Employee Group Sponsors Salsa Dancing in Queens
More than 60 employees at Mount Sinai Queens took an hour-long break on Friday, October 6, to learn how to salsa and participate in a fun-filled dance-off competition led by instructors from a dance studio in Astoria, #SalsainQueens. The event was sponsored by the...
Supplies and Cheer for Troops Overseas
American troops deployed overseas will receive personal-care items and a taste of home, thanks to donations collected by the Mount Sinai Health System. Packages are sent year-round, but the upcoming holiday season is a special time, says Carol St. Pierre, RN, MS,...
Annual Event Celebrates the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center
The Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center (MSAHC) saluted the contributions of four individuals who have dedicated themselves to helping New York City’s young people at its 14th Annual Breakfast of Legends benefit at The Plaza on Wednesday, November 1. The Center...
Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg Visit Kravis Children’s Hospital at Mount Sinai
The stars of “Daddy’s Home 2,” Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, brought smiles to the faces of pediatric patients during bedside visits at Kravis Children’s Hospital at Mount Sinai, on Thursday, November 9. The occasion was sponsored by Lollipop Theater Network, a...
Book Drive for Hurricane Sites
After watching repeated news reports about devastating hurricanes this summer, Gali Halevi, PhD, MLS, Chief Director, Mount Sinai Health System Libraries, felt compelled to help in some way. So in September, she began collaborating with Robin O’Hanlon, MIS, Assistant...
Celebrating Physician Assistants
In honor of Physician Assistant (PA) Appreciation Week—and the 50th anniversary of the PA profession—five celebratory events were held at The Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Queens, and Mount Sinai Beth Israel. During the events, held from Friday, October 6, to...
“Run for Research” Helps Support Brain Aneurysm Foundation
As part of Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month, the Department of Neurosurgery partnered with TeamCindy, a fundraising arm of the Brain Aneurysm Foundation, to host the Fourth Annual “Run for Research,” held recently at Riverside Park. Approximately 100 Mount Sinai faculty...
First Group of Mount Sinai Medical Volunteers Return Home from Puerto Rico
The first group of Mount Sinai Health System medical volunteers returned home from Puerto Rico on Thursday night, October 26, after completing their two-week deployment. The 10-person team of doctors and nurses supported a hospital in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, where they...
A Ceremony at Mount Sinai Queens Honors Past, Present, and Future
What mementos would you place in a 2017 time capsule that might not be opened for 100 years or more? When that question was posed to employees from Mount Sinai Queens and residents of western Queens through social media almost a year ago, the responses included a...