Dr. Alicia Massop-Flowers
Honoree Profile
Alicia Massop-Flowers, D.O., has worked as a general pediatrician for almost 15 years. Her medical ministry has allowed her to serve the community in the areas of the Bronx, Harlem, and Upper Manhattan. She also serves as an Adjunct Clinical Professor at Touro College of Osteopathic Medical School in Harlem.
Community service is very important to Dr. Massop-Flowers. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Massop-Flowers, along with the Northeastern Conference of SDA, conducted free testing not only for New York City and New York State, but throughout territories of the Northeastern Conference of SDA. She and her team were also asked to conduct COVID-19 testing in the Men’s Shelter in Brooklyn, which they did free of charge.
Dr. Massop-Flowers has a private practice in Springfield Gardens that allows non-patients in the community to get COVID-19 testing at no cost, a practice she continues to this day.
Furthermore, she has joined forces with the New York City Department of Health to provide education on the importance and safety of the vaccines with her practice serving as a vaccination site. Dr. Massop-Flowers is passionate about educating her community and has conducted pop-up COVID-19 vaccine administration at the Laurelton Farmer’s Market.
Her history of community service during times of disaster was recognized during the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, and when she provided medical coordination for the Hurricane Katrina survivors who had migrated to Queens at the Radisson Hotel JFK Airport.
Dr. Massop-Flowers is the product of a Christian education. She attended Westchester Area School, Northeastern Academy, and Oakwood College (now Oakwood University). She majored in Biological Sciences and minored in Chemistry, graduating cum laude in 1996.
In 2002, she obtained her medical degree from New York College of Osteopathic Medicine located in Old Westbury, Long Island. She then completed her pediatric internship and residency training at the Winthrop University Hospital in Mineola. She also served as Pediatric Chief Resident during her final year of residency training, which she completed in 2005.