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    NORTH AMERICAN Newsline                                            FEBRUARY 20, 2026       |  The Indian Eye 24

             NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue Awarded $100,000

                 to Strengthen Regional Emergency Preparedness

                                 Through Virtual Learning Networks

               Bellevue Hospital will lead emergency preparedness program to support coordinated readiness

                                                          and cross-sector collaboration

            OUR BUREAU
            New York, NY
                   YC Health + Hospitals/Bel-
                   levue has announced it  was
            Nawarded $100,000 to support
            the development and implementa-
            tion of an Extension for Community
            Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) pro-
            gram for emergency preparedness.
            The funding is provided by the Uni-
            versity of New Mexico, which received
            a grant from the Robert Wood John-
            son Foundation to build regional,
            case-based virtual learning networks
            that strengthen infectious disease and
            all-hazards emergency preparedness
            and response across the region. The
            award for Bellevue Hospital will pro-
            vide support for training across U.S.
            Department of Health and Human
            Services (HHS) Region 2, which in-
            cludes New York, New Jersey, Puerto
            Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
                “This  award  reflects  Bellevue
            Hospital’s long-standing leadership   NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue Project ECHO leaders (L-R): Anthony Lo Piccolo, MS, Project ECHO Senior Research Coordinator; Margaret
            in emergency preparedness and our   L. Aldrich, MD, Project Echo Principal Investigator; Michael Thompson, MBA, Project ECHO Administrative Director; Vikramjit Mukherjee, MD,
            commitment to strengthening readi-
            ness across our region,” said Eric Wei,                        Chief of Critical Care and Chief of Special Pathogens Program
            MD,  MBA,  Chief  Executive  Officer
            of NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue.   portunity to learn from one another   The Emergency Preparedness   Treatment Center,” said Vikram-
            “Emergency preparedness is not lim-  across disciplines and  strengthen   ECHO program will include two   jit Mukherjee, MD, Chief, Critical
            ited to one type of threat — it’s about   preparedness across our region,” said   complementary cohorts: A High Con-  Care and Chief, Special Pathogens
            ensuring that we are equipped to re-  Margaret L. Aldrich, MD, Assistant   sequence Infectious Diseases (HCID)   Program,  Bellevue  Hospital.  “This
            spond to whatever our communities   Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric   Preparedness cohort and an All-Haz-  ECHO program supports that work
            face. Through this program, we will   Hospital Epidemiologist, and Proj-  ards cohort. The HCID Preparedness   by extending shared learning across
            strengthen regional collaboration and   ect ECHO Principal Investigator at   cohort will focus on foundational top-  the region.”
            expand practical, real-world learning   Bellevue Hospital. “Through shared   ics such as personal protective equip-  Bellevue  Hospital  serves  as  the
            through shared cases and cross-sector   learning and community, we can   ment,  staffing,  waste  management,   Regional Emerging Special Patho-
            dialogue that improves response ca-  build greater resilience together.”  infection prevention and control best   gens Treatment Center (RESPTC)
            pabilities across the region.”        Bellevue  Hospital  will  lead an   practices,  and  EMS  considerations.   for HHS Region 2, a designation that
                As a leader in emergency pre-  Emergency Preparedness ECHO      The All-Hazards cohort will address   positions the hospital as a regional
            paredness, Bellevue Hospital will   program from January 15, 2026 to   key emergency preparedness priori-  leader  in  preparedness  for HCIDs.
            help establish a trusted, multidisci-  October 31, 2026, delivering 18 vir-  ties — including hurricane prepared-  Through its RESPTC role, Bellevue
            plinary virtual community of practice   tual sessions to strengthen regional   ness, tsunami preparedness, exercises   provides clinical expertise, training,
            grounded in the Project ECHO mod-  readiness through shared learning   and drills, mass casualty events, and   and coordination to support health
            el. The program will bring together   and collaboration. The series will   pediatric considerations — that sup-  care systems across the region in
            public  health  officials,  emergency   include brief workshops and train-  port comprehensive readiness across   preparing for and responding to spe-
            managers, health care organizations,   ings, participant case presentations,   a range of threats.    cial pathogen threats, including the
            and community-based organizations   and facilitated discussion, with guid-  “Emergency preparedness in-  recent training of over 500 health
            to co-design equitable, coordinated,   ance and support from the ECHO   cludes  readiness  for  special  patho-  care  and  public  health  profession-
            and resilient emergency prepared-  Institute. Participants will also have   gens, and that is a core part of   als across four jurisdictions in 2025
            ness and response systems.        access to session recordings and re-  Bellevue Hospital’s role as the Re-  to respond to regional high-conse-
                “Project ECHO gives us the op-  source materials.               gional  Emerging  Special  Pathogens   quence infectious disease threats.

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