From left: Richard Martin, MD, Chair, Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health; Michael Salem, MD; Charles A. Powell, MD, Janice and Coleman Rabin Professor of Pulmonary Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Chief Executive Officer of the Respiratory Institute; Dennis S. Charney, MD; and Barbara Murphy, MD.
The Mount Sinai-National Jewish Health Respiratory Institute recently opened a newly renovated, state of-the-art practice on the Upper East Side. The location, at 10 East 102nd Street, features updated exam rooms, waiting areas and consultation offices, and suites equipped to diagnose and treat respiratory diseases.
“This is a symbolic event today,” Dennis S. Charney, MD, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean of the Icahn School of Medicine, and President for Academic Affairs for the Mount Sinai Health System, said at the ribbon-cutting. “It emphasizes the incredible, terrific collaborations ongoing between the scientists and clinicians at Mount Sinai and National Jewish Health.”
In December 2013, the Mount Sinai Health System entered a partnership with Denver-based National Jewish Health to create an integrated program for the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory illnesses, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and interstitial lung disease. The Celebrating New Site for Respiratory Institute partnership has proved successful, with the Mount Sinai pulmonary division ranked in the Top 50 by U.S. News & World Report and the Respiratory Institute on track to receive 20,000 patients in 2016. Before the new site opened, patients were seen in two temporary locations on the Upper East Side.
Michael Salem, MD, President and CEO of National Jewish Health, has a “great belief ” in the Institute’s potential. “The Icahn School of Medicine has the same values and a kinship with National Jewish Health in terms of providing a differentiated experience for patients, going after cures for difficult respiratory diseases, and educating the next generation of doctors and scientists,” Dr. Salem said.
In its outpatient programs, the Respiratory Institute utilizes an interdisciplinary approach developed by National Jewish Health. Pulmonologists collaborate with specialists in disciplines including cardiology, allergy, gastroenterology, rheumatology, ENT, and thoracic surgery, to provide team-based, patient-centered care. The Institute also draws on Mount Sinai’s programs in personalized medicine, genomics, and data-driven clinical protocols to enhance the quality and outcomes of care.
“As we move from fee-for-service to quality-based care, it is important that we see patients in their entirety and that we unite in caring for those patients,” said Barbara Murphy, MD, Murray M. Rosenberg Professor of Medicine, Health System Chair, Department of Medicine, and Dean for Clinical Integration and Population Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. “We see this practice as an excellent model of comprehensive, collaborative care that will help the Mount Sinai Health System achieve the critical objective of advancing care and patient satisfaction while reducing the cost of health care.”