Walk4Hearing Raises Donations and Awareness

Oct 9, 2017 | Community

More than 30 participants from the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai (NYEE) joined thousands of colleagues, friends, and fellow New Yorkers at the Hearing Loss Association for America (HLAA) Walk4Hearing, held on Sunday, September 24, in Riverside Park. Since 2006, HLAA has raised more than $12 million with the goal of increasing public awareness about hearing loss and eradicating stigmas associated with it. This year, NYEE’s Ear Institute surpassed its goal, raising more than $4,000, and as a member of the Walk4Hearing Alliance—a group of local organizations fund-raising for HLAA— the Institute will be allowed to keep some of the money to purchase and maintain loaner hearing aids for adult and pediatric patients.

Cholesterol Fairs Foster Heart Health

Oct 9, 2017 | Cardiology, Community

From left: Michelle Milano, RN; Rose Destina, RN; and Robin Knox, RN, of the Arrhythmia Institute at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, provided health screenings at the Cholesterol Fair.

“Keeping your cholesterol levels healthy is a great way to lower your chances of getting heart disease or having a stroke. But first, you have to know your numbers,” says Joan E. Joseph, MHA, BSN, RN, Nurse Manager of the Arrhythmia Institute at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, an organizer of the Mount Sinai Health System’s annual Cholesterol Fair. On Friday, September 15, more than 130 people attended the event at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, which was one of five held that day at Health System hospitals. Participants received free cholesterol, blood pressure, and body mass index screenings along with counseling on how to manage overall heart health. Also, nutritionists provided cooking tips, and pharmacists advised on the use and storage of medications. Ms. Joseph says, “With these fairs, we work toward helping our corner of the world become healthier.”

Facts and Fun in a Visit to Mount Sinai Beth Israel

Oct 9, 2017 | Community, Pediatrics

Mount Sinai Beth Israel’s Pediatric Short Stay Unit received a few special guests in May— kindergarteners from Chelsea’s PS 33 who were studying a “Med School” curriculum—and more visits from the school are on the agenda for this academic year. “I was giving Biology 101 lessons to these children, and they were eating it up,” says C. Anthoney Lim, MD, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Director of the Pediatric Emergency Department at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, which includes the Short Stay Unit for young patients who require less than 48 hours of hospitalization. Along with their biology lesson, students received new bike helmets and toured an ambulance and the emergency room. In June, the Unit received a second visit from PS 33 when fifth graders came bearing goodie bags filled with books and coloring activities for pediatric patients.

Kindergarteners from PS 33 in Chelsea were doctors-in-training during their visit to Mount Sinai Beth Israel.

The kindergarten class explored an ambulance.

Push-Up Challenge for Prostate Health

Oct 9, 2017 | Community, Featured

Dennis S. Charney, MD, center, flanked by the female and male winners, Mena Singh and Paul L. Shay, MD, and surrounded by the top team, the Finance Department.

Goals were set, and exceeded, by the Mount Sinai community at the Third Annual Push-Up for Prostate Cancer Challenge. The event on Wednesday, September 6, in the Guggenheim Pavilion, drew attention to men’s health and Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, also offering cancer screenings and risk consultations.

Marley Akonnor, Year One Coordinator, Department of Medical Education, at the Push-Up Challenge with Jamie Barnett, a trainer from New York Sports Clubs.

“Every year about 26,000 men die of prostate cancer in the United States,” said Ash Tewari, MBBS, MCh, the Kyung Hyun Kim, MD Chair in Urology, Mount Sinai Health System, who led the event. To raise awareness of that number, he asked the crowd to do at least 26 pushups—at the event or any other venue—and post a video or photo on social media. He also challenged the 195 staffers in the competition to collectively do 5,000 push-ups—as a “gift” to 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. Dr. Charney won the contest in its first year, but did not compete last year because he was recovering from a grave injury.

