From left: Leni May, Glenn August, Debbie August, and Peter W. May
More than 1,300 leaders, staff, supporters, and friends of the Mount Sinai Health System celebrated a year of growth and significant milestones at the 31st annual Crystal Party on Thursday, May 5. Under a festively adorned tent in the Central Park Conservatory Garden, the guests enjoyed cocktails, dinner, dancing, and socializing.
This year’s celebration, chaired by Mount Sinai Trustee Glenn August and his wife, Debbie, raised $4.2 million. Other members of the event’s leadership included Doctor Chairs: Tania and Ahron L. Friedberg, MD; Cindie and Donald Kastenbaum, MD; Mamta and Ash Tewari, MD; Alice M. and George J. Todd, MD; as well as Friends of Mount Sinai Chair, Jonathan R. Dixon.
From left: Susan Friedman, Mount Sinai Trustee Richard Friedman, Kenneth L. Davis, MD, Erica Friedman, and Joshua Friedman.
Peter W. May, Chairman, Boards of Trustees, Mount Sinai Health System, welcomed guests, noting the Health System’s broad reach and impact on the people of New York City. “This gathering is symbolic in that it represents and celebrates both the past and the future of our Health System—ever-evolving, embracing change, working together to advance our mission to improve human health,” he said. “The Mount Sinai Health System serves a vast, highly diverse patient population and delivers care in almost every neighborhood in our city through 300 clinical locations. I hope our celebration has energized our faculty, staff, trustees, community members, and patients about our path forward.”
Kenneth L. Davis, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mount Sinai Health System, spotlighted outstanding achievements and thanked the trustees for their dedication and support. “We continue to thrive and make major advances in numerous areas, including the hard work of moving our health care delivery from fee-for-service medicine to value and population health,” Dr. Davis said. “We have made extraordinary advances in patient care, research, and strategic partnerships, and we will continue to make these advances in the months and years to come. Much of the credit for our success goes to our exceptional group of visionary trustees, who almost ten years ago formulated a strategic plan for the growth of our science, and then generously supported that plan.”