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“Fabulous and Fighting” Brings Fashion to Cancer Patients

Nov 19, 2018 | Community, Patient Stories

Executive Director, Bethany Heinrich, left, with Sandy Lansinger, Patient Navigator at The Blavatnik Family – Chelsea Medical Center at Mount Sinai.

Patient Inez West models her selections from Fabulous and Fighting

More than 30 patients from the Women’s Cancer Program at The Blavatnik Family – Chelsea Medical Center at Mount Sinai attended a designer clothing “pop-up shop” on Friday, October 12, sponsored by the nonprofit group Fabulous and Fighting.

At the event, each woman picked out two free items of clothing donated by fashion houses in the New York City area and received free books and journals on breast cancer.

Fabulous and Fighting was created after Bethany Heinrich, Executive Director and Co-Founder, helped her mother navigate cancer treatments and noted that as patients’ weight fluctuated, they had trouble affording new, fashionable clothes that fit.

The nonprofit aims to empower women and boost their confidence as they face the challenges of cancer.

New Sculpture in Hess Center

Nov 9, 2018 | Community

A dynamic 16-foot sculpture by the renowned American artist Joel Shapiro now stands in the lobby of the Leon and Norma Hess Center for Science and Medicine on the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai campus.

Installed in June, the expressive, brightly colored sculpture in painted aluminum was a gift from Mount Sinai Trustee Arne Glimcher, who commissioned it for the Hess Center.

Mr. Shapiro’s sculptures and paintings are on display in collections belonging to prestigious museums in the United States and throughout the world, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York; the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; the Tate Gallery in London; the Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris; and the Moderna Museet in Stockholm.

Celebrating a 50th Anniversary

Nov 5, 2018 | Alumni, Community

Hillary Corwin, Development and Fundraising Associate, Office of Alumni Relations,offered cake and cupcakes as part of the 50th anniversary celebration.

Hundreds of 50th anniversary branded T-shirts and nylon bags, along with cake and cupcakes, were handed out by the Office of Alumni Relations on Friday, October 19, to commemorate the dedication of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, as it was known half a century ago. The event took place in the Annenberg North Lobby, where attendees could also visit a 50th anniversary historical display and “A Year in the Life of a Student: 1968 and 2018” exhibit sponsored by The Arthur H. Aufses, Jr. MD Archives & Mount Sinai Records Management Program.

A Team Approach at the Mount Sinai Thyroid Center at Union Square

Nov 5, 2018 | Community

A ribbon-cutting held Monday, October 15, celebrated the new Mount Sinai Thyroid Center at Union Square. Today, the Center offers patients a unified team approach to treatment of all thyroid conditions—all in one convenient location—allowing endocrinologists and surgeons to collaborate with colleagues in pathology, nuclear medicine, oncology, and other specialties.

Attendees included, from left : Terry Davies, MD, Co-Director of the Thyroid Center; Mark Urken, MD, Director, Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, Mount Sinai Beth Israel; Maria Del Pilar Brito, MD, Director of the Thyroid Center; 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; William Inabnet III, MD, Chair of Surgery, Mount Sinai Beth Israel; and Matthew Weissman, MD, MBA, Chair of Medicine, Mount Sinai Beth Israel. Not pictured: Barbara Murphy, MD, Chair of the Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine.

Nurses Salute Physicians Who Excel as Partners in Care

Nov 5, 2018 | Community, Featured

From left: Laura Stark, DNP, RN; Frances Cartwright, PhD, RN-BC; Tao Xu, MD; Gregory Serrao, MD; and Judah Sueker, MD.

Before an enthusiastic audience of faculty and staff, and family and friends, 13 physicians at The Mount Sinai Hospital were honored by nurse colleagues and Nursing leadership with the 31st Annual Physician of the Year Award. The ceremony, held Tuesday, September 25, at Stern Auditorium, is a yearly salute to physicians who excel in patient care and foster strong collaborative partnerships with nurses.

“All of the award winners are partners in care and have earned the respect and appreciation of the Mount Sinai community of nurses,” said Frances Cartwright, PhD, RN-BC, Edgar M. Cullman, Sr. Chair of the Department of Nursing, and Chief Nursing Officer and Senior Vice President for Patient Care Services, The Mount Sinai Hospital.

Nurses showed their appreciation of the award winners with speeches, videos, and PowerPoint presentations, set to pop music and filled with accolades like these: excellent communicator, team player, compassionate, hands-on, forward-thinking, engaged, approachable, and thorough in patient care. Gregory Serrao, MD, who won the Fellow Award, thanked the nurses he works with at Mount Sinai Heart, saying, “They have become friends, they have become mentors, and they are living examples of what it means to always put patients first.

David L. Reich, MD, President and Chief Operating Officer, The Mount Sinai Hospital, said: “Every physician who was nominated by Mount Sinai nurses should feel a tremendous sense of pride for cultivating patient-care teams that promote clinical excellence.”

The 2018 honorees were:

House Officer Award

Judah Sueker, MD, Chief Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine

Fellow Award

Gregory Serrao, MD, Mount Sinai Heart

Attending Award

Tao Xu, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hospital Medicine)

Special Recognition Award

TeamSTEPPS Stroke Team, Department of Neurology: Benjamin Brush, MD; Bradley Delman, MD; Gregory Fernandez, MD; Andy Jagoda, MD; Cappi Lay, MD; Peter Shearer, MD; Hazem Shoirah, MD; Paul Singh, MD, MPH; Laura Stein, MD; Judah Sueker, MD; Stanley Tuhrim, MD.

From left: Tara Roche, RN; Laura Stark, DNP, RN; Hazem Shoirah; MD; Danielle Wheelwright, RN; Cappi Lay, MD; Frances Cartwright, PhD, RN-BC; Laura Stein, MD; Stanley Tuhrim, MD; Bradley Delman, MD; Judah Sueker, MD; and Paul Singh, MD.

Albert Siu, MD, MSPH, Elected to the National Academy of Medicine

Nov 5, 2018 | Community, Featured

Albert Siu, MD, MSPH

Albert Siu, MD, MSPH, chair emeritus of the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. This is considered one of the highest honors in health and medicine, and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.

“Dr. Siu is an exceptional leader in health policy research and medicine,” says 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. “His knowledge of aging and health care policy will be a tremendous asset to the National Academy of Medicine.”

After serving as the chair from 2003 to 2017 of the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, the nation’s first—and now largest—medical school department of geriatrics, Dr. Siu has dedicated himself full time to building and leading the nation’s most ambitious Hospital at Home program. Under Dr. Siu’s leadership, and with the support of an award from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, the program has provided acute hospital-level care for nearly 800 patients who otherwise would have been treated in the hospital.

“The Hospital at Home program has made a huge improvement in patients’ lives,” says Dr. Charney. “Its clinical outcomes show measurable reductions in patient readmissions, emergency department visits, and transfers to skilled nursing facilities.”

The Academy provides independent, objective analysis and advice on health issues, and its members are elected through a selective process. With the election of Dr. Siu, Mount Sinai has 21 current faculty members in the Academy.