The Mount Sinai Health System Division of Nephrology recently opened the Mount Sinai Kidney Center at East River Plaza, located at East 117th Street in East Harlem. (See photo). The 18,000-square-foot facility—which replaces The Mount Sinai Hospital’s dialysis clinic on East 94th Street—offers patients a complete range of services, including hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and home hemodialysis. It features a state-of-the-art water filtration system, an increased number of stations, and easy access to public transportation. In addition, space has been allocated for an interventional suite to perform radiological procedures on-site.
On the same day, Mount Sinai held a ribbon-cutting to launch a new Home Hemodialysis Program that is available to physically able patients undergoing in-center hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. After four to five weeks of individualized training, patients are sent home with an easy-to-operate home dialysis machine.