Building upon its partnership with the Charter School of Educational Excellence in Yonkers (CSEE), Saint Joseph”™s Medical Center recently announced the election of Debra L Gerson, M.D., FAAFP to the Charter School of Educational Excellence (CSEE) Board of Trustees.
Gerson, who has been with Saint Joseph”™s since January 2019, is the Medical director of the Family Health Center at Saint Joseph”™s Medical Center. She has played an integral role in the medical center”™s partnership with CSEE by collaborating on the formation of a wellness committee and working toward establishing a health track for CSEE students within the medical center. She received her bachelor”™s degree from Fordham University, her medical degree from SUNY Brooklyn, and completed her residency in family medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester, Massachusetts.
“We are very proud of Dr. Gerson”™s election to the CSEE”™s Board of Trustees. She brings to this important position a commitment to exploring new ways that we can work together with the school on issues of family health,” said Michael Spicer, president and CEO of Saint Joseph”™s Medical Center.
“”¦We look forward to her taking on a leadership role in the CSEE Medical Curriculum that will be offered to our high school students,” said Eduardo LaGuerre, founder and board chairman of the Charter School of Educational Excellence.
Founded in 1888, Saint Joseph”™s Medical Center has served Yonkers and the surrounding communities of Westchester and New York City. The Charter School of Educational Excellence is a tuition-free, charter public school that educates approximately 850 students in grades K-10 and will grow to K-12 in the next three years.
