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Dr. Chartrand Sethi is passionate about helping families of children with developmental and behavioral difficulties understand their child's diagnosis, comprehend how this diagnosis was made, and learn ways to manage the condition in all aspects of the child's life. After graduating from medical school, Dr. Chartrand Sethi completed her residency in pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medical Center. She then pursued fellowship training in developmental-behavioral medical center at Cohen Children's Medical Center-Northwell Health. After fellowship, she worked at Flushing Hospital Medical Center evaluating children with a variety of developmental conditions. She opened her private practice in 2021. Dr. Chartrand Sethi is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in General Pediatrics and Develomental-Behavioral Pediatrics.

• Leonid Iskhakov graduate of York College Physician Assistant Program Cum Laude in 2008
• 10 years of Neurology experience with specialty in Botox injection for treatment of Migraines and cervical dystonia.
• Additionally perform Trigger Point injections and numerous Nerve Blocks 
• Current active member of American Academy of Neurology and American Association of Physician Assistants  

David T. Jacobs, MD, DABR, DABVLM, has devoted his medical career to treating venous disease. Based in Rockville Centre, New York, this fellowship-trained, board-certified vein and vascular specialist personally handles all cases at his practice South Shore Vein and Aesthetic Medicine – the only dedicated vein practice on the south shore of Nassau County. 

Dr. David T. Jacobs holds dual board certifications in radiology and phlebology (vein medicine), a certification held by fewer than 900 physicians in the United States.

A born-and-raised New Yorker, Dr. David T. Jacobs attended medical school at the New York University School of Medicine.

Before opening his own practice, Dr. Jacobs completed a residency and fellowship in diagnostic and interventional radiology at SUNY Downstate/Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn. He acted as Chief Resident in Interventional Radiology, and completed an additional fellowship specifically focused on vascular malformations at the Medical College of Wisconsin, training with world experts in the field.

Dr. David T. Jacobs has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and is the author of a chapter on vascular malformations in a newly published textbook – Interventional Radiology: Fundamentals of Clinical Practice. He is a member of the American Vein and Lymphatic Society (formerly the American Board of Venous and Lymphatic Medicine), the American College of Radiology, the American Board of Radiology, the American Medical Association, and Radiological Society of North America.

At The Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center (JPAFHC), we believe healthcare should be accessible, compassionate, and centered around you. With locations in Red Hook, Brooklyn, and Arverne, Far Rockaway, and Jamaica, Queens, our experienced team provides comprehensive services designed to support the whole person and improve long-term health outcomes.

For nearly 40 years, we have proudly served the communities of Southeast Queens and Red Hook, Brooklyn, providing high-quality, community-based healthcare for generations of families. As a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), we are committed to expanding access to coordinated, patient-centered care regardless of a patient’s ability to pay. 

At JPAFHC, we deliver integrated, whole-person care that combines medical, behavioral, dental, and supportive services under one healthcare network. Our care model focuses on prevention, early intervention, chronic disease management, and wellness while building strong relationships with the communities we serve.

We are committed to providing culturally responsive care rooted in compassion, dignity, equity, and respect.

We provide a wide range of primary and preventive care services at JPAFHC, including routine checkups and physicals, as well as specialized care such as chronic disease management. We also provide women's health and family planning services, pediatric care, and dental and oral health services for the whole family. Patients also have access to behavioral health, podiatry, and pharmacy services at JPAFHC, and telehealth appointments are available to help make patient care more accessible. 

Whether you are managing a chronic condition, prioritizing preventive care, seeking behavioral health support, or navigating important life changes, our team works alongside you to develop a personalized care plan that supports your physical, emotional, and social well-being.

At JPAFHC, we are proud to be part of the communities we serve and remain committed to helping individuals and families live healthier lives for years to come.

Call 718-945-7150 or book online to schedule an appointment, consultation, or telehealth visit. 

At The Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center (JPAFHC), we believe healthcare should be accessible, compassionate, and centered around you. With locations in Red Hook, Brooklyn, and Arverne, Far Rockaway, and Jamaica, Queens, our experienced team provides comprehensive services designed to support the whole person and improve long-term health outcomes.

For nearly 40 years, we have proudly served the communities of Southeast Queens and Red Hook, Brooklyn, providing high-quality, community-based healthcare for generations of families. As a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), we are committed to expanding access to coordinated, patient-centered care regardless of a patient’s ability to pay. 

At JPAFHC, we deliver integrated, whole-person care that combines medical, behavioral, dental, and supportive services under one healthcare network. Our care model focuses on prevention, early intervention, chronic disease management, and wellness while building strong relationships with the communities we serve.

