Creating a “Circle of CARE”
On a recent Friday afternoon, patient Mohammed Choudhury was delighted to see Navjot Kaur, RN, and Wendy Chow, a recent nursing school graduate and volunteer in the Care and Respect for Everyone (CARE) program, walk into his room on the sixth floor of the Klingenstein...
Urology Department Renovates Union Square Location
Faculty and staff of the Mount Sinai Health System’s Department of Urology recently celebrated the completion of a more than $3 million renovation project at Mount Sinai-Union Square. Upgrades to the 6,500-square-foot practice are being done in...
Honoring Mount Sinai Volunteers at a Breakfast
Volunteers who serve The Mount Sinai Hospital and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai—helping staff in areas of patient care, research, and administration—were celebrated at a breakfast on Wednesday, April 10, during National Volunteer...
The Mount Sinai Hospital Welcomes New Facility Dog
The Mount Sinai Hospital recently welcomed Moby as its newest four-legged employee in the Child Life and Creative Arts Therapy Department. The young, sweet-natured golden doodle now serves as the hospital’s third facility dog—along with...
Wearing Blue for Autism Awareness
The Central Billing Office staff at Mount Sinai’s Corporate Services Center wore blue in recognition of World Autism Awareness Day on Tuesday, April 2. “Autism affects so many people, and it’s important that we recognize those who have been diagnosed or know someone...
Transformative Program Will Unify Business Operations Across the Health System
The Mount Sinai Health System is undertaking a massive business-operations project that will affect 39,000 staff and consultants in the system. The Enterprise Business Process Transformation (eBPT) Program will integrate the computer systems now used for human...
Making Connections at Women of Color in Medicine and Science Dinner
At the fourth annual Women of Color in Medicine and Science dinner, more than 100 students, physicians, researchers, and administrators from across the Mount Sinai Health System shared a meal and built connections. The event, sponsored by Students for Equal...
A Free Throw Challenge Helps Raise Awareness for Kidney Disease
More than 200 individuals participated in the Annual Kidney Cancer and Kidney Health Fair, a March Madness-themed event organized by Ash Tewari, MBBS, MCh, the Kyung Hyun Kim, MD Chair in Urology, and Ketan K. Badani, MD, Professor of Urology at the Icahn...
A New Approach to Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
A ribbon-cutting for the newly renovated pediatric cardiac intensive care unit (PCICU) at Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital celebrated not only a bright and comforting environment for patients and their families, but a new approach in...