“A year ago, I couldn’t do one push-up. I was just getting out of the ICU,” Dr. Charney said. “I could not have made the recovery that I did without the support of the Mount Sinai students, the Mount Sinai faculty and staff, literally everybody who works here.”

Dr. Charney did 86 push-ups at this year’s event, and the competitors delivered their gift and more—performing 10,284. The first-place team trophy went to employees in the Department of Finance at The Mount Sinai Hospital, who did 860 push-ups. Paul L. Shay, MD, PGY-3 in Plastic Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, came in first among men with 168 push-ups. Mena Singh, a Senior Accountant in Finance, was first among women, with 99 push-ups.

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Building the Talent Pipeline in Health Care Administration

Oct 9, 2017 | Community

Jessie Fields, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (third from left), and Theresa Mack, MD, MPH, Medical Director at a Mount Sinai Doctors Faculty Practice in Harlem (fourth from left), with Office for Diversity and Inclusion summer interns and staff.

This summer, several Mount Sinai Health System departments—through the Office for Diversity and Inclusion’s (ODI) talent pipeline program—hosted and supported 34 interns who aspire to careers in health care administration. High school, college, and graduate students gained exposure in areas including medicine; patient experience; real estate services; information technology (IT); and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender health. The Institute for Diversity in Health Management and the America Needs You Fellowship Program joined longstanding partner organizations All Stars Project, Inc.; Greater New York Hospital Association; and Prep for Prep in identifying students of underrepresented backgrounds in health care for these hands-on opportunities. “This year marked the second year of our IT Talent Pipeline Program for high school juniors and the launch of a new, structured experience for all our interns,” says Shana Dacon, Assistant Director, ODI. “Our programs continue to expand, and interns came from a diverse set of backgrounds and experiences, including Jim Arbalaez, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who interned in Mount Sinai West’s Environmental Health & Safety Department.” In addition to their assignments, interns toured the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center and a Mount Sinai Doctors Faculty Practice clinic, and a Mount Sinai Doctors Faculty Practice clinic, and attended panels featuring Mount Sinai Health System leaders. Says Adetokunbo Oseni, a Master’s degree candidate at George Mason University, in Fairfax, Virginia, of his experience: “I’m inspired to be a lifelong learner. I’ve learned it is OK not to know everything—as long as you are comfortable asking questions and are willing to learn.”

Mount Sinai Celebrates Fifth Year as Medical Services Provider at US Open

Sep 28, 2017 | Community

From left: Melissa Leber, MD, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, and Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; with James N. Gladstone, MD; and Alexis Chiang Colvin, MD.

Physicians and staff from the Mount Sinai Health System’s departments of Orthopaedics, Radiology, Rehabilitiation Medicine, and Dermatology were on hand to help the United States Tennis Association (USTA) kick off the 2017 US Open at a two-day event at the South Street Seaport in August. Amid the live entertainment, culinary tastings, and appearances by professional tennis players at the special US Open Experience, Mount Sinai’s physicians and staff shared information about the Health System’s clinical services and handed out branded towels, tennis balls, individual hand sanitizers, and water bottles.

For the fifth consecutive year, the Mount Sinai Health System has served as the official medical services provider to the USTA. As in prior years, physicians from Mount Sinai’s departments of Orthopaedics and Radiology provided onsite medical care to tennis players during the US Open. In addition, Mount Sinai’s Alexis Chiang Colvin, MD, Associate Professor, Sports Medicine, Chief Medical Officer,USTA; and James N. Gladstone, MD, Co-Director of Sports Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, serve year-round as medical advisors to the US Fed Cup Team and US Davis Cup Team, respectively.

 

 

Members of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine joined Chair Joseph Herrera, DO, fourth from left, in kicking off the US Open at the South Street Seaport. From left: Ana Pena, Program Director; Aditya Raghunandan, MD, PGY3; Jonathan Ramin, MD, PGY2; Andrew Delgado, MS, Research Coordinator; and Gerardo Miranda-Comas, MD, Director, Sports Medicine Fellowship program.