Lecture Offers Insight Into Obesity and Diabetes
Distinguished endocrinologist and researcher Barbara Kahn, MD, the George Minot Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, discussed the link between obesity and type 2 diabetes at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai’s 2018 Stanley Mirsky, MD...
Celebrating Anniversaries
Nearly 1,200 employees from The Mount Sinai Hospital, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and the Mount Sinai Health System’s Corporate Services division were recognized for their length of service at separate events held during three days in...
Push-Up Challenge Brings Awareness to Prostate Health
More than 120 Mount Sinai Health System faculty and staff completed more than 6,000 push-ups at the recent fourth annual Push-Up for Prostate Cancer Challenge held in Guggenheim Pavilion. The event, which commemorated Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in...
From the Bronx to Harvard: A New Start Thanks to Mount Sinai’s Adolescent Health Center
Anthony Otey Hernández was a young, insecure gay man of color growing up in poverty in the Bronx with a single mother who battled illness and depression. At 15, he felt the weight of the world on his shoulders as depression struck while he was...
Celebrating 50 Years of Adolescent Health
The Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center marked its 50th anniversary by honoring five individuals and the Mount Sinai Auxiliary Board at its 15th Annual Breakfast of Legends benefit at the Ziegfeld Ballroom on Tuesday, October 30. The Center provides free,...
Five Honored at “Wonderful World” Benefit Gala
With live music, dance, and heartfelt tributes, the 13th annual “What a Wonderful World” gala was held on Monday, October 15, to benefit the Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel. Nearly 200 guests attended the event,...
Panel on Palliative Care Shines a Light on Caregivers
They spend an average of 20 hours a week in an unpaid, emotionally draining job. One in three is in poor health, and 97 percent say they need more help. Who are they? They are the 65 million Americans who provide care to an adult relative at home, and a...
Run for Research Raises Awareness of Brain Aneurysms
About 50 faculty and staff, patients, and their families in September took part in the Fifth Annual 5k Run for Research, hosted by the Department of Neurosurgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and TeamCindy, a fundraising arm of the Brain...
Patient Reimagines Her Surgery as Art
Artist Frances McGuire transformed the arduous experience of multiple knee surgeries into creative inspiration by sketching serious, and sometimes whimsical, images of the experience. Now, the lively prints are on display at the Orthopedic Center and the...