Disadvantaged Children Receive New Learning Center Facility
Oct 28, 2005
SUNY Downstate held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Infant and Child Learning Center's
new building at 670 Parkside Avenue on October 28.
The facility, which took 18 months to build, will allow Downstate to accommodate twice
as many children than the center's present location. The 16,500 sq. ft. of space will
enable the ICLC room to expand its center-based program from two classrooms to five.
Associate Executive Director of the ICLC Kathy McCormick said the event was “one of the proudest moments of the child infancy program.” “This is indeed a magnificent milestone for the children of Brooklyn,” said Dr. Stanley E. Fisher, chair of pediatrics at Downstate.
The ICLC was founded at SUNY Downstate to help children with medical and developmental problems that include babies born premature, with low birth weight, or infected by HIV. The program was started in 1987 as one of the first in the state to serve children with special needs. The center provides a multidisciplinary team of physicians, psychologists, teachers, nurses, therapists, service coordinators, and social workers.
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About SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn is one of four academic health centers (AMCs) in The State University of New York (SUNY) 64-campus system and the only SUNY AMC in New York City dedicated to health education, research, and patient care for the borough’s 2.7 million residents. Its flagship hospital, University Hospital at Downstate (UHD), is a teaching hospital and benefits from the expertise of Downstate’s exceptional medical school and world-class academic center research facilities. With a staff of over 800 physicians representing 53 specialties and subspecialties, Downstate offers comprehensive healthcare services to the community.
UHD provides high-risk neonatal and infant services, pediatric nephrology, and dialysis for kidney diseases and is the only kidney transplantation program in Brooklyn. Beyond its clinical expertise, Downstate houses a range of esteemed educational institutions, including its College of Medicine, College of Nursing, School of Health Professions, School of Graduate Studies, and School of Public Health. Downstate fosters innovation through its multifaceted biotechnology initiative, the Biotechnology Incubator and BioBAT, which support early-stage and more mature biotech companies.