To help physicians offer fitness advice and monitor a patient's exercise regimen a new training program at Woodhull Medical Center requires doctors to write their own exercise prescription and hit the gym for a taste of their own medicine.

Bugsy, a purple puppet used by Jacobi Medical Center's dental team, is just one of the many tools HHC uses to educate children and families about oral hygiene - an integral component to general health.

Born at Lincoln Hospital where he now practices emergency medicine, Rick Gustave is a second-year resident physician with a passion for community health advocacy and is on a mission to make a difference beyond the ER.