Ketan K. Badani, MD, left, urged on competitors during the free throw challenge.
More than 200 individuals participated in the Annual Kidney Cancer and Kidney Health Fair, a March Madness-themed event organized by Ash Tewari, MBBS, MCh, the Kyung Hyun Kim, MD Chair in Urology, and Ketan K. Badani, MD, Professor of Urology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Director of the Comprehensive Kidney Cancer Program at the Mount Sinai Health System.
The event, held Wednesday, March 27, in Guggenheim Pavilion, featured faculty and staff competing in a bracket-style free throw challenge to help raise awareness about kidney health and kidney cancer. Dennis S. Charney, MD, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and President for Academic Affairs, Mount Sinai Health System, kicked off the day’s activities. A team from the Department of Psychiatry won the free throw competition.