Two Honors for a Leader in Emergency Medicine Education
Saadia Akhtar, MD, Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Program Director for the Emergency Medicine Residency training program at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, has received two national awards for...
Residents Win a Fun Quiz Show on Emergency Medicine Fundamentals
A team from Mount Sinai Beth Israel recently won the Emergency Medicine Residents Association Quiz Show, competing against 12 teams of residents from across the country at the Council of Emergency Medical Directors Academic Assembly in San...
Honoring Leadership Excellence in Cardiovascular Care for Women
Roxana Mehran, MD, an internationally renowned clinician and researcher in the field of interventional cardiovascular disease, received the 2018 Wenger Excellence in Medical Leadership Award from WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women...
Raising Awareness for Biomedical Research
Seven researchers and veterinarians from the Mount Sinai Health System discussed humane animal research at a panel held at Hatch Auditorium to commemorate Biomedical Research Awareness Day (BRAD) on Thursday, April 19. They joined more than 110 other...
Gratitude and Joy at the Master’s Commencement
The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai held the 2018 Master’s Commencement on Friday, June 22, in a ceremony that celebrated the graduates’ achievements and looked ahead to their fulfilling and varied careers. “While...
Celebrating Trailblazer Pamela Sklar, MD, PhD
Luminaries in the study of psychiatric genomics joined the Mount Sinai community in celebrating the work of the late Pamela Sklar, MD, PhD, a groundbreaking psychiatrist and neuroscientist who made major discoveries that established the genetic roots of...
Mount Sinai Doctors Faculty Practice Receives Two Patient Access Awards
The Mount Sinai Doctors Faculty Practice has received two Best Practice Awards from the Patient Access Symposium (PAS), a group of 80 medical centers nationwide. At the awards event in May, hosted by Indiana University Health in Indianapolis, Mount Sinai staff...
International Yoga Day
On International Yoga Day, June 21, Mount Sinai Heart faculty and staff began their day by participating in multiple yoga sessions starting at 6:30 am. “It is important that we all make sure that we are active and heart healthy. Yoga is an amazing way to...
At Reunion, Alumni Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
More than 200 alumni gathered recently to celebrate 50 years of education at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai’s annual Alumni Reunion and Awards Ceremony. Eleven distinguished alumni of the Icahn School of Medicine and St. Luke’s-Roosevelt (SLR)...