Doctors appointed NYPD police surgeons
NYC Health+Hospitals/Jacobi
CEO Christopher Mastromano
announced that Drs.
John McNelis and Srinivas
Reddy have been appointed
honorary police surgeons by
NYPD Commissioner Dermot
Shea.
McNelis is chairman of the
Department of Surgery at Jacobi
while Reddy is the associate
director of Trauma Services
and Director of Pediatric
Trauma.
“Drs. McNelis and Reddy
are two of Jacobi’s frontline
healthcare heroes,” Mastromano
said. “It’s great to see
both getting recognized beyond
our hospital for the work
they do.”
Honorary police surgeons
are medical doctors who act as
consultants to the NYPD. They
lend their professional opinions,
expertise and if needed,
medical care to members of
the service and their families.
Applicants go through a strict
selection process similar to
NYPD offi cers before being
appointed by the NYPD commissioner.
Furthermore, they
must display expertise in six
fi elds including: cardiology,
From left, Dr. Srinivas H. Reddy, associate director of Trauma Services at Jacobi Hospital; NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea; Dr. John McNelis, chairman
of the Department of Surgery at Jacobi and North Central Bronx hospitals; Dr. Sheldon Teperman, Director of Trauma Services at Jacobi Hospital.
Photo courtesy Jacobi Hospital
neurology, neurosurgery, orthopedics,
internal medical
and vascular surgery.
“I deeply appreciate this appointment
by Commissioner
Shea,” McNelis said. “We’re a
trauma center so we are often
dealing with the aftermath of
tragic situations, side by side
with the police. This appointment
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reaffi rms that partnership.”
“I am privileged to join the
NYPD in this honorary capacity,”
added Reddy. “I truly believe
we are all on the same
team keeping our city safe.”
Additionally, this is not
the fi rst Jacobi surgeon to
be appointed for this prestigious
honor. In 2005, Dr. Sheldon
Teperman was appointed
an honorary police surgeon
by Police Commissioner Raymond
W. Kelly. Terperman
has been a longtime advocate
for anti-gun violence efforts
throughout the country, often
speaking from the fi rst-hand
experiences he’s had treating
traumatic injuries at Jacobi.
Jacobi continues to serve
fi rst responders and all patients
as the Bronx’s Level 1
Trauma Center.
-Bronx Times
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