Six Mount Sinai Health System employees received 2017 Wholeness of Life Awards from the HealthCare Chaplaincy Network™ for their commitment to providing compassionate and respectful care to patients in crisis.
Three health care chaplains at Mount Sinai were named “Community Honorees”: Rabbi Daniel Coleman, MBA, BCC, Director of Spiritual Care at The Mount Sinai Hospital; Rabbi Jo Hirschmann, MAHL, BCC, Director of Spiritual Care at Mount Sinai Beth Israel; and the Rev. Meredith Lisagor, MDiv, BCC, Director of Spiritual Care at Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai St. Luke’s.
“The Center for Spirituality and Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is very proud of our Health System’s chaplains,” says Deborah B. Marin, MD, the George and Marion Sokolik Blumenthal Professor of Psychiatry, and Director of the Center for Spirituality and Health. “Their addressing patients’ spiritual and emotional needs is an integral and valued component of the compassionate care that is so valued by the clinical teams and our patients.”
Three more employees were named “Patient Care Honorees” for being “beacons of light” in their interactions with patients and families: Maureen Leahy, RN, BSN, MHA, Associate Director of Nursing-Palliative Care at The Mount Sinai Hospital; Stephen Francis, Food and Nutrition Aide at Mount Sinai West; and Horace Chin-Sang, Patient Care Associate at Mount Sinai Beth Israel.
The HealthCare Chaplaincy Network is a global nonprofit organization that offers spiritual-care information and resources to hospitals and health care institutions.
