After a Summer on Capitol Hill, a Mount Sinai Medical Student Draws Attention to the Need for Changes to Medicare and Medicaid to Help Vulnerable Populations
With the annual Medicare open enrollment period approaching, Mount Sinai medical student Sunjay Letchuman (class of 2026) and U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, MD, (R-LA) have come together to shine a light on a vulnerable population of Americans who are poor, elderly, and...
Kimberly Souffront, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, to Be Inducted As a Fellow in the American Academy of Nurses
Kimberly Souffront, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, Associate Director, Center for Nursing Research and Innovation at Mount Sinai, has been selected as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing (AAN). The induction ceremony will take place at the Academy’s annual Health Policy...
New Mount Sinai-Harlem Health Center Opens, Providing Quality Outpatient Primary and Specialty Care, and Behavioral Health
The Mount Sinai Health System has expanded its presence in Upper Manhattan with the opening of the new Mount Sinai-Harlem Health Center, a state-of-the-art outpatient medical facility that brings the highest quality health care to the community. The 12-story,...
New Grant Helps Preventive Medicine Residents Forge Deeper Ties With Vulnerable Groups
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai General Preventive Medicine Residency Program has won a prestigious federal grant designed to reduce social inequities in health care through enhanced resident training and expanded public health intervention. Under terms of...
Bridging Gaps in Epilepsy Care in Mongolia: Collaborative Efforts and Life-Changing Surgeries
On Friday, May 12, Saadi Ghatan, MD, Chair of Neurosurgery at Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai Morningside, and Sloane Sheldon, PhD, a clinical neuropsychologist in the Mount Sinai Epilepsy Program, boarded a ten-hour flight from New York to Istanbul. From there, they...
Challenges Faced by Women of Child-Bearing Years With Breast Cancer a Focus of Annual Dubin Breast Center Event
The annual Dubin Breast Center Fact vs. Fiction symposium provides a forum for Mount Sinai’s nationally recognized physician-researchers to share the latest breakthroughs in breast cancer care and to answer questions related to cutting-edge topics in adolescent and...
Winning Presentations for Child Health Research Day
Eighteen Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai researchers gave oral presentations on a range of topics, including child psychiatry, environmental medicine, and maternal health, at the 25th Annual Child Health Research Day, held on Thursday, April 13, in Hatch...
Annual Crystal Party Celebrates Advances in Research and Health Care
For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mount Sinai Health System Crystal Party tent was up and abuzz in Central Park’s Conservatory Garden. Beneath its rainbow big top, nearly 800 physicians, faculty, staff, trustees, supporters, and friends of the Mount...
The Selikoff Centers for Occupational Health Comes to the Aid of EMS Responders
Providers at Mount Sinai’s Emergency Medical Service (EMS) treat, transfer, and move patients—some in extreme situations. They work through small spaces, up and down stairs, and even extricate patients from under subway trains while providing medical care throughout a...