The Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel has received a pledge of $100,000 from Music Never Stops: The Tyler Seaman Foundation, in honor of Tyler Seaman, who passed away at the age of 18 from clival chordoma, a rare type of spinal cancer.
Tyler had a passion for music, and his family felt that helping other teens ill with cancer or other serious disease was a fitting way to honor him.
The Mount Sinai Health System’s Institute for Advanced Medicine sponsored several activities to commemorate World AIDS Day, Monday, December 1. The events included educational presentations, the distribution of AIDS ribbons, and rapid HIV-testing. Among the highlights: (more…)
Experts from Mount Sinai’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center provided free, confidential memory screenings on Tuesday, November 18, National Memory Screening Day, at the 92nd Street Y and at Linkage House, a Mount Sinai-affiliated residence for East Harlem elderly. National Memory Screening Day, spearheaded by the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, promotes the early detection of memory problems, Alzheimer’s disease, and related illnesses, and encourages appropriate intervention.
The changing ethnic and cultural landscape of New York City is reflected in the diverse patient population served by the Mount Sinai Health System. When physicians, nurses, and support staff speak the same language, or share the same traditions and values as their patients, there is a greater sense of comfort among patients and greater satisfaction with the quality of care they receive.
Four physicians at The Mount Sinai Hospital were recognized by Nursing leadership and nurse colleagues with the 27th Annual Physician of the Year Award during a ceremony held Wednesday, October 29, at Hatch Auditorium. Before a celebratory audience of staff, family, and friends, each was saluted for demonstrating a caring attitude, kindness, the highest level of practice, and respect.
Beginning Monday, December 1, faculty, students, staff, and volunteers who do not have an influenza vaccination sticker on their ID badges must wear a mask while in patient-care and public areas on Mount Sinai Health System campuses. Employee Health Services departments are offering free flu vaccinations at the following locations: