Neighborhood Health Center of WNY, Inc.

Neighborhood Health Center's President & CEO Joanne Haefner (pictured far right) joined leaders from four other local non-profits and Univera Healthcare President Paul Valley on WIVB's Daytime Buffalo program. They were there for the announcement of this year's Univera Healthcare Health Equity Innovation Awards. We are grateful to receive an award this year to help fund our “Bridging Health Outcome Gaps through Social Needs Screening and Response” initiative. Neighborhood has found success in reducing disparities in low birthweight deliveries in part through social needs screenings for pregnant patients, and connecting patients to medical and social resources they need for healthy pregnancies. The 2025 award from Univera Healthcare will enable us to replicate this process for patients with hypertension and diabetes. Thank you, Univera Healthcare!

Welcome to Neighborhood, Grace Bachner, FNP-C! Grace is a nurse practitioner in Neighborhood Health Center's internal/family medicine department. She earned a Master of Science degree in Advanced Practice Nursing at St. John Fisher University, after earning her undergraduate degree in Nursing at the University at Buffalo. She began her career as a medical assistant while in nursing school and has worked in a few different medical settings as a nurse. #WelcomeToNeighborhood

You can now book family medicine appointments, in addition to OBGYN care, at our Hamburg office! We spent the last couple of months renovating Neighborhood Health Center Southtowns (151 Elmview Ave.) so we could expand services and better serve you. New patients are welcome, and no one is turned away for inability to pay. We offer a sliding fee program for those who are uninsured or under-insured. Request an appointment through the patient portal at nhcwny.org or call us at 716-648-4345. #WelcomeToNeighborhood

"We are Neighborhood" While each of us here at Neighborhood Health Center is a unique individual, we are all working together on a shared mission -- to welcome all Western New Yorkers for high quality, patient-centered primary healthcare. Our individual stories that make us who we are, and connect us to the mission, matter. We recently celebrated an "I am Neighborhood" Day, celebrating our unique stories, and encouraging co-workers to share a bit of their stories with each other to build connections. #IAmNeighborhood #WeAreNeighborhood

Thank you Pat, Shilpa, and Rafay! The second year medical students from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo are part of the Community Connect service learning program. It's designed to teach UB medical students about the community and the social forces that impact patients' lives. This year they've spent time at Neighborhood Health Center learning about the patients we care for, and the community. They've conducted social needs screenings for high risk patients, learned how these screenings inform patient care, and shadowed community health workers in connecting patients to community resources. We've enjoyed having you here Pat, Shilpa, and Rafay, and we hope you've found the experience beneficial.

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Neighborhood Health Center is expanding to North Buffalo! We're taking over a vacant former urgent care center at 2497 Delaware Avenue, just north of Hertel. We'll be doing some renovations with a goal of having it ready to start seeing primary care patients in late spring 2026. This will be the seventh Neighborhood Health Center location in WNY. As the region's top ranked health center for quality, we're excited to be able to expand to meet the primary care needs of our beloved community members. We welcome all Western New Yorkers for high quality, patient-centered primary healthcare, because everyone should be able to enjoy their highest level of health and wellbeing. #WelcomeToNeighborhood Thank you to COLBY Development, LLC for assisting us with brokerage on this deal.

Welcome to Neighborhood, Nichole Sperrazzo! Nichole is a new pharmacist at Neighborhood Health Center Riverway. She's a graduate of the University at Buffalo Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences School. During her training, she did an internship in an underserved area of Buffalo. That experience ignited her passion for working with populations that have faced barriers to care and services. #WelcomeToNeighborhood

Four first and second year medical students from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo recently spent two weeks at Neighborhood Health Center for a clinical immersion. They got to experience the day to day flow of patient care, and learned about the patient-centered approach to primary and integrated care at Neighborhood. Thank you Daniel, Erin, Samantha, and Fahim. We hope you found the immersion beneficial, and we hope to see you back at Neighborhood! #WelcomeToNeighborhood

Welcome to Neighborhood, Caitlyn Murray, LCSW! Caitlyn is Neighborhood Health Center's Behavioral Health Director. She is a native of Buffalo, NY, a graduate of The Ohio State University, and specializes in substance use disorder treatment, crisis intervention, trauma informed care, and adolescents care. #WelcomeToNeighborhood