Scott H. Sicherer, MD, Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Professor of Pediatrics, Allergy and Immunology, left and Hugh A. Sampson, MD, Director of the Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Food Allergy Institute
Scott H. Sicherer, MD, Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Professor of Pediatrics, Allergy and Immunology and Chief of the Division of Allergy and Immunology in the Department of Pediatrics at The Mount Sinai Hospital, served on the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases-sponsored panel that developed new guidelines on preventing peanut allergies in young children, along with Hugh A. Sampson, MD, Director of the Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Food Allergy Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He explains the new guidelines.
“It is important for parents to speak to their pediatrician or an allergist to find out if the new recommendations for preventing peanut allergy apply to their child. The hope is that these guidelines will reduce a major health burden by helping to prevent peanut allergies altogether. And if your child already has peanut allergy, be sure to talk to your doctor about the best ways to manage it,” he writes in the Huffington Post.
A new tool is giving orthopedic surgeons an innovative view inside the body. “It’s an instrument that has a digital camera at the tip of it so that once you put it in the joint you can look around,” says James N. Gladstone, MD, Co-Chief, Sports Medicine Services, Orthopedics at The Mount Sinai Hospital. “It’s giving you a review that’s more or less equivalent to what you have in the operating room. If you think you have a meniscus tear, you go in, you look, and either there is a meniscus tear there or not, and all within the same visit you have an answer. The patient leaves with the treatment plan in place. You can obviate the need for the MRI altogether.”
Some cancers are largely discovered “incidentally,” or when a person is seeking treatment for an unrelated reason; kidney cancer is one of those. Ketan Badani, MD, Professor, Urology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, explains the risk of kidney cancer and some of the ways doctors are trying to improve early detection and intervention. “The majority of kidney cancers are asymptomatic. Whatever the symptom was that got you to your primary doctor or the emergency room is probably completely unrelated to the fact that you found a kidney tumor,” says Dr. Badani, who is Vice Chairman, Urology, Robotic Operations, and Director, Comprehensive Kidney Cancer Center at Mount Sinai Health System, and Director, Robotic Surgery, at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s and Mount Sinai West.
Matthew B. Hirsch, MD, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai’s Department of Otolaryngology
Facial injuries are very common, affecting children and adults of all ages and walks of life. But that doesn’t mean you should treat them casually, according to Matthew B. Hirsch, MD, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai’s Department of Otolaryngology.
The spectrum of facial trauma is broad, from small cuts and bruises to major injuries involving the jaw, nose, eye socket (orbit), facial bones, or even the nerves of the face.
In the United States, vehicular accidents account for the majority of facial trauma among adults and children. Varying by region, other causes include fighting, sports injuries, and falls. Regardless of source, if not treated effectively, every facial injury has the potential to cause cosmetic problems.
It is extremely important to see an experienced facial trauma expert for any facial injury. If not closed with plastic surgical technique, a simple facial laceration may leave an unsightly scar or change the position of the eyelid or lip. Incorrectly treated facial injuries may also result in functional problems with chewing, nasal breathing, sinus function, vision, or hearing.
As an ear, nose, and throat doctor and a facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon, Dr. Hirsch treats all aspects of patient facial injuries, both cosmetic and functional.
Dr. Hirsch has extensive experience treating facial fractures in both adults and children—including lower (mandibular) and upper (maxillary) jaw fractures, nasal bone fractures, orbital (eye socket) fractures, and frontal sinus fractures. His expertise in cosmetic and functional rhinoplasty allows him to provide patients with multiple options for correction of nasal trauma, months to years after the injury. For complex craniofacial injuries or fractures of multiple facial bones (pan facial fractures), Dr. Hirsch’s experience in skull base surgery—in collaboration with neurosurgeons within the Mount Sinai Health System—allows him to provide high-level care.
“The most important thing to remember when you or your child experiences a facial injury is to have it evaluated by a facial trauma specialist,” says Dr. Hirsch. While the local emergency room or urgent care facility may provide excellent resources, many do not have an experienced specialist on hand. “To get the best cosmetic and functional outcome possible, I would recommend you seek out a facial trauma specialist in your area.”
If you have recently undergone facial trauma, consider scheduling a consultation with Dr. Hirsch at the New York Eye and Ear Institute of Mount Sinai.
For the right candidates, weight-loss surgery—also known as bariatric surgery—can yield remarkable health benefits, and even be lifesaving. Subhash Kini, MD, Bariatric Surgeon, Mount Sinai Program for Surgical Weight Loss, Associate Professor of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, explains why.
Terri Wilder, MSW, director, HIV/AIDS Education and Training, and Antonio Urbina, MD, associate professor of infectious disease at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, discuss recent advances in HIV/AIDS treatment and the importance of national HIV in Women and Girls Awareness Day. “One in every four person who’s living with HIV in the United States is female. The good news is that we are seeing a decrease in the number of women who are diagnosed with HIV each year. But if doctors can identify HIV early, then we can prevent many of these complications that occur with HIV.”
For the right candidates, weight-loss surgery—also known as bariatric surgery—can yield remarkable health benefits, and even be lifesaving. Subhash Kini, MD, Bariatric Surgeon, 
Terri Wilder, MSW, director, HIV/AIDS Education and Training, and Antonio Urbina, MD, associate professor of infectious disease at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, discuss recent advances in HIV/AIDS treatment and the importance of national HIV in Women and Girls Awareness Day. “One in every four person who’s living with HIV in the United States is female. The good news is that we are seeing a decrease in the number of women who are diagnosed with HIV each year. But if doctors can identify HIV early, then we can prevent many of these complications that occur with HIV.”