Dr. Rashanique Duplessis is a General Dentist who works as a Staff Dentist. She treats patients at our South Bronx health center. She completed her Doctorate of Dental Surgery at Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry in 2022. She completed her residency at the BronxCare Health System. She is fluent in English.

Ashley Chisom Okuagu, DO is a doctor of osteopathic medicine who works as a Staff Physician. She treats patients at our Sutphin Blvd. site. She completed an undergraduate degree in physiology at The University of Arizona in 2018 and completed her Medical Degree in osteopathic medicine at Kansas City University in 2023. She completed her residency at University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Family Medicine Residency in 2026. She is fluent in English and proficient in Medical Spanish.

Dr. Okuagu has completed research and attained several publications in sleep health, as well as participated in quality improvement research and the impact of inclusive hair care in the tertiary hospital setting. Special interests include women’s/reproductive health, preventative medicine, global health, and health equity.

Laurie Schwartz-Moser is a board certified Midwife. She treats patients at our Jamaica Health Center in Queens. She completed her graduate degree at State University of New York, Health Science Center.

Dr. Anjali Prakash is a board-certified family medicine physician who works as the medical director at CHN Long Island City and a faculty physician with the CHN residency program. She completed her medical degree at Western Sydney University in 2015 and completed her residency with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in 2020. Dr. Prakash completed the NYC Homeless Healthcare Fellowship at Montefiore Einstein in 2026.

Ellie Lobovits, DNP, CNM is a certified nurse midwife. She treats patients at our Crown Heights, East New York and Sutphin locations. Ellie completed an undergraduate degree at the University of Pennsylvania in 2002, and completed both her Masters of Nursing (2023) and Doctorate of Nursing Practice (2025) at Columbia University. She is fluent in English and proficient in Spanish.

Helen Jin is a board-certified family medicine physician who sees patients of all ages at our Long Island City location. She is certified in medical Spanish and speaks conversational Mandarin Chinese.

She completed her medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine and graduated Lawrence Family Medicine Residency. Her interest is working with patients from all different backgrounds and helping them achieve their health goals.

Mikayla Chouljian is a Certified Nurse Midwife who works as a Midwife. She treats patients at our Long Island City location. Mikayla Chouljian completed an undergraduate degree in Cleveland at Case Western Reserve University in 2020 and completed her Masters Degree in Certified Nurse Midwife at Case Western Reserve University in 2024.

Jacqueline A. Berenson, MD, who works as the Director of Psychiatry (she/her) treats patients at our Washington Heights and Harlem sites.  Dr. Berenson completed an undergraduate degree in Behavioral Neuroscience in 1999 then did graduate research in Immunopathology before completing her MD in 2004, all at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. Dr. Berenson then trained in General Adult Psychiatry at the teaching hospitals of Harvard University in Boston, MA; she then did a research Fellowship at New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University in Medicine, Ethics and the Law (2011) and then a second fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry at the combined Columbia/Cornell training program (2012). She has been in practice in New York State since she finished training.

John O’Brien is a board certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner who works as a psychiatric nurse practitioner. He treats patients at our Crown Heights, Williamsburg, and Lower East Side locations. John completed his undergraduate degree in nursing at the University of Delaware in 2020 and completed his Master of Science in Nursing in psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania in 2023. He completed a nursing fellowship at CHN in 2025. During the fellowship he helped implement a quality improvement project that educated staff on suicidality and improved assessment and documentation for CHN patient’s in crisis. John’s specific interests include substance use disorders and suicide prevention.