We are committed to providing culturally responsive care rooted in compassion, dignity, equity, and respect.

We provide a wide range of primary and preventive care services at JPAFHC, including routine checkups and physicals, as well as specialized care such as chronic disease management. We also provide women's health and family planning services, pediatric care, and dental and oral health services for the whole family. Patients also have access to behavioral health, podiatry, and pharmacy services at JPAFHC, and telehealth appointments are available to help make patient care more accessible. 

Whether you are managing a chronic condition, prioritizing preventive care, seeking behavioral health support, or navigating important life changes, our team works alongside you to develop a personalized care plan that supports your physical, emotional, and social well-being.

At JPAFHC, we are proud to be part of the communities we serve and remain committed to helping individuals and families live healthier lives for years to come.

Call 718-945-7150 or book online to schedule an appointment, consultation, or telehealth visit. 

Daniela Atanassova-Lineva, MD, is dedicated to the health of children and families at Peds For Kids in Rego Park, New York. A Board-Certified Pediatrician and a fellow of the Academy of Pediatrics’ section of Adolescent medicine, she was named among America’s top Pediatricians for 13 years running. Born in Bulgaria, she showed passion about medicine at an early age and pursued it with dedication and perseverance. Dr. Atanassova-Lineva started her elementary education in Kenitra, Morocco where she attended Lycee Francais. She graduated from High School as Valedictorian from the most prestigious High School in her native town Russe, Bulgaria, "The International School of Foreign Languages."

Dr. Atanassova-Lineva’s areas of clinical interest span Emergency Medicine, Pediatric Primary Care, and Adolescent Medicine, as well as asthma disease, allergic disorders, obesity, nutrition, and dermatology, integrated with aesthetic medicine. As a Pediatric Specialist, her emphasis remains on prevention for the young, younger, and youngest of patients. She received certifications in  Aesthetic Medicine in 2016 and in Obesity Medicine from Harvard University in 2019.

Dr. Atanassova-Lineva has practiced Pediatric and Emergency Medicine for more than 20 years. As a veteran Pediatrician, she has seen how parents’ health affects children. Her new focus is extending her practice to encompass treatment for the entire family by offering group counseling and telehealth medicine and remaining in close contact with the parents of her patients regardless of distance, location and time zone difference.

Earning a maximum medical school admittance score, Dr. Atanassova-Lineva won acceptance to Varna Medical University in Bulgaria where she earned her medical degree. She then completed a Pediatric residency at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, affiliated with Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, New York. 

She remained  an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Hospital’s Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine  for more than 15 years where she instructed medical students and pediatric residents. Currently she teaches the Stony Brook University PA students by percepting  their clinical rotations in Pediatrics at her private office. In addition, Dr. Atanassova-Lineva maintains affiliations with the prestigious NorthWell Children's Hospital in Long Island, NewYork Presbyterian-Queens Hospital,  and Mount Sinai Hospital, Manhattan.

With diverse interests in Medicine, Dr. Atanassova-Lineva has published scholarly articles on the subjects of obesity, nutrition, sports medicine and children with cleft lip and palate. Shortly after graduating from Medical University she led research in neuroscience and child's psychiatry.

In 2016 Dr Atanassova-Lineva lost her 20 year old daughter Stefani Lineva ( a division 1 Tennis player in pre-med College) in a hit and run accident. The tragedy inspired her to create a Non for Profit Organization in memory of her beloved Stefani, "Stefani Forever 20 ". Together with her son Daniel she became the CEO of this organization with the Mission to promote the game of tennis to all unprivileged children in the World.

Volunteering has always come naturally to Dr. Atanassova-Lineva and she has been donating her time helping children in Nepal, India, Nicaragua, Honduras, Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala and Ecuador.

Fluent in five languages, Dr. Atanassova-Lineva has delivered numerous presentations at the Eastern European Meetings of Pediatrics, has numerous TV presentations on TV5Monde in Paris, France, Telemundo TV channel in New York, Bulgarian and Russian Radio Stations and the International Pediatric Association honored Dr. Atanassova-Lineva as a leading physician of the World and top pediatrician in Queens, New York. The following year, she was recognized with a Patients’ Choice Award. In 2018 Dr. Atanassova -Lineva was honored to cut the ribbon of the newly renovated Pediatric Clinic of Gotham Health and Hospital Corporations in Jackson Heights, NY. The International Association of Top Professionals honored Dr. Atanassova-Lineva  as the “Top Pediatrician of the Year for 2022”.  At the International Business Excellence Awards in 2023, Dr. Atanassova-Lineva was honored with the “Lifetime Achievement in Pediatric Medical Care Award”.

