Improving Security at our Petrie Campus by Dr. Jeremy Boal
We’ve kicked off our visitor badging system in the Bernstein lobby and the Emergency Department ramps. Months of planning went into finding the right way to screen our patients and visitors in a respectful way that keeps access to our facility...
Crain’s Notable Women Features Two MSBI Doctors by Dr. Jeremy Boal
On August 6, Crain’s New York released the 2018 Notable Women in Healthcare and featured two of our fearless Downtown leaders along with many other Mount Sinai leaders. Crain’s does not know the extent of their brilliance, but their colleagues do. “Barbara...
Dr. Melissa Freeman, Serving Patients for More Than 56 Years
Melissa Freeman, MD, is a physician at our Gouverneur Street Opioid Treatment Program Clinic, where she has been serving for more than 56 years. She was part of the pioneering team that expanded methadone treatment across the city in the 1970s. On Good...
Remembering a Beth Israel Legend by Dr. Jeremy Boal
Last week, Robert Newman, MD, MPH, a Beth Israel giant, passed away. He worked here for more than 25 years and served as President of Beth Israel from 1978-1997 and then President of Continuum Health Partners from 1997-2000. I have been overwhelmed by how...
Phillips School of Nursing Earns National League of Nursing Award
The Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel has earned the National League of Nursing’s prestigious designation as a “Center of Excellence in Nursing Education™ for the years 2018-2022. This is the School’s second consecutive designation as...
Melinda Lantz, MD, Assumes Leadership Role
Members of the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP) have elected Mount Sinai Beth Israel physician Melinda Lantz, MD, to become the organization’s President. Dr. Lantz, Vice Chair, Chief of Geriatric Psychiatry, and Associate Professor of...
Concern for Patients at Water Street
Patient Accounts Supervisor Jessica Deleon moved quickly. She wanted to help a Mount Sinai Health System patient get all of her paperwork in order so she could proceed with a cardiovascular procedure the next day. There were a couple of challenges, however. The...
An Unexpected ED Patient by Dr. Jeremy Boal
We recently had a unique patient in the MSBI emergency room. As always, our team provided the best and most compassionate care. Last month, a woman came to our Emergency Department with her very sick Shitz Shu. We don’t care for dogs typically, but Laura Hogrefe, RN,...
Patients Honor Oncology Nurses
On Tuesday, July 17, The Blavatnik Family-Chelsea Medical Center of Mount Sinai and Mount Sinai Union Square held pinning ceremonies for oncology-certified nurses and nurse practitioners. We are proud that 45% of all eligible certified RN’s and 60% of all...
New Hospital: Demolition Update
The demolition of the residents building at the new hospital site was down to the final floors in mid-July. See the photos below of the second floor walls and slab being demolished. Demolition will be complete in early fall 2018. ...
Teamwork in our Weight Loss Surgery and Endocrine Surgery Programs by Dr. Jeremy Boal
This week, I’d like to recognize our Weight Loss Surgery and Endocrine Surgery Programs. The teams who care for these patients are changing lives and helping their patients to stick with their goals, even when it seems like a long road. William Inabnet, MD, FACS,...
Mount Sinai Heart Team Performs First Venous Procedure at Union Square
On July 11, 2018 the Mount Sinai Heart team performed their first venous procedure at the newly remodeled ambulatory location at Mount Sinai Union Square. Mount Sinai Heart at Union Square now provides services by The Center for Vein and Vascular Care that were...
We Win the Gold Again by Dr. Jeremy Boal
I am delighted to report that, once again, Mount Sinai Beth Israel has won a host of awards for stroke, heart attack, and heart failure care. Here are our awards for 2017: Mission: Lifeline® Gold Receiving Quality Achievement Award in STEMI American Heart...
Caring for Kids by Dr. Jeremy Boal
I’ve recently heard about so many of our MSBI employees who go above and beyond for children in our community. Our Pediatrics Department at Union Square has a team of employees who truly love their jobs. Some of them have been at MSBI for more than 20...
Happy Fourth of July!
Thanks to all of our staff who worked through the heat and the holiday this week. Mount Sinai Beth Israel Engineers worked hard to cool of our building and our patients. Below are a few photos of our staff celebrating and working through the heat.