The winning team was from the Department of Neurosurgery. From left: Resident Jeffrey T. Gilligan, MD, PGY-3S; Chief Resident Jeremy M. Steinberger, MD, PGY-7S; and team captain Leslie Schlachter, PA, Clinical Director, Neurosurgery
Attendees had fun making free throws and learning about kidney health from members of the Mount Sinai Health System’s Department of Urology at a March Madness-themed Kidney Cancer and Health Fair on Wednesday, March 28.
The event, held in Guggenheim Pavilion, featured a bracket-style free-throw challenge where seven teams of Mount Sinai medical staff competed against each other to raise awareness for kidney cancer. Special guests included former NBA and WNBA players, Earl “the Pearl” Monroe, Kym Hampton, and Albert King. Members of the National Kidney Foundation brought along their red mascot Sidney the Kidney to help educate visitors.
“Kidney disease, as a whole, does not get a lot of attention,” said the event’s organizer 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—one of the largest programs in the nation. “I was motivated to create this campaign to impact public awareness of this pervasive cancer, which affects both men and women.”