Good morning,
First let me start by wishing you and the entire Mount Sinai Beth Israel community a very happy new year. As of January 1st, I officially started as the new president of Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital. I look forward to continuing to meet with and introduce myself to you in the coming weeks and months. As we look forward, here is some history I only recently learned but that is highly relevant to our future.
The Beth Israel Hospital was founded in 1889 by a group of Orthodox Jews on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. They each contributed 25 cents to start the hospital. It first opened as an ambulatory dispensary and then, in 1891, the original 20-bed hospital officially opened for business. In 1902 it moved into an expanded 115-bed facility. It moved again in 1929 to its current location.
Throughout all those years, wherever it was located, whatever its size, the hospital has served the community with excellence, compassion, and humility. It is in this same spirit that we embark on our transformation plan so the hospital can provide needed care for another 100 plus years.
Over the next four years we will be building a brand new Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital only a few blocks from our current location. We will be upgrading and modernizing our current Bernstein Pavilion into the region’s behavioral health flagship. We will be upgrading and expanding our ambulatory services footprint at Union Square, Chelsea and beyond. And we will be investing in the development of a host of innovative programs and services to be able to provide care in the home.
I am both honored to serve this hospital and the Mount Sinai Health System and even more honored to have the opportunity to partner with the incredible employees and doctors who are the heart and soul of Mount Sinai Beth Israel. Together we will build an extraordinary future.
Jeremy Boal, M.D.