Celebrating an Award at the One Hundred Black Men Gala
The Mount Sinai Health System recently received the HealthCare Partnership Award at the 39th annual gala for One Hundred Black Men, Inc. of New York held at the Sheraton New York Times Square. The award acknowledged the burgeoning partnership between the organization...
Student-Run Community Clinic Celebrates 15 Years
For 15 years, students at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have been providing free, confidential medical services to uninsured residents of East Harlem at a campus-based clinic at 102nd Street. Supported entirely by donors and...
2 New Leaders in Group Advancing Integrative Care and Health Equity
Two Mount Sinai educators, researchers, and clinicians who are dedicated to advancing evidence-based integrative medicine and addressing health care disparities were named in May to leadership roles in a national organization, the Academic Consortium for...
Mount Sinai Researchers Show That Early Intervention in Preschool Is a Unique Opportunity for Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle
Children may have a better chance of avoiding unhealthy habits linked to obesity and cardiovascular disease later in life if they are taught properly about healthy behaviors in preschool, Mount Sinai researchers have shown in a first-of-its-kind study. The researchers...
Patient Safety Highlighted at Events
The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Queens kicked off Patient Safety Week on their campuses in mid-March with the screening of a documentary film, followed by two-day patient safety fairs. Organized by the Department of Risk Management and Patient...
New Outpatient Practice Opens At Mount Sinai West
Faculty and staff gathered for a recent ribbon-cutting event at Mount Sinai West to celebrate the opening of a new outpatient practice located on the second floor of the historic Ansonia Building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The 11,000-square-foot...
The Jacobi Medallion: A Celebration of Excellence
Nine accomplished physicians and researchers were honored with the 2019 Jacobi Medallion—one of Mount Sinai’s highest awards—at a special event held at The Plaza on Thursday, March 14. Dennis S. Charney, MD, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean, Icahn School of Medicine at...
High Schoolers Spend a Day in the Lab
Tenth-grade honors chemistry students from the Ramaz Upper School in Manhattan recently visited renowned microbiologists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai for a day of hands-on learning. Randy Albrecht, PhD; Adolfo García-Sastre,...
Career Event for Women’s History Month
While doing good work is vitally important, it may not be enough to get you noticed and move you along your career path. That was the message of a panel discussion, “Accelerating Career Advancement,” held at Mount Sinai Queens on Thursday, March 14, as part of its...