Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Community
Joanne Meyer, PharmD, MS, with John Manzo, PharmD, Chair, NYSCHP Research and Education Foundation.
Joanne Meyer, PharmD, MS, Chief Pharmacy Officer, Mount Sinai Health System, was recently honored by the New York State Council of Health-System Pharmacists (NYSCHP) Research and Education Foundation for exemplary leadership.
Dr. Meyer received the Bernard Mehl Leadership Award for her “high-caliber contributions” in leading health-system pharmacy practice and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration to advance safety practices. The late Dr. Mehl was the distinguished longtime Director of Pharmacy at The Mount Sinai Hospital and a renowned innovator, educator, and mentor.
“I sincerely trust that Dr. Mehl and his wife, Florence, would be proud and gratified that my leadership team and I have perpetuated his legacy of achieving quality pharmaceutical care at Mount Sinai,” Dr. Meyer said at an awards dinner held during the NYSCHP Annual Assembly.
Also recognized for research and clinical excellence were two Mount Sinai Beth Israel individuals. Victoria Huang, PharmD, Pharmacy Resident, received the Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Research Award; and Nikki Bhogal, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacy Manager, Transitions of Care, was honored with the Clinical Pharmacy Services Research Award and the Seymour & Elizabeth Katz Memorial Fund Award.
Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Community
Third-year medical students at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai recently participated in an educational competition—modeled after the popular television show Shark Tank—to develop and pitch novel interventions to a panel of judges for issues involving patient safety and quality improvement. The activity, created in 2016 by the Department of Medical Education, aims to teach leadership, team building, and collaboration skills to medical students.
Two winning teams were selected. Judges Marc Napp, MD, and Barbara Barnett, MD, joined 10 students from one winning team who had developed a novel strategy for transitioning patients from discharge to follow-up care. Dr. Napp is Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs, and Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Mount Sinai Health System. Dr. Barnett is Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, and Medicine (General Internal Medicine), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Cardiology, Community
Annapoorna S. Kini, MD
In a ceremony held on Ellis Island in May, Annapoorna S. Kini, MD, Zena and Michael A. Wiener Professor of Medicine and Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at The Mount Sinai Hospital, was among an esteemed group of recipients of the 2017 Ellis Island Medal of Honor. The award exalts the immigrant experience and recognizes individuals who impart their unique talents and wealth of knowledge to the American public.
Dr. Kini is a native of Mangaluru—also known as Mangalore— India, and has been a vital member of the Mount Sinai community for two decades. A renowned cardiologist, she performs more minimally invasive coronary procedures than any female interventionist in the United States, with a complication rate of less than .5 percent. “Through Dr. Kini’s joint-leadership, the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory of Mount Sinai Heart offers patients unparalleled excellence and safety in interventional cardiology care. We congratulate her on this honor,” 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.
Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Community
Mount Sinai nurses provided valuable information on blood pressure maintenance and stroke prevention.
During National High Blood Pressure Education Month and American Stroke Month in May, Mount Sinai Heart, the Cerebrovascular Center, and the Department of Neurology sponsored an awareness event in the Guggenheim Pavilion. Attendees had their blood pressure screened, walked through an oversized, inflatable heart and brain, and received the latest information about stroke prevention and treatments.
“Stroke is the leading cause of long-term disability in the United States. By controlling blood pressure and diabetes, and not smoking, many strokes can be avoided,” says J Mocco, MD, MS, Professor and Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Neurosurgery, and Director of the Cerebrovascular Center, The Mount Sinai Hospital. “The past few years have seen tremendous advances in the treatment of strokes. It is important that patients know the warning signs and get to a doctor right away.”
Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Cancer, Community
From left to right: Michael McCarry, Senior Vice President, Perioperative Services, Mount Sinai Health System; Elisa R. Port, MD, Chief of Breast Surgery, Director of the Dubin Breast Center; Mount Sinai Trustee Eva Andersson-Dubin, MD; and David L. Reich, MD, President, The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Queens.
Leaders of The Mount Sinai Hospital held a ribbon cutting on Wednesday, April 5, to celebrate the newly redesigned Dubin Pre-Operative Unit, an inviting area on the seventh floor of the Guggenheim Pavilion with five private rooms where patients can prepare for surgery at the Dubin Breast Center. The Unit was established through the generosity of Mount Sinai Trustees Eva Andersson-Dubin, MD, and Glenn Dubin. The rooms reflect the same soothing décor found at the Dubin Breast Center and provide patients with a place where they can register for surgery, change their clothes, store their belongings, and speak privately with members of their care team before going into surgery.
Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Community
Frances Cartwright, PhD, RN-BC, and David L. Reich, MD, back row, sixth and eighth from the left, respectively, gathered with all of the recipients of the 36th Annual Excellence in Nursing Practice Awards.
“We celebrate the heart of Mount Sinai, the Department of Nursing,” said David L. Reich, MD, President of The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Queens, at the 36th Annual Excellence in Nursing Practice Awards ceremony on Tuesday, May 9. The event, held in Stern Auditorium during National Nurses Week, honored 15 individuals who were nominated by their peers for their leadership skills and support of excellence in patient care. Mount Sinai Trustee Edgar M. Cullman, Jr. congratulated the honorees and told them they were “excellent every day.”
Magnet Nurse of the Year winner, Agnieszka Mieczkowska, RNC, BSN, first became affiliated with Mount Sinai as a 16-year-old volunteer. “I am accepting this award on behalf of all Magnet nurses at Mount Sinai,” she said. “We are all in this together.”
The Mount Sinai Hospital held a series of activities during National Nurses Week that included catered breakfasts and unit rounds made by nursing leadership who thanked staff. Nurses also attended a talk with Margaret Edson, author of Wit—a Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a woman coming to terms with metastatic ovarian cancer.
“Mount Sinai is fortunate to have a bevy of experienced and compassionate nurses,” said Frances Cartwright, PhD, RN-BC, Chief Nursing Officer and Senior Vice President, Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Queens. “Your peers nominated more than 40 individuals for these awards. While we honor 15 individuals today, I commend the exceptional skills of all nominated.”
The 15 honorees were: Kerri Biktjorn, RN, BSN; Cynthia Bobadilla, RN, BSN; Carol Boyle, RN, BSN; Elizabeth Cariseo, RN, BSN, CHPN; Lydia Creary, RN, BSN; Ruth Directo-Arreza, RN, BSN; Beata Fanzloch; Radley Flores, RN, BSN; Katie Ip, RN, MSN, BSN; Salvatore LaVecchia; Brenda Luke, RN, BSN; Kenny Ma, RN, BSN; Agnieszka Mieczkowska, RN-C, BSN; Dominique Monsegur, RN, BS; and Carlie Regis, RN, BSN.
