The Mount Sinai staff members honored were, from left, Raymond V. Wedderburn, MD; Lindsay Condrat, RN, MSN, ACNP-BC; and Junior Corniel.

Three Mount Sinai Health System employees received 2018 Wholeness of Life Awards from the HealthCare Chaplaincy Network™ for their commitment to providing compassionate and respectful care to patients. The staff members, all nominated by their colleagues, received their awards in November at the HealthCare Chaplaincy Network’s annual gala at the Lotte New York Palace.

Raymond V. Wedderburn, MD, FACS, Chief of Trauma and Critical Care at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s and Mount Sinai West, and Assistant Professor of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, was honored for being a gifted teacher and healer whose care for patients integrates mind, body, and spirit.

Lindsay Condrat, RN, MSN, ACNP-BC,Associate Director of Nursing, Mount Sinai Heart, was recognized for her personalized and holistic approach, especially in caring for patients who are far from home and families who are going through a difficult time.

Junior Corniel, an X-ray technician at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, was honored as an exceptionally empathic worker whose “love for his job and patients alike shines through every day.”

The HealthCare Chaplaincy Network is a global, nonprofit organization that offers spiritual care-related information and resources to hospitals and health care institutions.

From left: Kenneth L. Davis, MD; patient Elly Arabadjief with her mother, Tracy; father, Justin; and sister, Abigail; and Alicia Gresham, Vice President of Operations, Mount Sinai Health Network.

Mount Sinai Doctors Long Island is expanding its reach with the opening of a new health complex in Greenlawn to better serve the northwestern communities of Suffolk County. The modern and spacious 80,000-square-foot location, at 5 Cuba Hill Road, offers primary care, 20 medical and surgical specialties, a comprehensive Women’s Center, and an infusion center, as well as onsite radiology and laboratory services. The facility consolidates the Mount Sinai Doctors Long Island practices from three separate locations in Huntington.

A ribbon-cutting for the $22 million facility, developed in conjunction with Simone Healthcare Development Group, was held on Thursday, October 18, and was attended by about 100 guests, among them Mount Sinai executives and Long Island elected officials, including Hempstead Town Supervisor Chad Lupinacci, as well as physicians and managers from several Mount Sinai Doctors Long Island locations.

Patient Elly Arabadjief, with pediatric hepatologist Jaime Chu, MD.

“Residents of Long Island deserve high-quality, convenient care close to home, and Mount Sinai is meeting that need,” said Kenneth L. Davis, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Mount Sinai Health System. “With an expanded primary and specialty care network and a Long Island footprint that includes 200 physicians and other experts at 11 multidisciplinary practice locations, Mount Sinai is transforming care in this area. Our goal is to keep patients and communities healthy by providing health care excellence close to home and work.”

At the new Cuba Hill Road facility, 70 board certified physicians working with nurses and other medical staff are providing primary care, as well as specialty care in allergy, asthma, and immunology; cardiology; dermatology; endocrinology; gastroenterology; hematology/oncology; nephrology; neurology; obstetrics and gynecology; ophthalmology; orthopedics; pain management; general pediatrics; pediatric gastroenterology; podiatry; pulmonology; rheumatology; surgery; and urology. For patients’ convenience, the office offers extended hours, ample parking, and comfortable waiting areas.

“Mount Sinai Doctors Long Island is expanding access to specialty care with a local state-of-the-art facility that will serve as a medical hub for this community,” said Arthur A. Klein, MD, President of the Mount Sinai Health Network. “Our physician partners will work collaboratively and tirelessly to provide personalized care for each patient. We are proud to bring the renowned services of Mount Sinai to serve the residents of Suffolk County and beyond.”

Guests gathered in the main waiting area of the new Mount Sinai Doctors Long Island location at 5 Cuba Hill Road in Greenlawn for the ribbon-cutting celebration.

