, presents the award as part of its Doctors of Distinction awards program. The awards recognize compassionate care, celebrating extraordinary health care

Several years ago, at a health fair at Open Door Family Medical Center, where she’s served as president and CEO since 1999, Farrell was told that her blood pressure was high. This brought her to the realization that not only did she need to reduce her blood pressure but she could also stand to lose

We are very pleased to welcome Lorna Nunez and Samantha Villazan to the Board of the Open Door Family Medical Center and Leslie Chang to the Open Door Foundation Board. Lorna Nunez Trained as a scientist in Chile, Lorna came to the United States early in her career to pursue advanced immunological research.  For more than a decade, she’s worked

Open Door Renames School-Based Health Centers In Honor Of Congresswoman Nita Lowey   The Open Door Family Medical Center’s School-Based Health Center Program will become known as the Nita M. Lowey Center for Health in Schools. The program provides primary health care services for students in elementary, middle and high schools in Port Chester and Ossining. Services are available regardless

Local high school student launches imaginative crowdfunding campaign to support Open Door. “A nation cannot claim economic, technological, and moral leadership when its own citizens are dy­ing due to a lack of affordable care.” These words could be attributed to a U.S. President, but 16-year-old Sumer Moudgill wrote them in an article titled “Answering Corona’s Call,” published

Meet Open Door Board Members Daysi Briones and Anita Suchdeo. DAYSI L. BRIONES As President and Owner of IQ Contracting, Inc. & Associates, Daysi Briones is a seasoned general contractor and real estate agent for residential, commercial, private and public sectors. Before starting her business, Briones spent seventeen years as a certified HIV counselor and medical administrator for hospitals