How Mount Sinai Is Transforming Geriatrics Training to Close the Workforce Gap
Nick Safian, MD, remembers when his grandparents began showing signs of dementia while he was in college. His family faced difficult decisions about where they would live, how to keep them safe, and how to preserve their independence. He watched the strain on his...
How to Navigate Couples Match for Residency
It began with a shared connection: Jiwoo Park and Daniel Kwon, students at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, met on the second day of orientation. When Ms. Park introduced herself as being from Colorado, her classmates told her she “had to meet Daniel,” who...
Sparking an Interest in Science and Medicine in Youths
It can never be too early to get children interested in the fields of science, medicine, and health care, says Kenya Townsend, Director of the Center for Excellence in Youth Education (CEYE) at Mount Sinai. That has been the mission of the program since its founding...
Department of Emergency Medicine Hosts Inaugural Doctors Award Celebration
The Mount Sinai Department of Emergency Medicine recently hosted the inaugural Emergency Medicine Doctors Awards Celebration. Eighteen emergency medicine doctors from across the Mount Sinai Health System were celebrated. The Emergency Medicine Physician Patient...
Match Day 2026: The Next Step Toward Driving Change
Each student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has their own personal story about what led them to want to become doctors and researchers, but they share a common vision: to improve health care as we currently know it. For this year’s graduating students,...
Advancing Toward Medicine: How Mount Sinai’s MSBS Program Is Shaping a Path to a Physician-Scientist Career
Alexander Forrest is a first-year student in Track 1 of the Master of Science in Biomedical Science program at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai with a concentration in Immunology. In this Q&A, he discusses...
Addressing the Cognition Concerns of Multiple Sclerosis Patients
Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients often worry that the disease will diminish their ability to think and remember, along with their motor skills. Sarah Levy, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, is working to address...
He Was Cured of Cancer at Mount Sinai Two Decades Ago. Now This Actor’s Cancer Experience Informs His Latest Stage Role
Actors often call on their own experiences when developing a character for the stage. But few have the depth of understanding that 21-year head and neck cancer survivor Jay Russell brings to the role of Caesar Rodney in the musical 1776, playing at Paper Mill...
She Didn’t Think Much of the Pain in Her Jaw, But She Was Having a Heart Attack: Doctors Say Don’t Ignore Your Symptoms
When Jessica Rodriguez, 55, experienced sudden, severe jaw pain one evening, she assumed it was related to recent dental work. But as the pain worsened overnight, she trusted her instincts and sought emergency care—a decision that saved her life. At Mount Sinai...