A very special guest at the event was 8-year-old patient Elly Arabadjief. She and her family were honored for their efforts to raise awareness for Wilson disease, a rare inherited disorder that was diagnosed in Elly in August 2017 by her Mount Sinai Doctors Long Island pediatrician, Steven J. Brunner, MD. Elly’s father, Justin Arabadjief, gave an emotional speech as he expressed the family’s profound gratitude for Dr. Brunner’s astute diagnosis and credited him with saving his daughter’s life. Individuals with Wilson disease lack an enzyme, which causes copper to accumulate in the liver and other vital organs. The disease can be fatal if not discovered early.

Recalling the Wilson Disease Association conference he attended in 2018, Mr. Arabadjief said he met patients of all ages, at varying stages of their illness. “We heard horror stories of missed diagnoses, but we only met a small handful like Elly, who were lucky enough to have had this disease discovered early enough to have every chance at a long, happy, healthy life.”

Dr. Brunner said, “I always say pediatrics is not just about colds, coughs, and sore throats. There’s always that needle in the haystack that you have to be on the lookout for, and this case was definitely a needle in the haystack.”

It was Dr. Brunner who immediately referred Elly to Joanne Lai, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Pediatric Gastroenterology), who is based in Manhattan and practices at Mount Sinai Doctors Long Island on a sessional basis, and to Jaime Chu, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Pediatric Hepatology), who practices at Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital in Manhattan.

“We were fast-tracked with several specialists to review Elly’s symptoms and help with the diagnosis,” said Mr. Arabadjief. “We are thankful for all of the kind, compassionate people at various Mount Sinai locations we have met along the way to help get us through one of the scariest things that can happen to a family.”

From left: Jeffrey Vacirca, MD, Chief Executive Officer, New York Cancer & Blood Specialists; Kenneth L. Davis, MD; Arthur A. Klein, MD; Luis Isola, MD, Medical Director, Mount Sinai Cancer Network; and Benjamin Kornitzer, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Vice President, Mount Sinai Health Network.

Attending the ribbon-cutting were, from left: Larry Attia, MD, Associate Medical Director for Clinical Informatics, Mount Sinai St. Luke’s and Mount Sinai West; family members Ela Navarro, Clara Jones, and Cody Jones; Arthur Gianelli, MBA, MPH; Timothy Day, Chief Operating Officer, Mount Sinai West; Peter and Bridget Jones, the parents of the late James P. Jones, MD; and Lucy Xenophon, MD, MPH.

Mount Sinai St. Luke’s celebrated the opening of The James P. Jones Daily Management and Incident Command Center on Wednesday, December 5, with a ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony. James P. Jones, MD, who passed away unexpectedly in December 2016, served as Vice President of Administration for Mount Sinai West and Senior Medical Director of Clinical Documentation Quality Improvement for the Mount Sinai Health System.

With astounding energy and passion, he led collaborative efforts across the Health System to enhance clinical and operational outcomes at all levels of care.

“Dr. Jones’s commitment to enhancing patient care, experience, and outcomes was apparent throughout his 16-year career,” said Arthur A. Gianelli, MBA, MPH, President of Mount Sinai St. Luke’s. “We are honored to dedicate this Center to a wonderful friend, teacher, and colleague who touched the lives of so many of us.” At the ceremony were 140 Mount Sinai colleagues, friends, and family members, including Dr. Jones’s widow, Clara, and their son, Cody.

The late James P. Jones, MD

The Daily Management and Incident Command Center is the first of its kind in the Health System and was created in partnership with the Epic Clinical Transformation Group, the IT Program Management Office, and the Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Lean Team, an effort that also involved a number of other multidisciplinary groups. It was established to serve as a real-time operational monitoring hub for Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, with the goal of improving patient flow and daily hospital operations. It also is outfitted to act as an incident command center in times of hospital emergencies.

“The opening of this Center reflects the commitment and passion of many people throughout the Health System over the last 18 months to harness real-time hospital data to improve, on a daily basis, the way in which we deliver health care,” said Lucy Xenophon, MD, MPH, Chief Transformation Officer at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s and co-founder of the Center. “I can think of no other tribute to James that is more fitting to honor his legacy of intelligence, humor, respect, and courage to fight for continuous improvement.”