Second Episode of Mount Sinai Future You

The second episode of Mount Sinai Future You features a patient who suffered an intracerebral hemorrhage, one of the most devastating forms of stroke, and who shares his miraculous recovery after neurosurgeons saved his life using a new surgical technique called “SCUBA.” J Mocco, MD, MS, Director of the Cerebrovascular Center, and Christopher Kellner, MD, Director of the Intracerebral Hemorrhage Program, discuss the procedure.

Mount Sinai Future You, which highlights innovation at Mount Sinai, is being broadcast on CUNY TV, the non-commercial educational-access cable channel run by The City University of New York.

Mount Sinai Future You takes viewers behind the scenes as doctors at Mount Sinai Health System leverage innovative science to change patients’ lives every day. The series  highlights preventative care and treatment models that will lead to better health and longer lives.

Mount Sinai Future You, Episode II, also features:

• An interview with Roger Hajjar, MD, Arthur and Janet C. Ross Professor of Medicine, and Director of the Cardiovascular Research Center, about how gene therapy could one day treat heart disease.
• Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, Director of Mount Sinai Heart, and Samin Sharma, MD, Director of Clinical and Interventional Cardiology, give an elderly patient a second chance at life with a minimally invasive heart procedure.
• Researchers from the Departments of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation Medicine discuss the most updated science and the importance of raising awareness of and knowledge about traumatic brain injuries and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in women.
• Rachel Yehuda, PhD, Director of the Traumatic Stress Studies Division, shares the latest research and clinical trials to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Janine Flory, PhD, Director of the PTSD Clinic at the Bronx VA Medical Center, provides insight on the link between traumatic brain injury and PTSD.
• Hyunsuk Suh, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, is offering patients a scarless robotic surgery for thyroidectomies.
• The parents of a toddler share their emotional journey after their son’s challenging start in life due to a heart defect.

New episodes of Mount Sinai Future You will run monthly, in the first week of each month, on Wednesdays at 9:30 pm, Thursdays at 6:30 am and 5 pm, and Saturdays at 11 am. They will cover newsworthy topics in medicine, as well as highlight new treatments, innovations, and preventive care for patients. The series is produced by Mount Sinai.

Here is where you can find this series:

 *Some RCN digital cable and MMDS systems carry CUNY TV and/or NYC TV on different channel numbers. For example, some RCN systems in Manhattan and Queens carry CUNY TV on channel 24, 106 or 108. Please consult your cable provider directly to be sure.