The idea that men often take better care of their cars than their own health led to the recent opening of a sports-themed waiting room at the Milton and Carroll Petrie Department of Urology’s midtown office at 625 Madison Avenue. The special space was designed to serve as a refuge for male patients waiting for a doctor’s appointment or looking for
educational resources on prostate health or men’s health.
Amid the mounted football jerseys belonging to former Super Bowl winners and other framed sports memorabilia featured in the room, male patients can find information on medical services, holistic treatments, or emotional support when dealing with a critical prostate diagnosis.
Ash Tewari, MBBS, MCh, left, and Tom Milana Jr. celebrated the opening of the waiting room with a ribbon-cutting.
The new space was donated by Man Cave Health, Inc., a nonprofit led by philanthropist and Mount Sinai Health System patient Tom Milana Jr., a prostate cancer survivor who recognized the need to raise awareness about the disease and men’s health as he was recovering from his 2016 diagnosis.
At the official ribbon-cutting ceremony in January, Mr. Milana said, “This is a place where men can get educated, screened, and treated for prostate cancer in a welcoming environment. Our goal is to get more men to go to the doctor for their annual screening, which will lead to fewer prostate cancer deaths in this country.”
Mr. Milana’s physician at Mount Sinai, Ash Tewari, MBBS, MCh, the Kyung Hyun Kim, MD Chair in Urology, said, “Men avoid going to the doctor. I think this room makes a difference. They can come here and relax.”
The inspirational message, he added, is about winning at sports and winning the fight against cancer.