Nov 7, 2015 | Inside, Your Health
An architectural image features the modern design planned for the Phillips Ambulatory Care Center at Mount Sinai Beth Israel.
A transformation is under way at the seven hospital campuses that comprise the Mount Sinai Health System, with various projects that streamline and modernize facilities, and strengthen their ability to better serve patients.
Kenneth L. Davis, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mount Sinai Health System, has called this “a landmark time for our hospitals.” The changes, he says, will increase efficiency and enable Mount Sinai to “stand out as a health care hub,” locally and globally. (more…)
Oct 8, 2015 | Inside, Your Health
Prabhjot Singh, MD, PhD
Prabhjot Singh, MD, PhD, an expert in the design of community health systems for underserved populations in the United States and abroad, has joined Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai as Director of The Arnhold Global Health Institute, and Vice Chair of Population Health in the Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine.
In his dual roles, Dr. Singh will help the Icahn School of Medicine and the Mount Sinai Health System align global and domestic health activities, and integrate advances in domestic population health with economic principles, biomedical advances, and systems science. (more…)
Oct 8, 2015 | Inside
Ann-Gel S. Palermo, MPH, DrPH
The Aspen Institute, an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C., recently named Ann-Gel S. Palermo, MPH, DrPH, as one of 20 health care leaders nationwide selected to participate in the inaugural class of its Health Innovators Fellowship. Fellows were chosen from a wide range of health care sectors, including medicine, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, mental and behavioral health, government, public health, health care venture capital, and veterans’ health. Dr. Palermo is Chief Program Officer, Office for Diversity and Inclusion, Mount Sinai Health System, and Associate Director, Center for Multicultural and Community Affairs, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. (more…)
Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Inside
Eight specialties within the Mount Sinai Health System were ranked among the top 25 in the nation, according to the 2015-2016 U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings, released in July. The specialties included seven at The Mount Sinai Hospital: Cardiology/Heart Surgery; Diabetes/Endocrinology; Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT); Gastroenterology/GI Surgery; Geriatrics; Nephrology; Neurology/Neurosurgery; and the Department of Ophthalmology at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai. Among the top 25, four specialties moved higher in the rankings between 2014 and 2015, led by Cardiology/Heart Surgery, which now stands at No. 7, up from No. 10; Gastroenterology/GI Surgery at No. 8, up from No. 9; Neurology/Neurosurgery at No. 14, up from No. 15; and Nephrology, which moved up to No. 23 from No. 47. (more…)
Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Inside
A total of 241 physicians from the Mount Sinai Health System’s seven hospital campuses and an additional 34 physicians from Mount Sinai’s affiliated hospitals were represented in New York magazine’s recently released list of “Best Doctors in New York.” The 275 physicians represented 21 percent of the overall 1,282 area doctors on the 2015 list, available online and in the June 8-14, 2015, print edition. The list covers physicians from throughout the New York metropolitan region, including Connecticut and New Jersey. (more…)
