Advice for Internships, and Career Pathways
The Mount Sinai Health System hosted a “Health Care Leadership and Career Pathways” panel discussion for more than 40 summer interns in high school, undergraduate, and graduate student administrative programs at Mount Sinai. The panel, held on Friday, August 2, at the...
Specialty Pharmacy Adds Access to Complex Therapies
A new option is now available for Mount Sinai Health System patients and employees who have rare or chronic disorders that require complex medications such as immunotherapy or chemotherapy—the Mount Sinai Specialty Pharmacy. The facility, which opened in June at The...
Support for Organ Donations
Organ donation holds personal significance for Sara Miller, far left in photo, a Process Improvement Analyst at the Mount Sinai Health System, and Nicole Antaya, center in photo, who recently graduated from Quinnipiac University in Connecticut....
International Yoga Day, and Beyond
Mount Sinai Heart faculty and staff recently participated in International Yoga Day at Guggenheim Pavilion, with multiple sessions starting at 7:30 am. However, the enthusiasm for the practice goes well beyond a one-day event. The organizer, Annapoorna S....
Inaugural Health Care Inclusion Summit Provides a Road Map to Positive Change
At the start of a meeting, give participants a few moments to reflect quietly on the subject at hand, then call on each person for their thoughts. When people do speak, “listen to understand, and not to reply.” These were some of the specific and achievable strategies...
Closing the Chasm: Collaborating across Community Organizations and Health Systems
There is wide acknowledgement that health care and social services need to be better integrated to achieve community health, especially for the most vulnerable. The best way to do this is not always clear. Health systems and community-based organizations...
New Martha Stewart Center for Living at Mount Sinai-Union Square
With a significant gift from the lifestyle mogul Martha Stewart, the Mount Sinai Health System has expanded its successful model of care for older adults by opening the Martha Stewart Center for Living at Mount Sinai-Union Square. The Center, at 10 Union...
Scholar-Athletes Learn About Health Care Careers at Inaugural NYC-SWAG Summit
Scholar-athletes learned about careers in health care, medicine, and science—and learned that they might have exactly the right attributes to succeed—at the inaugural NYC-SWAG (Scholar-Athletes With Academic Goals) Summit. About 120 participants attended the event,...
Honoring a Legacy of Kindness, Generosity, and Commitment
Family and friends of J. Louis Heller, MD, the late founder and long-time Chief of Anesthesiology at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, and his late wife, Lydia Charlotte Heller, gathered recently to recognize the couple’s...