Oct 8, 2015 | Inside, Your Health
Robert O. Wright, MD, MPH
For the past 20 years, the nation’s vast scientific resources have been spent unraveling the human genome. This emphasis now includes the genome’s environmental equivalent—the exposome—as well. At the Mount Sinai Health System, research into the exposome is being led by Robert O. Wright, MD, MPH, Ethel H. Wise Professor of Community Medicine, and the newly named Chair of Preventive Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. (more…)
Oct 8, 2015 | Inside, Your Health
Prabhjot Singh, MD, PhD
Prabhjot Singh, MD, PhD, an expert in the design of community health systems for underserved populations in the United States and abroad, has joined Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai as Director of The Arnhold Global Health Institute, and Vice Chair of Population Health in the Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine.
In his dual roles, Dr. Singh will help the Icahn School of Medicine and the Mount Sinai Health System align global and domestic health activities, and integrate advances in domestic population health with economic principles, biomedical advances, and systems science. (more…)
Oct 8, 2015 | Inside, Research
Leticia Tordesillas, PhD
Leticia Tordesillas, PhD, and Elizabeth Heller, PhD, are the recipients of the 2015 Robin Chemers Neustein Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, which was created to encourage and support female research scientists at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Dr. Tordesillas works in the laboratory of Cecilia Berin, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics. Her research is focused on how to establish immune tolerance to foods for the treatment of food allergy. In particular, she is studying how regulatory T cells induced by epicutaneous immunotherapy are generated and suppress anaphylaxis. (more…)
Oct 8, 2015 | Inside, Your Health
Jeffrey Glassberg, MD, Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, and Medicine (Hematology and Medical Oncology), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Doris Wethers, MD; Jena Simon, NP; and Sydra Stuart, Phlebotomy Coordinator, Outreach Laboratories
The Mount Sinai Health System observed Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Awareness Month by hosting “Community Engagement Day: Mount Sinai Cares About Sickle Cell Disease” on Saturday, September 12, on The Mount Sinai Hospital campus. Sickle cell disease is a genetic blood disorder that tends to occur in people of African, Hispanic, Middle Eastern, and South Asian descent, causing severe pain, tissue damage, infections, and organ failure. More than 120 attendees learned about SCD from patients and a panel of physician researchers, and were reminded that babies should be screened soon after birth. The establishment of the Doris Wethers Award—which will be presented each year to an individual who does outstanding work with SCD—was a highlight of the event. Doris Wethers, MD, a retired physician from Mount Sinai St. Luke’s and Mount Sinai Roosevelt, is a renowned expert on pediatric SCD.
Oct 8, 2015 | Inside
Ann-Gel S. Palermo, MPH, DrPH
The Aspen Institute, an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C., recently named Ann-Gel S. Palermo, MPH, DrPH, as one of 20 health care leaders nationwide selected to participate in the inaugural class of its Health Innovators Fellowship. Fellows were chosen from a wide range of health care sectors, including medicine, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, mental and behavioral health, government, public health, health care venture capital, and veterans’ health. Dr. Palermo is Chief Program Officer, Office for Diversity and Inclusion, Mount Sinai Health System, and Associate Director, Center for Multicultural and Community Affairs, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. (more…)
Oct 8, 2015 | Inside, Your Health
Mike Yao, MD, center, Senior Faculty, Department of Otolaryngology, The Mount Sinai Hospital, and technician Mildred Paulino, right, perform an ultrasound screening for thyroid cancer.
More than 168 Mount Sinai Health System staff and visitors received free thyroid cancer screenings in September at an event sponsored by The Mount Sinai Hospital’s Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery during Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month. Physicians and technicians conducted the screenings using ultrasound, which can reveal nodules or other warning symptoms. The National Cancer Institute estimates 62,450 new cases of thyroid cancer will be diagnosed in 2015. Screening is recommended for individuals with a family history of thyroid disease/cancer or with palpable neck abnormalities.
