NEW Health service expansion continues with new endodontist and Acupuncturist

North End Waterfront Health (NEW Health), a community health center in Boston, announces it is expanding offerings to patients with Acupuncture and its first Endodontist. New patients are being accepted immediately from throughout the City of Boston, with a particular focus on individuals who live or work in the North End, Waterfront and Charlestown neighborhoods of Boston. Patients who live or work in Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett and Somerville are also accepted.

Acupuncture is now available at NEW Health to support the treatment of pain, allergies, immune system problems, and many other health conditions. Gaia Sinatra, DAcHM, LAc, is now on staff and came to acupuncture after more than 20 years in anesthesiology and intensive care medicine. She now combines that clinical experience with acupuncture, electroacupuncture, and Chinese herbal medicine, with a special focus on pain, women’s and reproductive health, internal medicine, and support during cancer care. Sinatra holds a Doctorate of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine from Five Branches University, is licensed in Massachusetts and California, and has completed advanced training in oncology acupuncture with Memorial Sloan Kettering. She also holds a Master’s in Aesthetic Medicine.

NEW Health North End and Charlestown are also marking a significant milestone in the expansion of specialty dental services with the hiring of their first Endodontist, Dr. Garrett Wingrove, DMD, CAGS, MSD. Dr. Wingrove completed his specialty training in endodontics at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, earning a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study (CAGS) and a Master of Science in Dentistry (MSD). Before specializing in endodontics, Dr. Wingrove practiced as a general dentist for seven years. He was recognized by the Massachusetts Dental Society as a Top 10 Under Ten recipient in 2021. He currently serves as Chair-elect of the Boston District Dental Society and chairs the Airway and Sleep Medicine Lecture Track for Yankee Dental Congress. Dr. Wingrove is a local resident of Charlestown.

To support the launch of NEW Health’s first endodontic program, the health center has invested in a state-of-the-art ZEISS EXTARO 300 dental operating microscope to provide complex root canal therapy and retreatment entirely in-house with exceptional precision. Endodontist appointments are available on Wednesdays and Fridays, and can be made by calling 617-643-8070 (North End) or 857-238-1106 (Charlestown).

“This investment reflects NEW Health’s commitment to innovation, expands access to timely specialty care, and brings a level of advanced endodontic treatment that is rarely available within a community health center setting,” said Vincenzo Scibelli, CEO of NEW Health. “Dr. Wingrove and Gaia Sinatra are both incredible additions to our NEW Health clinical staff and will offer even more compassionate, high-quality primary care to all of our patients.”

More information is available at www.newhealthcenter.org.

NEW Health has been serving the North End of Boston and the surrounding community since 1971. In addition to primary care services for all patients, many specialty services are also offered including dental, vision, behavioral health, obstetrics, gynecology, laboratory services and x-ray services. NEW Health is a private, non-profit corporation that is governed by a community-based Board of Directors and licensed by the Department of Public Health. More information at www.newhealthcenter.org, on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.