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THE HOSPITAL YOU'VE ALWAYS TRUSTED HAS A NEW AND TRUSTED NA ME Welcome to NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. ON FEBRUARY 23, 2017, the ribbon on NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital was officially cut, with NewYork- Presbyterian and NYP Brooklyn Methodist leadership, local officials and members of the community in attendance. In addition to the ceremonial ribbon cutting, the event featured a brief program of speeches. "This Hospital has been a true leader for the entire borough," said Laura Forese, M.D., chief operating officer of NewYork- Presbyterian. "For NewYork-Presbyterian to partner with this Hospital is a dream, and a dream comes true when people have vision and care about what they are doing." Richard Liebowitz, M.D., president of NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist, expressed optimism about his new role and the future of the Hospital. "With the support of NYP, and the staff of this Hospital, we cannot help but succeed in fulfilling our mission." James W. Perkins, chairman of the Community Board of Trustees, and Michael G. Stewart, M.D., M.P.H., vice dean, professor and chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College and otolaryngologist-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center, also delivered speeches at the event. Local elected officials in attendance included Assistant Speaker of the State Assembly Felix W. Ortiz, Assembly Member Robert Carroll and Assembly Member Jo Anne Simon. BACK ROW: Robert H. Rodgers, Jr., NYP Brooklyn Methodist community board trustee; State Assembly Member Joanne Simon; Lawrence McGaughey, Esq., community board trustee; Karen Westervelt, senior vice president of the NYP Regional Hospital Network; Assistant Speaker of the State Assembly Felix Ortiz. FRONT ROW: James W. Perkins, Esq., NYP Brooklyn Methodist community board chair; Rev. John E. Carrington, D. Min., NYP Brooklyn Methodist community board trustee; Richard Liebowitz, M.D., president of NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital; Laura Forese, M.D., executive vice president of NewYork-Presbyterian; Sharon Greenberger, NYP Brooklyn Methodist community board trustee; Fred J. Hugue, NYP Brooklyn Methodist community board trustee; Judge J. Kevin McKay, NYP Brooklyn Methodist community board trustee; State Assembly Member Robert Carroll and Micahelo G. Stewart, M.D., vice dean, professor and chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine.