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Students Support Ebola-Relief Efforts in Liberia
Students at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) have collected more than $6,600 and 56 boxes of supplies to support the Liberia Mental Health Clinicians Association, a nursing organization in Liberia that is working to end the spread of Ebola in that...
Forbes Honors Pioneering Neurosurgery Resident
Eric Oermann, MD, a pioneering Neurosurgery second-year resident at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, has been named to the fourth annual Forbes “30 Under 30” list as one of the nation’s top Health Care innovators for 2015. According to Forbes, the honorees...
Researchers Identify Potential Ebola-Fighting Drugs
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified 53 drugs approved for use in treating depression, cancer, heart disease, and other illnesses that may also be effective in fighting the Ebola virus. The findings appeared online in the December...
Transplant Surgeon Ron Shapiro, MD, Joins Mount Sinai
After completing his residency training at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai more than two decades ago, renowned surgeon Ron Shapiro, MD, has returned to the Mount Sinai Health System as Surgical Director of the Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program at the...
An Appreciation Day for Residents and Fellows
The Mount Sinai Health System’s residents and fellows were treated to an inaugural Appreciation Day on Monday, January 12, sponsored by the Office of Graduate Medical Education. More than 300 residents and fellows located throughout the Health System’s seven hospitals...
A Dose of Canine Affection at Levy Library
When a fluffy Pomeranian named Alice paid a two-hour visit to the Gustave L. and Janet W. Levy Library in November, more than 60 Mount Sinai Health System students, faculty, and staff visited her for a quick dose of canine affection. In fact, Alice’s visit was so...