Jeff Jacomowitz, Community Contributor

As a journalist who graduated from the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in 1987, Jeff Jacomowitz is an award-winning public and media relations professional who specializes in healthcare and medicine but has worked both in-house and with clients in the fields of information technology, city government and law enforcement, sports, entertainment and publishing for 26 years.

A former radio reporter for WOR, Jeff served as Associate Director of Public Affairs for Continuum Health Partners (Beth Israel Medical Center, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospitals and the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary), now known as Mt. Sinai Health System, for seven years, and represented New York Hospital Queens Presbyterian for two. He has also worked with numerous global healthcare companies including Lumenis and Given Imaging, and helped launch the anti-insomnia drug Lunesta.

Jeff has developed a specialty in representing physicians with their own private practices who are competing for media exposure with doctors working for major hospitals. He also recently represented the New York City Department of Correction to help publicize its positive programs and counter a constant barrage of negative media coverage.

Earlier in his career, Jeff served as National Accounts PR Manager for Industrial Markets at KMPG and Senior Publicist and Director of the Sports Division for the Planned TV Arts at Ruder-Finn Worldwide, the publishing division at the agency. Jeff has placed stories in countless media outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, ABC News, NBC News and WCBS-TV NY.

Currently, Jeff is the Public Relations Director at Centers Health Care, a post-acute healthcare company running over 40 nursing homes and rehabilitation facilities across the northeast.