Marsha Sinanan-Vasishta, DNP, MBA, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, CPXP, FAAN
Marsha Sinanan-Vasishta, DNP, MBA, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, CPXP, FAAN, Chief Nursing Officer, Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West, has been selected as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing (AAN). She was recently inducted during a ceremony that took place at the Academy’s annual Health Policy Conference in Washington.
Academy fellows are inducted in recognition of their extraordinary contributions to improve health locally and globally. With nearly 3,000 fellows, AAN comprises nursing’s most accomplished leaders in policy, research, administration, practice, and academia.
Dr. Sinanan-Vasishta has made many contributions to the nursing profession at Mount Sinai and beyond.
A board certified Nurse Executive, Dr. Sinanan-Vasishta was among the first nurses in the United States to earn Certified Patient Experience Professional certification. She co-chairs the Mount Sinai Health System’s Nurses Against Racism Committee to help create and sustain an anti-racist and equitable organization and foster equitable patient care within the communities served by Mount Sinai.
She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the OKB Hope Foundation, which provides health care access to rural populations in Ghana, Africa. She is also the nurse lead for Mount Sinai International Advisory Team’s collaboration with the government of Guyana, South America, to help improve health outcomes within the Guyana Public Hospital Corporation health system.
Dr. Sinanan-Vasishta serves as a voluntary adjunct faculty member of the Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing. She is also a member of the Transcultural Nursing Society, the American Nurses Association, the American College of Healthcare Executives, and the International Honor Society for Nursing, and she is a Fellow in the New York Academy of Medicine.