Most mornings by 8 a.m., Mason Blake Pimsler is already treating patients at Lincoln Medical Center. As an internal medicine and geriatric medicine physician, he provides primary care, preventive services and long-term treatment to patients from across the Bronx.<\/p>\n
Mayor Eric Adams proclaimed Nov. 7, 2025, as \u201cDr. Mason Blake Pimsler MD Day,\u201d recognizing the Jericho resident\u2019s decades-long service in HIV\/AIDS care, women\u2019s health and to individuals experiencing homelessness. The designation honored both his hands-on clinical work and his involvement in building programs aimed at improving access to care for diverse and underserved communities.<\/p>\n
\u201cMason is a fearless fighter,\u201d said former New York City Mayor Adams.<\/p>\n
Pimsler works primarily in Lincoln\u2019s outpatient clinic, where he provides long-term care for patients managing chronic illnesses. He treats conditions like diabetes, cardiovascular disease, autoimmune disorders and tuberculosis. Many of the people he sees, he said, are also dealing with multiple barriers that limit access to care, including domestic violence, histories of incarceration, substance use or housing instability.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been doing safety nets, or treating the underserved population, for a while,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was just a natural fit, like a key and lock fit because of my training and the way I was brought up.\u201d<\/p>\n
Before joining Lincoln in 2022, Pimsler began his career at Brookdale Family Care Center\u2013Bristol, where he focused on long-term primary care for older adults. He also participated in the hospital\u2019s \u201cBrookdale @ Your Door\u201d program, which provided in-home medical evaluations for patients who had difficulty traveling to appointments.<\/p>\n
At Lincoln Medical Center, Pimsler said, the scale and mission of the public hospital system have allowed him to advocate more deeply for his patients. As part of NYC Health + Hospitals, he is able to connect patients not only to primary care but also to specialists, medications, imaging and social services regardless of insurance status.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHere, I really developed within my soul more of a fire in the belly for the patients,\u201d he said. \u201cI advocate nonstop.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pimsler said he credits much of his work to a system-wide transformation under the leadership of Dr. Mitchell Katz, president and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals. He added that Katz \u201crevamped the HHC,\u201d creating the conditions that allow him to do the kind of work he\u2019s most passionate about.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe shares my philosophy,\u201d Pimsler said. \u201cNo one is turned away; they treat everyone as God\u2019s child.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since his appointment in 2018, Katz has guided initiatives to make health services more widely available, including the creation of NYC Care, a program designed to provide no-cost or low-cost care for uninsured residents. The program now serves more than 100,000 members.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s amazing the services that we can give to these patients,\u201d Pimsler said. \u201cEver since Dr. Katz came on board, it\u2019s been incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n
Through NYC Health + Hospitals\u2019 \u201cHousing for Health\u201d initiative, clinicians at Lincoln refer eligible patients to Safe Haven beds operated by the city\u2019s Department of Homeless Services and its nonprofit partners.<\/p>\n
Pimsler added that the system\u2019s commitment to compassion is formalized through its ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) values echoed in the internal training initiatives that promote kindness in patient care.<\/p>\n
Pimsler\u2019s work sits at the intersection of clinical care and advocacy. In addition to his four days of general outpatient practice, he dedicates one day a week to treating patients in shelters or temporary housing, individuals who often experience gaps in care due to unstable living conditions.<\/p>\n
At Lincoln, which houses a comprehensive HIV\/AIDS Services department, PrEP is integrated into primary and specialty care. Pimsler said he prescribes PrEP routinely and encourages high-risk patients to test regularly.<\/p>\n
He also pushes for continued cancer screening, particularly for older women who are often excluded once they pass standard age cutoffs. Pimsler advocates for FIT tests, virtual colonoscopies and other early-detection options for patients who might otherwise be excluded from routine preventive care.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re supposed to stop breast cancer screening at 75,\u201d he said. \u201cI fight not to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pimsler said that beyond what the recognition meant to him personally, it opened the door to feedback from colleagues and community members alike. He is now in early talks with leaders in Staten Island to bring similar outreach programming to communities with fewer public health resources and safety-net services.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re sitting down in February to see what we can do,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m sure we\u2019ll make something happen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Most mornings by 8 a.m., Mason Blake Pimsler is already treating patients at Lincoln Medical Center. As an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[47994,47995,33220,23199,9,24,55,54,56,63,47996],"class_list":{"0":"post-105941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-aids","9":"tag-eric-adasm","10":"tag-hiv","11":"tag-jericho","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","15":"tag-new-york-city-news","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-pimsler"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}