Mount Sinai recognized Doctors Day on Wednesday, March 30, with special events throughout the Health System.
Banners were hung at Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West, and nurses handed out chocolate bars. The Nursing Department at Mount Sinai Morningside hosted the annual Physician of the Year Award ceremony, with a Zoom call for those unable to attend in person.
At New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai and Mount Sinai Beth Israel, cookies were distributed to physicians during rounding. Chocolates were distributed at The Mount Sinai Hospital and at Mount Sinai South Nassau, breakfast bags were distributed to practitioners with a selection of eat-at-your-desk items in standard, kosher and vegan options
In honor of the special day, senior leaders of the Mount Sinai Health System issued the following statement:
National Doctors Day is a day for us to recognize the roughly 7,000 employed and voluntary faculty—plus our 2,582 residents and clinical fellows—across the Mount Sinai Health System.
This is the third National Doctors Day to take place during the pandemic. Throughout this time—whether you were caring for COVID-19 patients as part of your regular duties or pitching in during a surge, adapting your practice to telemedicine and new infection control measures, providing life-saving procedures under challenging conditions, or helping with one of the biggest mass vaccination efforts we have ever seen—you have found a way to always go above and beyond to heal and care for our patients, employees, and community
Whether you practice primary or specialty care, in an inpatient or ambulatory setting, on the floors or in the ORs, at a hospital or in the community, you remain dedicated to our mission of compassionate care and innovative education and research.
You are healers, innovators, collaborators, colleagues, and friends; champions for excellence; leaders, teachers, and team members. You have put in long hours and continue to go the extra mile every single day to ensure that our patients receive the care and caring they need and deserve. Appreciation activities and events are planned throughout the Health System, celebrating you and recognizing Mount Sinai’s outstanding residents, fellows, and faculty physicians.
As we say every year, one day does not seem adequate to fully acknowledge what Mount Sinai physicians mean to us, our patients, and our larger community. We thank you sincerely for your devotion and selflessness, now and always.
Kenneth L. Davis, MD, Chief Executive Officer, Mount Sinai Health System
Dennis S. Charney, MD, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and President for Academic Affairs, Mount Sinai Health System
Margaret Pastuszko, MBA, President and Chief Operating Officer, Mount Sinai Health System
Vicki R. LoPachin, MD, MBA, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Mount Sinai Health System