14 AUGUST 24, 2017 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
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Get quality healthcare at a reasonable price with EMU Health
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
EDAVENPORT@QNS.COM
@QNS
It seems that in this current landscape,
navigating the healthcare
system can be frustrating and
confusing. Fortunately for Queens residents,
EMU Health in Glendale is here
to take the stress of healthcare away by
off ering easier access to high-quality
and cost-eff ective healthcare.
Daniel Lowy, principal, founder and
CEO of EMU Health, became interested
in the healthcare fi eld while studying
at The Wharton School. Lowy’s goal
became to make the lives of Queens
residents easier by giving them easy
access to high quality and cost-eff ective
healthcare.
“Queens is the ideal market for
EMU Health,” said Anthony Belli,
chief commercial offi cer for EMU
Health. “With 2.5 million people and
its diversity, Queens lends itself to be
an ideal model for creating a place
for easily accessible, high-quality
healthcare.”
In January, EMU Health offi cially
acquired the Queens Surgical Center,
a five-room Ambulatory Surgical
Center located at 83-40 Woodhaven
Blvd. in Glendale that offered
outpatient surgical procedures.
Since its acquisition, EMU Health
has had the unique capability to
provide ongoing ambulatory care as
a multi-specialty center while cultivating
a greater outpatient surgical
experience for their patients.
Photo courtesy of EMU Health
With access to primary care, specialties
such as cardiology, orthopedics,
gynecology and more, patients can get
most of their care in one convenient
location.
“EMU’s goal is to provide high-quality,
accessible healthcare to people in
Queens that is near them,” said Carl
Friedrich, chief operating offi cer of
EMU Health. “Before EMU acquired
it, the surgical center never developed
the outpatient side of it. We saw the
continuity between outpatient care
and surgery and now patients aren’t
forced to go to multiple locations for
diff erent kinds of care.
Roughly half of the 22,000-squarefoot
building is being used by the
surgery center. One project that is in
motion for the space is to build a Women’s
Health Center at the site.
The Women’s Health Center will
offer several services, including
gynecology and well-woman visits,
outpatient surgical services and Belli
noted that the Women’s Health Center
will be the second facility in Queens to
off er a 3-D mammography.
“Women’s health can be so compartmentalized.
We want to make it more
comprehensive for women in Queens,”
Friedrich said. “We want to make it
easier for them to get complete care
in one location.”
“It’s an important topic,” Belli said. “It
fi ts into what we are trying to do here.
In many aspects, women drive the
healthcare decision making processes,
so we see the importance of women’s
health.”
In addition to the Women’s Health
Center, EMU Health is in the process
of building an Urgent Care Center to
help those patients needing care aft er
hours. EMU Health also has plans to
off er dentistry at the center so patients
can have easier access to more kinds of
medical care.
The Women’s Health Center and the
Outpatient Care center are expected to
start taking patients on Sept. 1.
This Ridgewood yoga studio off ers
all kinds of ways to relax
BY ANTHONY GIUDICE
AGIUDICE@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@A_GIUDICEREPORT
It’s not hard for Ridgewood residents
to fi nd a place to fi nd their
spiritual center, stretch their
bodies and minds, and create some
inner peace in this time of turmoil.
All Yoga in Ridgewood off ers a
wide variety of classes at all levels
for everyone, including children.
Christina Rufi n has been practicing
yoga for 25 years and used her background
in teaching French to become
a yoga instructor, and eventually
became certifi ed to also teach yoga
to children.
“At fi rst, I resisted teaching yoga
because yoga is my own practice.
It is my pleasure. It is my personal
journey,” Rufi n said. “Then one day
it just clicked; everything came
together. I realized that yoga, for me,
is a life-changing experience. And
I realized I wanted to bring yoga to
everybody.”
Aft er becoming a certifi ed yoga
instructor, Rufi n began looking to
bring yoga to communities where
yoga is not easily accessible. In 2015,
Rufi n moved to Ridgewood and she
opened All Yoga at 780 Woodward
Ave. in May 2016 to bring yoga
to Ridgewood after noticing the
All Yoga in Ridgewood off ers classes for all skill levels and ages.
community lacked a local studio.
“I realized there was no yoga studio
here, so I decided to open one with
the idea that it would represent the
community, which is extremely
diverse and very pleasant,” she said.
“I love this community, and I call this
studio All Yoga with the idea that we
would off er all kinds of yoga classes
for all types of people.”
Since opening, Rufi n has brought
in a diverse crew of instructors to
teach a wide variety of classes, techniques
and disciplines including
beginner, intermediate and expert
yoga classes; meditation; breathing
exercises; groove dance classes;
community classes and workshops;
and many more.
Photos by Anthony Giudice/Ridgewood Times
And adults aren’t the only ones invited
to partake in practicing yoga at All
Yoga. Rufi n has children-based classes
for kids ages 3-8. The classes are an
hour long and focus on both the physical
movements of yoga and teaching
the kids about their bodies, breathing
techniques, and encouraging teamwork.
If you want to take your yoga
experience to the next level and are
interested in becoming an instructor
yourself, All Yoga off ers a teacher
training program. The program is a
200-hour training course, spanning
fi ve months, that teaches the history
of yoga with a contemplative practice.
For more information on All Yoga,
their hours, class schedule and more,
visit their website at allyoganyc.com.
