Nov 24, 2014 | Inside
Five hospitals within the Mount Sinai Health System—Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai Beth Israel Brooklyn, Mount Sinai Roosevelt, Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, and The Mount Sinai Hospital—recently honored medical staff members with 2014 Wholeness of Life, and Care and Compassion awards.
The award candidates were nominated by their colleagues. In their personal and professional lives they strive to achieve a balance of physical, mental, and spiritual well-being; practice health care with an appreciation for the interrelated functioning of mind, body, and spirit in illness and recovery; demonstrate respect for human beings; and promote teamwork and professional relationships to maximize patient care.
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Nov 24, 2014 | Inside
In July 2013, Adele Rivas discovered she had breast cancer. Two days later, she learned she was pregnant. Ms. Rivas and her husband Luis rode an emotional roller coaster of panic and joy. At that point, they had been trying to have a baby for two-and-a-half years.
But questions abounded. Could Ms. Rivas’ stage 2b cancer be treated while she was pregnant? Would the baby be safe? And would the treatment be effective? The answer was yes to all three questions.
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Nov 24, 2014 | Cardiology, Inside, Research
Abnormalities in the structure and function of the brain can appear in people who are overweight, smoke, have diabetes, hypertension, elevated lipids, or metabolic syndrome before the other consequences of vascular risk factors—such as a heart attack or stroke—appear, according to a team of researchers at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
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Nov 24, 2014 | Inside, Your Health
The Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center (MSAHC) honored four individuals and a nonprofit organization for their commitment to the young people of New York City at its eleventh annual “Breakfast of Legends” event held Thursday, October 23, at The Plaza Hotel.
The MSAHC is one of the largest and most comprehensive adolescent health centers in the nation, and provides free medical, mental health, sexual and reproductive health, dental, and optical services to more than 11,000 underserved youth and young adults, ages 10 to 24.
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Oct 29, 2014 | Inside
The Mount Sinai Hospital has renamed its cardiac catheterization laboratory the “Dr. Samin K. Sharma Family Foundation Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory,” an honor that recognizes the many significant contributions of Samin K. Sharma, MD, Director of Interventional Cardiology and the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Professor of Medicine (Cardiology). Dr. Sharma, his family, and other generous donors helped the Foundation reach its $5 million endowment, funding that will help support the lab’s clinical, research, and educational initiatives.
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Oct 29, 2014 | Inside, Your Health
The Mount Sinai Health System and Healthfirst, a leading managed care organization serving more than one million members in downstate New York, have launched a unique, co-branded Medicare Advantage (MA) insurance plan for Manhattan residents. Eligible Medicare beneficiaries can enroll in Healthfirst Mount Sinai Select (HMO) between October 15 and December 7, 2014, for coverage effective January 1, 2015.
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Five hospitals within the Mount Sinai Health System—Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai Beth Israel Brooklyn, Mount Sinai Roosevelt, Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, and The Mount Sinai Hospital—recently honored medical staff members with 2014 Wholeness of Life, and Care and Compassion awards.
