Mount Sinai Brings Transplant Team and Decades of Experience to Long Island
The Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute at Mount Sinai is now offering complete transplant evaluation services at the Mount Sinai Doctors Long Island Five Towns practice in Hewlett, N.Y. At this new satellite practice, adult patients who need a liver or kidney...
The Lancet: US Health-Care Groups Voice Concerns About Replacing ACA
About 2 million people in New York could lose coverage if funding to expand Medicaid eligibility ended, David Reich, MD, President and Chief Operating Officer of The Mount Sinai Hospital, tells The Lancet. If that happens, Reich said "we lose our ability to use the...
Blackout in Liberia
Ram Roth, MD, a board certified anesthesiologist at Mount Sinai Queens, generally posts about anesthesiology, anesthesiologists’ advice to patients, and the surgical services offered at Mount Sinai Queens. This time, Dr. Roth is reporting from Liberia, the West...
Q&A in Cardiovascular Business: Barrier-Breaking Vascular Surgeon on the Importance of Diversity in the Field
In a Q&A with Cardiovascular Business, Donna Mendes, MD, a vascular surgeon at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s and Mount Sinai West, talks about diversity at Mount Sinai, how the industry has become more diverse over the years, and why all providers should make it a...
Mount Sinai Celebrates Heart Health Month: Go Red for Women Day
Thousands of visitors and staff attended health fairs held across the Mount Sinai Health System on Friday, February 3—Go Red for Women Day®—which spotlights cardiovascular disease. “Typically, women overestimate their risk for cancer and underestimate the risk for...
Mount Sinai Celebrates Heart Health Month: Celebrating Multicultural Foods
Mount Sinai Fit’s Wellness Lunch and Learn series, “Mount Sinai Cooks Around the World,” featured advice about mindful, heart-healthy eating, with demonstrations by Mount Sinai Health System officials, from left, Beth Oliver, DNP, RN, Senior Vice President, Cardiac...
Mount Sinai Celebrates Heart Health Month: Valentine’s Day Party for Pediatric Heart Patients
Dozens of pediatric heart patients were treated to an early Valentine’s Day party at The Mount Sinai Hospital on Wednesday, February 8. The children played games, crafted heart-shaped picture frames, and took photos at a selfie station. The event also reunited...
Three Receive Wholeness of Life Awards
Three Mount Sinai Health System employees recently received 2016 Wholeness of Life Awards from the HealthCare Chaplaincy Network™ for their commitment to providing compassionate and respectful care to patients in crisis. The employees, all nominated by their...
Multiple Honors Lead to an Unforgettable Day
Scott L. Friedman, MD, Dean for Therapeutic Discovery and Chief of the Division of Liver Diseases at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in November became the first individual to receive three honors at the American Association for the Study of Liver...