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| Paul Ramos (1941-2000) |
Who was he?
Was a staunch advocate of affordable health care and social justice. As founder and Executive Director of Betances Health Center, Paul worked tirelessly on behalf of the people of the Lower East Side - and beyond - to meet the desperate need for accessible quality health care and social services. Paul founded Betances in 1970, and initially ran the agency out of a makeshift office above a pickle factory, delivering health services from a mobile medical unit. Largely through Paul's determination and hard work, Betances found a permanent home on Henry Street in the Lower East Side, one of New York City's most diverse immigrant communities, where it has become one of the leading comprehensive primary care facilities serving poor and low income community members. Paul guided Betances' accomplishments and status as an early provider of "culturally competent, holistic" care long before the terms became buzzwords over the center's four decade history. Over the center's three decade history, many came to see Paul as a modern day incarnation of the agency's namesake, Ramon Emeterio Betances, a 19th century Puerto Rican physician and poet known as the "Father of the Poor", who received a medical degree in Europe and then returned to Puerto Rico to found a hospital, defend the island against a cholera epidemic, and fight against slavery. |
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| 280 Henry Street |
| New York, NY 10002 |
| Tel: 212-227-8401 |
| Fax: 212-227-8842 |
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Maria Cellario
Dr. Maria Cellario has been the Director of Pediatrics at Betances Health Center since December 2005. Dr. Cellario served as the Assistant Medical Director January 1998. Dr. Maria Cellario began at Betances Health Center as a Pediatrician in January 1994. Before coming to Betances Health Center, Dr. Cellario completed her residency at Bridgeport Hospital a Yale University affiliate in Pediatrics. She attended the Ross University School of Medicine. Dr. Cellario has provided pediatrics services to children ages birth to 18 years of age, to homeless mothers and children at a shelter based clinic and to children in foster care. Dr. Cellario has a long established commitment to the Lower East Side population and the Latino community and she’s dedicated to providing culturally competent healthcare. |
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Maria Cellario
MD. Director of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine |
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