Future of the City: Conversation with NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Michelle Morse

Join the Museum of the City of New York as we commemorate 400+ years of New York City with Future of the City: Conversations with NYC Commissioners to learn about the role and services of key NYC departments. Hear from Dr. Michelle Morse, Commissioner of the Department of Health about the future initiatives and policies to create a healthier city, and the challenges facing NYC in 2025 in a moderated discussion with local NYC journalists.

Co-Presented by the New York City Department of Health.

 

About the Speaker:

Dr. Michelle Morse is the Interim Health Commissioner and Chief Medical Officer of the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC Health). She leads the agency’s work in bridging public health and health care to reduce health inequities and serves as a key liaison to clinicians and clinical leaders across New York City. She previously served as Deputy Commissioner for the Center for Health Equity and Community Wellness where she led place-based and cross-cutting health equity programs.

Dr. Morse is an internal medicine and public health doctor who works to achieve health equity through global solidarity, social medicine and anti-racism education, and activism. She is a general internal medicine physician, part-time hospitalist at Kings County Hospital, Co-Founder of EqualHealth, and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Morse’s continued commitment to advancing health equity and justice is informed by her experience in leadership roles as Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Partners In Heath, as a Soros Equality Fellow launching a global Campaign Against Racism and as a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy fellow with the Ways and Means Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. In 2024, Dr. Morse was named a TIME100Next honoree.

Event Logistics (subject to changed based on NYC regulations):

• Please contact programs@mcny.org with any questions or ticketing issues.
• All sales are final; refunds not permitted. Exchanges and credit for future programs only. Programs and dates may be subject to change. 

General Admission $15, Members $10