Orthopedics Team Shares Surgical Techniques in China
Donald M. Kastenbaum, MD, has been traveling to China each year for more than 15 years to teach orthopedic surgeons the latest techniques in orthopedic hip and knee surgery. This year, he and his four-person team at Mount Sinai Beth Israel were invited by the Chinese...
A Specialized Clinic for Treating Sickle Cell Disease in New York
Jeffrey Glassberg, MD, MA, Associate Director, Mount Sinai Comprehensive Sickle Cell Program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, talks about a specialized clinic for treating sickle cell disease. "Very often people with sickle cell disease, especially if...
HIV in Women and Girls Awareness Day and Why it’s Important
Terri Wilder, MSW, director, HIV/AIDS Education and Training, and Antonio Urbina, MD, associate professor of infectious disease at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, discuss recent advances in HIV/AIDS treatment and the importance of national HIV in Women...
Watch the Video: The Actors Fund and Mount Sinai Doctors Open The Samuel J. Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts
The Actors Fund and Mount Sinai Doctors opened a new health center for the performing arts and entertainment community in New York City. Located at The Actors Fund's headquarters, The Samuel J. Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts will serve as the medical...
A Nurse Shares Her Affinity for Art
Mary Patricia Fretz, RN, has shared her love for art—and for the stately giraffe—by donating ceramic-tile collages that now hang at Mount Sinai West and the Pediatric Emergency Department at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s. Ms. Fretz, a postpartum nurse at Mount Sinai West,...
Students Meet Mount Sinai Staff Who Have Walked the Same Path
A group of first-generation college students—with questions about health care careers and academic life—recently received advice from Mount Sinai officials who were also among the first in their families to attend college. The young people were fellows of America...
Celebrating the Legacy of Tauba Pasik, MD, and Pedro Pasik, MD
Suzanne N. Haber, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology, and Physiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, presented the inaugural Tauba Pasik, MD and Pedro Pasik, MD Lecture in Neurology at the Hess Center for Science and Medicine on Friday, February 17. The lecture,...
Angela Diaz, MD, PhD, MPH, is Elected to Leadership Role in the National Academy of Medicine
Angela Diaz, MD, PhD, MPH, a leader in adolescent medicine, has been elected to the governing Council of the National Academy of Medicine. Membership in the Academy reflects major contributions to the medical sciences, health care, and public health. The group’s...
A Collaboration Between Mount Sinai and CityMD Aims to Enhance Quality and Access to Care
The Mount Sinai Health System and CityMD have launched a joint collaboration to enhance and expand urgent care services throughout New York City, a partnership that will combine Mount Sinai’s vast network of providers and CityMD’s urgent and clinical care management...