From left to right: Arthur Gianelli, President, Mount Sinai St. Luke’s; Jeanine Albu, MD; and Dennis S. Charney, MD
A reception celebrating the opening of the Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Diabetes Center of Excellence, located at 1111 Amsterdam Avenue, was held on Thursday, January 21. The new facility includes spacious outpatient clinical areas, a dedicated space for a weight loss program, and proximity to the headquarters, clinical research unit, and laboratories of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s and Mount Sinai West. The Center will serve a diverse population of patients on Manhattan’s Upper West Side and in Harlem.
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, told guests, “Diabetes and obesity research and clinical care are major priorities for our School of Medicine and our Health System. Our goal is nothing less than becoming one of the very best research and clinical programs in diabetes and obesity in the world.” The new entity joins existing diabetes centers of excellence at The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Beth Israel, which comprise the Mount Sinai Health System Clinical Diabetes Institute.
The Center has eight full-time endocrinologists, three certified diabetes educators, a registered dietitian, an exercise physiologist, and research staff. It provides services for type 1 diabetes, insulin pumps, continuous glucose monitoring, type 2 diabetes management of glucose control and complications, educational workshops, and pre-diabetes management.
Jeanine Albu, MD, Director of the Center, said, “In addition to providing outstanding care for patients, we will conduct clinical research trials and offer specialized, unique equipment for measuring energy expenditure and body composition.” Dr. Albu also is Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s and Mount Sinai West.