Essen Health Care to Open New Highbridge Urgent Care Center in Bronx, NY on October 12th, 2022

Essen Health Care, a leading healthcare network and group practice for underserved communities in New York State, announced today the opening of their new urgent care center in the Highbridge area of the Bronx on Wednesday, October 12th. The new Medical Office is located at 1391 Nelson Ave in Bronx, New York.

Essen Urgent Care offers immediate care services throughout 20 locations in the Bronx and one location in the Glendale neighborhood of Queens. The company provides highly personalized and affordable care to their patients in the New York area with urgent health needs 7 days a week.

“We are excited to expand our urgent care services to another part of the Bronx community that will offer increased accessibility to high-quality health care,” said Dr. Sumir Sahgal, Founder & Chief Medical Officer, Essen Health Care. “We are committed to providing our patients with timely, affordable and convenient health care services and opening this new location in Highbridge will give access to an entire community of individuals in need of affordable care.”

Essen Health Care is celebrating the opening of their Highbridge Urgent Care with a ribbon cutting by Monsignor Donald Sakano on October 12th from 1:30pm to 2:30pm. Essen Health Care will also be giving out Hispanic Heritage Month awards to recognize Hispanic leaders in the community – Elizabeth Tejada, Director of Medicare Sales, VillageCare; Max and Ramona Garcia, Director of Tenant Supportive Services at Highbridge Community Development Corporation.

If you are interested in joining, please RSVP: pricardo@essenmed.com.

To find out more about Essen Health Care visit: https://www.essenhealthcare.com

About Essen Health Care

Founded in 1999, Essen Health Care is a growing community healthcare network and group practice with over 150 primary and specialty care physicians and 100+ advanced clinicians providing high quality, compassionate, and accessible medical care to over 100,0000 of the most vulnerable and under-served residents of New York State. Guided by a population health model of care, Essen has five integrated clinical divisions offering primary care, urgent care and specialty services, as well as nursing home staffing and care management. All clinical services are offered via telehealth or in-person at 32 medical practices and at home through our house calls program for homebound patients.

Essen is dedicated to ensuring the quality of care for all patients and has been designated a ‘Level 3 Patient Centered Medical Home’ by the National Committee for Quality Assurance.