Finger Lakes Health Expands Primary Care Team at Seneca Family Health Center in Waterloo

GENEVA — University of Rochester Medicine Finger Lakes Health is continuing to expand access to primary care in Seneca County with the addition of Angela Arbach, MD and Malaika B. Joseph, MD, MSc, to Seneca Family Health Center in Waterloo.

The addition of Dr. Arbach and Dr. Joseph is part of Finger Lakes Health’s continued growth of primary care services throughout the region, providing patients and families with more opportunities to establish a relationship with a primary care provider close to home.

“We’re excited to welcome Dr. Joseph and Dr. Arbach to Seneca Family Health Center,” said Melissa Nault, Chief Clinical Officer, Physicians Network, Finger Lakes Health. “Both physicians bring impressive experience and a strong commitment to patient-centered care. Their addition allows us to serve more patients in the Waterloo community while continuing to build a primary care team that patients can rely on throughout their healthcare journey.”

Dr. Angela Arbach is a board-certified internal medicine physician who brings extensive experience in both hospital and community-based medicine to Seneca Family Health Center.

She completed her internal medicine residency at New York University, where she participated in the primary care residency track. Her training included experiences at Bellevue Hospital, NYU Langone Hospital, and the Manhattan Veterans Affairs Medical Center. She earned her medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College, where she completed the Global Health Curriculum and cofounded the first student-run human rights clinic at a US medical school.

Prior to joining Finger Lakes Health, Dr. Arbach served as an attending hospitalist with the Syracuse VA Medical Center, caring for hospitalized veterans and supervising and teaching resident physicians. She was also a hospitalist at Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca, where she served as an associate program director for the internal medicine residency.

Dr. Malaika Joseph joins Seneca Family Health Center following residency training in family medicine at UPMC Altoona, where she also completed training in lifestyle medicine. She recently completed a fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Care at UPMC Altoona.

She earned her Doctor of Medicine and Master’s in Biomedical Research from St. George’s University in Grenada. Her training and professional experiences have included a focus on preventive health, lifestyle medicine and whole-person care.

Dr. Joseph is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Lifestyle Medicine, and Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, among other professional organizations.

The addition of Dr. Joseph and Dr. Arbach builds on the continued growth of Finger Lakes Health’s primary care services throughout Ontario, Seneca, Wayne and Yates counties.

Patients who receive care through Seneca Family Health Center also have access to the broader network of University of Rochester Medicine Finger Lakes Health, including hospital, diagnostic and specialty services that will all be connected through the MyChart patient portal as of Nov 1. 

Seneca Family Health Center, 367A East Main Street, Waterloo, is accepting patients of all ages. Call 315-787-4977 or visit flhealth.org.