{"id":149832,"date":"2026-03-02T16:54:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T16:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/149832\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T16:54:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T16:54:36","slug":"nyc-health-hospitals-south-brooklyn-health-opens-2m-eenovated-oncology-and-infusion-center-brooklyn-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/149832\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Health + Hospitals\/South Brooklyn Health opens $2M eenovated Oncology and Infusion Center \u2022 Brooklyn Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"

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South Brooklyn Health administrators, doctors, and local officials celebrate the ribbon-cutting of the hospital\u2019s newly renovated Oncology and Infusion Center on Friday, Feb. 27.<\/p>\n

Photo by Paul Frangipane<\/p>\n

For patients facing cancer treatment, every moment in a hospital can feel daunting. On Friday, Feb. 27, NYC Health + Hospitals\/South Brooklyn Health opened its newly renovated Oncology and Infusion Center, transforming waiting rooms and treatment bays into a modern, patient-centered space designed to ease the experience and expand access to care.<\/p>\n

The $2 million renovation expanded the Center from five to 13 exam rooms and increased infusion bays from seven to 11, effectively doubling patient capacity. South Brooklyn Health also added a full-time plastic surgeon to enhance oncology support and recovery, while the staff grew from 16 to 25, a 56% increase in service and support personnel.<\/p>\n

The upgraded Center now integrates breast cancer prevention, infusion therapy, plastic surgery, rheumatology, medical oncology, and survivorship services, giving patients access to a full continuum of care under one roof.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis project has been many years in the making,\u201d said Svetlana Lipyanskaya, CEO of South Brooklyn Health. \u201cIt\u2019s been built and thought of with the help of the city and the state and so many people who work here, and the vision has finally come to life that South Brooklyn Health has a state-of-the-art expanded infusion center and an expanded hematology\/oncology practice.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"An infusion bay at South Brooklyn Health\u2019s newly renovated Oncology and Infusion Center.Photo by Paul Frangipane \"\"An infusion bay at South Brooklyn Health\u2019s newly renovated Oncology and Infusion Center.Photo by Paul Frangipane<\/p>\n

She emphasized that the renovation wasn\u2019t just about expanding space, but about giving the hospital the resources and infrastructure to better serve its patients.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThis place always had heart,\u201d Lipyanskaya added. \u201cNow it has the support that it needs to go forward and continue to grow and continue to take care of this population, a very vulnerable population at the most vulnerable time in their lives. It\u2019s amazing that we now have a space that matches the quality of the doctors and the nurses that work here.\u201d<\/p>\n

The community gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the milestone, bringing together residents, hospital staff, Community Advisory Board members, and local elected officials \u2014 many of whom share a special connection to the Center and its mission.<\/p>\n

\"\"Dr. Thandavababu Chelliah, director of Hematology and Oncology at South Brooklyn Health speaks at the ribbon-cutting for the expanded infusion center.Photo by Paul Frangipane \"\"Rosanne De Janeiro, chair of the South Brooklyn Health Community Advisory Board, shares her personal experience with the Center during the ceremony.Photo by Paul Frangipane<\/p>\n

Rosanne De Janeiro, chair of the South Brooklyn Health Community Advisory Board, spoke about the Center\u2019s personal impact on her family. Her husband was diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer in 2018 and treated at South Brooklyn Health for five years. A year later, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and received treatment side by side with him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so thankful today for this newly-renovated oncology infusion center,\u201d De Janeiro said. \u201cThe waiting area, the additional screening rooms and infusion bays, and of course the additional services that are available make a very scary and trying time for those going through cancer treatment much less stressful. This hospital helped us and so many others without having to go to another borough \u2026 and how he was able to survive for five years. This renovated and expanded oncology center is so important to the patients and to all those who, unfortunately, will be diagnosed with cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"South Brooklyn Health CEO Svetlana Lipyanskaya addresses the community at the ribbon-cutting of the renovated Oncology and Infusion Center.Photo by Paul Frangipane \"\"Chief Medical Officer Dr. Selwena R. Brewster, a breast cancer survivor, celebrates the opening of the upgraded Oncology and Infusion Center.Photo by Paul Frangipane<\/p>\n

Dr. Selwena R. Brewster, chief medical officer at South Brooklyn Health and a breast cancer survivor herself, praised the Center for its patient-centered approach.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you\u2019re able to offer care that you know what it should look like and what it should feel like, it\u2019s an honor,\u201d Brewster said. \u201cWe all stand here in just complete, just fullness, fullness to offer this to our community in South Brooklyn. They deserve it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Dr. Selwena R. Brewster, chief medical officer at South Brooklyn Health applauds during a ribbon cutting ceremony for the newly renovated Oncology and Infusion Center.Photo by Paul Frangipane \"\"Council Member Mercedes Narcisse, a registered healthcare professional with oncology experience, speaks at the ribbon-cutting for the expanded infusion center.Photo by Paul Frangipane \"\"Assembly Member Michael Novakhov speaks at the ribbon-cutting for the expanded infusion center.Photo by Paul Frangipane<\/p>\n

Council Member Mercedes Narcisse, a registered healthcare professional with experience in oncology, echoed the sentiment.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI understand firsthand what this means to us in Brooklyn because I refuse to say that we don\u2019t provide quality healthcare in Brooklyn,\u201d she said. \u201cBrooklyn, we\u2019re coming up and we\u2019re doing excellent.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Center\u2019s opening came shortly after Lipyanskaya announced her forthcoming transition to Maimonides Health, where she will become CEO once the city\u2019s planned acquisition is finalized. She will replace current Maimonides CEO Ken Gibbs, who has led the institution since 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Brooklyn Health administrators, doctors, and local officials celebrate the ribbon-cutting of the hospital\u2019s newly renovated Oncology and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,13483,2953,9,24,12,370,63,62726,1977,59296,46162],"class_list":["post-149832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-cancer","tag-health","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-newsletter","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-health-hospitals-south-brooklyn-health","tag-nyc-health-hospitals","tag-south-brooklyn-health","tag-treatment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149832","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=149832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}