Shaping the future of education at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Defying the Odds and Rising to the Top
You could say Denisse Rojas Marquez is a modern-day Phoenix: a woman who has overcome every obstacle life has thrown in her goal-oriented path with inspirational resilience and tenacity, defying the odds at every turn. Despite being an undocumented immigrant and...
Icahn School of Medicine Honors Two New Deans At Black History Month Celebration
During Black History Month in February, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai honored its first black male deans, Gary C. Butts, MD, and Reginald Miller, DVM, for their significant contributions to the institution. Dennis S. Charney, MD, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz...
Update on Bias and Racism
Dear students, We continue to make incremental progress in addressing racism and bias on our campus and in our clinical environments. Below is a list of major initiatives and events since our last update: Curriculum The Medical Education team reviewed all the lecture...
Celebrating a Mount Sinai Legend on his 90th Birthday
Arthur H. Aufses, Jr., MD, one of Mount Sinai’s most respected physicians, celebrated his 90th birthday with nearly 250 colleagues, family, and friends on Monday, February 8, at the Harmonie Club in Manhattan. Dr. Aufses served as Chair of the Department of Surgery...
Learning to Deliver Compassionate Care
Medical students from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai performed special patient rounds on Tuesday, February 16, as part of The Gold Humanism Honor Society’s (GHHS) annual “Solidarity Day for Compassionate Care.” This national program encourages hospital...
Helping to Establish Sustainable Health Care in Liberia
After suspending travel to Liberia during the largest outbreak of Ebola in history, faculty at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai resumed their teaching trips to the West African country last fall, with renewed efforts to improve women’s health. Led by Ann...