Supporting the Next Generation of Clinician-Educator Leaders
Plans are underway for the 2017 Program for Post Graduate Trainees (PGME): Future Academic Clinician-Educators, sponsored by the Institute for Medical Education (IME) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the Harvard Macy Institute, and the Boston Children’s...
Celebrating the “Art of the Brain”
To commemorate Brain Awareness Week—a global endeavor showcasing the progress and benefits of brain research—The Friedman Brain Institute sponsored its fourth annual “Art of the Brain” exhibition. Featuring photographs, medical illustrations, and sculptures that...
Two at Mount Sinai Win “Courage to Teach” Award
Two physicians at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have received the 2017 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award for fostering innovation in their residency programs. Vicki Lynn Shanker, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, and Director of the Mount Sinai...
New Health Center Attuned to the Performing Arts
Mount Sinai Doctors and The Actors Fund recently opened The Samuel J. Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts, a medical facility in a very “Broadway” location—upstairs from the Actors Fund headquarters at 729 Seventh Avenue and up the street from the Times...
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Events
The Mount Sinai Endoscopy Center hosted an array of educational activities for Colorectal Awareness Month on Wednesday, March 1. During a health fair at The Mount Sinai Hospital, participants picked up educational literature and giveaways and walked through a...
Breaking Barriers at Kravis Children’s Hospital
In partnership with the nonprofit enCourage Kids Foundation, Leif Becker, a martial artist and motivational speaker, recently met with pediatric patients at the Blau Center for Children’s Cancer and Blood Disease at Kravis Children’s Hospital at Mount Sinai. Mr....
Swedish Princess Visits Mount Sinai’s Adolescent Health Center
HRH Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Joanna Rubinstein, DDS, PhD, President and CEO of the World Childhood Foundation, USA, recently visited the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center. Led by the Center’s Medical Director, Anne T. Nucci-Sack, MD, Assistant Professor of...
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...