NYU Langone Health this week opened a new practice location in Laurelton, Queens, transitioning care teams that have long served the community into a larger space with additional exam rooms, diagnostic equipment, and computer systems.

NYU Langone Medical Associates—Laurelton, located at 228-02 Merrick Boulevard, is to house a practice serving about 13,000 patients annually, with nine physicians and two nurse practitioners. Their specialties include cardiology, internal medicine, nephrology, gastroenterology, orthopedics, and podiatry, and there is space to add more specialties in coming months. The new site features 15 exam rooms, along with a new X-ray machine, electrocardiogram equipment, and computer systems.

“NYU Langone is deeply committed to expanding a clinician network that offers consistently excellent care close to where patients live,” said Andrew Rubin, senior vice president for clinical affairs and ambulatory care at NYU Langone. “This beautiful new location in Laurelton enables patients to see multiple doctors in a single visit, with each provider connected to our electronic health record system for integrated care.”

The vision for the center is to provide this community with care that meets the NYU Langone standard in a welcoming and highly functional space that keeps the overall wellbeing of patients, visitors, and staff in mind. The 7,200-square-foot clinical space was designed to address the community’s growth with greater capacity and to maximize accessibility by locating it on the ground floor.

NYU Langone began serving the residents of the southeastern Queens neighborhood in April 2015. To best serve the international community, NYU Langone gives patients and clinicians access to medical interpreters who speak more than 240 languages. After a conversation, the patient’s language interpretation is then documented in the electronic health record.

The new facility joins an award-winning health network in NYU Langone, which is composed of 6 inpatient locations and more than 300 outpatient sites across the New York metropolitan area and in Florida. The outpatient network has been the No. 1 recipient of the Ambulatory Quality and Accountability Award from Vizient Inc., a leading healthcare performance improvement organization, every year but one since the award’s inception in 2015.

Patients can find their health information and schedule appointments through the NYU Langone Health app or the NYU Langone Health MyChart patient portal.

For more information or to schedule an appointment at the new practice location, please call 646-501-4950 or visit the practice’s find a doctor page.

The following clinicians and nurse practitioners are moving into the new facility:

Cardiology

• Saji Abraham, MD

Internal Medicine

• Azuka Anyoku, MD, PhD
• Obiora O. Anyoku, MD
• Rajwinder Kaur, NP

Internal Medicine and Nephrology

• Lionel E. Desroches, MD
• Antonio Joseph, MD
• Nurse Practitioner Joselle Montelus

Gastroenterology

• Joseph Durzieh, MD
• Michel-Jose Charles, MD

Orthopedics

• Ajit J. Deshmukh, MD (hip and knee reconstruction)

Podiatry

• Rahman Majid, DPH

Media Inquiries

Greg Williams
Phone: 212-404-3500
Gregory.Williams@NYULangone.org