Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Inside, Your Health
Charles L. Shapiro, MD, a renowned breast cancer researcher and clinician, has been named Co-Director of the Dubin Breast Center, Director of Translational Breast Cancer Research for the Mount Sinai Health System, and Director of Survivorship Programs at The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai.
“As a nationally recognized leader in breast medical oncology and research, Dr. Shapiro will have a pivotal role in advancing breast cancer treatment and care for our patients,” says Elisa Port, MD, Chief of Breast Surgery and Co-Director of the Dubin Breast Center at The Tisch Cancer Institute.
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Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Cardiology, Inside, Your Health
In Herald Square, on Wednesday, October 29—World Stroke Day—staff from The Mount Sinai Hospital, World Stroke Organization, and Covidien provided free blood pressure screenings, answered questions about stroke, and helped launch a global “Take 2…Tell 2” campaign. “This initiative encourages people to educate themselves and others by taking two minutes to learn about stroke risk factors, warning signs, and symptoms, and spending two minutes sharing that information,” says Stephan A. Mayer, MD, Founding Director, Institute for Critical Care Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Inside, Your Health
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.
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Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Inside, Your Health
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…)
Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Inside, Your Health
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.
Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Inside
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.
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Charles L. Shapiro, MD, a renowned breast cancer researcher and clinician, has been named Co-Director of the Dubin Breast Center, Director of Translational Breast Cancer Research for the Mount Sinai Health System, and Director of Survivorship Programs at The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai.
