Equity and preventable illnesses drive new Monroe County Health Commissioner Dr. Marielena Velez de Brown’s policy priorities ...Middle East

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Dr. Marielena Vélez de Brown has been appointed to a six-year term as the Monroe County Health Commissioner. She takes over for Doctor Mike Mendoza who resigned abruptly back in April. Dr. Vélez de Brown isn’t new to the health department. She has been the deputy commissioner since 2016 so, she knows the mission and the people who work to ensure its fulfilled.  It was frustration that drove Dr. Vélez de Brown, a family medicine practitioner, into public health. She says many of her patients developed preventable illnesses because of a lack of resources. “Do you have enough food to put on the table, do you have a safe place to move your body and be physically active, a perso

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