Mount Sinai Hosts Disability Awareness Fairs
Two informational fairs about disability awareness drew Mount Sinai faculty, staff, and students, as well as patients and community members interested in learning about local organizations and resources dedicated to the care of people with disabilities. The events,...
Bringing Joy to Pediatric Patients
Representatives from the nonprofit Needlers Foundation, which raises funds to support underprivileged children in need of neurosurgery, brought joy to pediatric patients in December when they visited Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital with loads of donated toys....
Mount Sinai Physician Receives Lifetime Achievement Award for LGBTQ Health Equity
GLMA, a national organization committed to ensuring equity for LGBTQ patients and health professionals, presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to Stephen E. Goldstone, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The group,...
Improving Health and Fitness, One Step at a Time
When Vanessa Rivera, Staff Accountant for New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, learned about the 2019 Reach Your Peak (RYP) 3.0 Walking Wellness Challenge earlier this year, she knew it would be the motivation she needed to commit to an exercise program. So...
Ten Renowned Mount Sinai Faculty Members Honored at Convocation
The 2019 Convocation Ceremony honored 10 renowned faculty members at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai who have advanced the fields of neurosurgery, molecular pharmacology, oncology, bioinformatics, vaccinology, population health, cardiovascular...
Partnership Supports Veterans in Civilian Careers
The Mount Sinai Health System recently partnered with Workforce Opportunity Services (WOS), a leading nonprofit that is dedicated to recruiting, training, and placing underserved and veteran job seekers into long-lasting civilian careers. Through the organization’s...
Top Honor for Renowned Physician for Transformational Research
At the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, September 10, bipartisan Congressional supporters and representatives from science and higher education organizations saluted five scientists whose work has transformed the lives of countless millions of...
At “Walk the Talk” Event, Delivering a Message of Lifelong Health
Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, Director of Mount Sinai Heart and Physician-in-Chief of The Mount Sinai Hospital, was a special guest speaker during “Walk the Talk: The Health-for-All Challenge in the United States,” a recent event sponsored by the World Health Organization...
Run for Research Raises Funds for Brain Aneurysm Foundation
Brain aneurysms are life-changing, or even fatal if they rupture. To raise awareness of the disorder, and funds for research, the Department of Neurosurgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai partnered with TeamCindy, a fundraising arm of the...