Teaching Doctors in Ethiopia
Jerome D. Waye, MD, Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, recently traveled to St. Paul’s Millennium Medical School in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with three colleagues from Canada, Italy, and Norway, where they taught...
Fun and Facts at the Patient Safety Fair
Employees received popcorn, cotton candy, and safety tips at the three-day Patient Safety Fair in early March. Held in the Guggenheim Pavilion, the fair was organized by the Department of Risk Management and Patient Safety. Employees visited information stations on...
“Art in the Heart” at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s
Paintings by Harlem artists are brightening the walls of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s in a new exhibit called “Art in the Heart.” The display, which was unveiled at a reception on Thursday, February 15. It features eleven vibrant...
Commencement for Phillips School of Nursing
Before hundreds of family members and friends, the Phillips School of Nursing (PSON) at Mount Sinai Beth Israel graduated 41 new nurses who received an Associate’s Degree in nursing and conferred a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree to 11 registered nurses. The...
Patient Experience: Mount Sinai Town Hall Meetings and Survey-Appreciation Events
The Mount Sinai Health System thanked employees for their commitment to providing patients with the highest level of safety, quality of care, and compassion at a series of meetings and events held at each hospital and other locations in February and March. ...
A Generous Gift to Advance Care for Children with Cancer and Blood Disease
The Jack Martin Fund, a nonprofit organization that has partnered with Mount Sinai Health System for 68 years, has provided a gift to open a new pediatric cancer inpatient unit at Kravis Children’s Hospital at Mount Sinai. The benefactors, along with Mount Sinai...
Teaching Youngsters About Robotic Surgery
Physicians and staff from the Milton and Carroll Petrie Department of Urology in January hosted separate visits from two groups of youngsters from Battery Park City—Girl Scout Troop 3302 and fourth graders from P.S. 276—who gathered in the Guggenheim Pavilion to learn...
Students Stay Strong Through Powerlifting
Three second-year medical students, Sayeeda Chowdhury, Lucy O’Shaughnessy, and Chuma Nwachukwu, have brought the sport of powerlifting to their classmates at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Since establishing Sinai Strong, a student powerlifting...
Pediatric Patients Enjoy a Valentine’s Reunion
Dozens of pediatric cardiology patients and their families reunited with the doctors, nurses, and staff who previously administered life-changing care to them during an afternoon of celebration and fun on Wednesday, February 7, at the 32nd Annual Valentine’s Reunion...