Community leaders, elected officials, physicians, neighbors, and staff joined executives from The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Queens for a ribbon-cutting ceremony in May to celebrate the official opening of the hospital’s six-story, 140,000-square-foot Ambulatory Pavilion in Astoria. The facility features an expanded Emergency Department, six new operating rooms, state-of-the-art imaging, and outpatient services staffed with primary care physicians, surgeons, and other specialists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The entrance to the Pavilion was dedicated as the Kaufman Astoria Studios Entrance. The Studios, a neighborhood mainstay since 1920, provided support to the Hospital’s building project.
From left: Jimmy Van Bramer, New York City Council; Aravella Simotas, New York State Assembly; Costa Constantinides, New York City Council; David L. Reich, MD, President, The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Queens; Caryn A. Schwab, Executive Director, Mount Sinai Queens; Michael Minikes, Trustee, Mount Sinai Health System; Hal G. Rosenbluth, President and Chief Executive Officer, Kaufman Astoria Studios, Inc.; Michael Gianaris, New York State Senate; and Thomas J. Grech, President and Chief Executive Officer, Queens Chamber of Commerce.