Dr. Atanassova-Lineva appeared at the front page of the IAOTP magazine in 2022 and in 25 A Magazine, Long Island, NY where she published articles about the success of her achievements.

Luis Velasquez, MD, Director of Pediatrics at Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, which has locations in Arverne, Far Rockaway, Brooklyn, and Jamaica, New York. He joined the pediatrics medical care team in 2010.

Dr. Velasquez graduated Cum Laude from the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education at the City College of New York, and thereafter, from SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. His post-graduate training includes Preliminary Medicine at Staten Island University Hospital, Anesthesia and Pediatrics at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. He also took courses in Medical Health Administration at Bellevue University.

During his tenure at Addabbo, Dr. Velasquez has served as an EclinicalWorks (EMR) SuperUser, Member and Co-chair of the Addabbo Risk Management Committee, Chairman of the Quality Assurance and Improvement Committee, Acting Chief Medical Officer, and Associate Medical Director. Among his many credentials, Dr. Velasquez holds Certifications in Ambulatory Care Level 1 and 2 Risk Management, Opioid Prescribing Program 1 and 2, Infectious Control, Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and Neonatal Advanced Life Support (NALS) and Conscious Sedation. Among his many organizational memberships, he is a Diplomat, American Board of Pediatrics, a member of the International Pediatric Association, and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Dr. Velasquez was born and raised in Bushwick, Brooklyn, in a closely-knit but not affluent family. His dad worked in a factory making beach umbrellas, and his mom was a stay-at-home mom so she could be there with him and for his sister. He remembers “growing up not necessarily having everything everyone else did, including access to medical care.” Because of his upbringing, Dr. Velasquez feels a special connection to many of his pediatric patients at Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center.

He enjoys working at Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center because he enjoys helping others and making a difference in the lives of Addabbo children – one child at a time. He enjoys watching his patients grow up, year after year, and become individuals. Combining his love for biology and children, Dr. Velasquez believes that his career as a pediatrician is the very best of both worlds.

He speaks fluent Spanish and English, a “teeny” little bit of Arabic, and in his spare time, enjoys landscape and portrait sketching, watercolor, creative writing, nature, horror/occult and Sci-Fi fiction, multi-cultural music and foods, travel, and sightseeing.

Lesleyann Velilla is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner with experience in primary care, urgent care, pediatric acute and chronic care, newborn care, and nursing leadership. Her clinical background includes caring for children across a range of settings and supporting families through preventive, acute, and ongoing healthcare needs.

Velilla earned her Master of Science in Nursing in Pediatric Acute/Chronic Care from the University of Pennsylvania and holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from New York University. Her training includes pediatric acute and chronic care experiences at leading children's hospitals and community-based programs. She is certified as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in Acute Care and is proficient in Spanish.

Her professional experience includes pediatric primary care, urgent care, newborn nursery care, and hospital-based pediatric services. She has performed comprehensive assessments, developmental screening, diagnostic evaluation, treatment planning, patient and family education, and care coordination. Velilla brings a strong combination of pediatric clinical experience, critical thinking, and family-centered communication to the care of children and adolescents.

At The Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center (JPAFHC), we believe healthcare should be accessible, compassionate, and centered around you. With locations in Red Hook, Brooklyn, and Arverne, Far Rockaway, and Jamaica, Queens, our experienced team provides comprehensive services designed to support the whole person and improve long-term health outcomes.

For nearly 40 years, we have proudly served the communities of Southeast Queens and Red Hook, Brooklyn, providing high-quality, community-based healthcare for generations of families. As a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), we are committed to expanding access to coordinated, patient-centered care regardless of a patient’s ability to pay. 

At JPAFHC, we deliver integrated, whole-person care that combines medical, behavioral, dental, and supportive services under one healthcare network. Our care model focuses on prevention, early intervention, chronic disease management, and wellness while building strong relationships with the communities we serve.

We are committed to providing culturally responsive care rooted in compassion, dignity, equity, and respect.

We provide a wide range of primary and preventive care services at JPAFHC, including routine checkups and physicals, as well as specialized care such as chronic disease management. We also provide women's health and family planning services, pediatric care, and dental and oral health services for the whole family. Patients also have access to behavioral health, podiatry, and pharmacy services at JPAFHC, and telehealth appointments are available to help make patient care more accessible. 

Whether you are managing a chronic condition, prioritizing preventive care, seeking behavioral health support, or navigating important life changes, our team works alongside you to develop a personalized care plan that supports your physical, emotional, and social well-being.

At JPAFHC, we are proud to be part of the communities we serve and remain committed to helping individuals and families live healthier lives for years to come.

Call 718-945-7150 or book online to schedule an appointment, consultation, or telehealth visit.