Mount Sinai Welcomes Action by United States to Rescind New Restrictions on Student Visas
Mount Sinai is pleased to report that the federal government has rescinded a policy that would have stripped international students of their U.S. visas if their coursework was entirely online.The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policy would have...
A Passion for Community Wellness Drives New Graduate Gavriella Hecht, MPH
At a time when the world is focused on public health, the students in the Master of Public Health (MPH) program at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai are as committed as ever to preventing disease,...
Pamela Abner Receives Seed to Bloom Award for Corporate Community Service at Mount Sinai
Pamela Y. Abner, MPA, Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, has received the 2020 Corporate Community Award from the nonprofit group Seeds of Fortune Inc. The award, which Ms. Abner accepted at a virtual gala on Saturday, June 13, recognizes “a corporate...
A Stirring Musical Performance Lifts Spirits at The Mount Sinai Hospital
Actor, singer, and Broadway performer Ciarán Sheehan thanked health care workers at The Mount Sinai Hospital with a repertoire of emotional, uplifting Broadway tunes on Tuesday, May 19. Mr. Sheehan completed the stirring musical performance...
Mone Zaidi, MD, PhD, Receives a Lifetime Honor
Mone Zaidi, MD, PhD, Director of the Mount Sinai Bone Program, and Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of...
‘Drag Race’ Supports LGBTQ Youth
Delivering a good time for a good cause, the Second Annual Mount Sinai Charity Drag Race was held in Stern Auditorium on Thursday, February 6. More than 400 people attended the event, which was inspired by the reality television competition RuPaul’s Drag Race and...
Mental Health Aid in Hard-Hit Puerto Rico
Two Mount Sinai mental health professionals traveled to Puerto Rico in February to aid residents recovering from recent disasters—Hurricane Dorian in August 2019 and a 6.4 earthquake in January 2020. Thousands of displaced people are living in government camps, as...
Mount Sinai Collaborates With Hospital System in Finland
Mount Sinai International (MSI) has entered into a collaborative relationship with the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS) in Helsinki, Finland. A 12-person team from Mount Sinai recently performed a week-long assessment of HUS facilities. The initial...
Mount Sinai Hosts Visit by U.S. Surgeon General
The Mount Sinai Hospital in February hosted a lecture by U.S. Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams, MD, MPH, who called upon the hospital’s medical community to embrace their role as “health advocates” while helping to guide the public in critical areas such as smoking...