Mount Sinai Surgeons Are First in New York State To Perform HIV-Positive Kidney Transplant
The Mount Sinai Hospital recently became the first hospital in New York State and the second in the nation to perform a kidney transplant from an HIV-positive deceased donor to an HIV-positive recipient, the result of federal legislation that went into effect late...
Mount Sinai Opens a Comprehensive Center For Transgender Medicine and Surgery
The Mount Sinai Health System recently opened the Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery, one of the first centers of its kind in the United States to provide the transgender community with comprehensive primary, specialty, surgical, and behavioral health care...
Living a Vibrant Life with Multiple Sclerosis
Catherine Roosevelt is a vibrant 30-year-old woman who is dedicated both to her career as the Advancement Director for a nonprofit organization serving girls living in poverty and to her numerous volunteer commitments. In a typical year, she travels an average of one...
Pediatric Cardiology Patients Celebrate Life
Dozens of pediatric heart patients who have undergone successful procedures, ranging from valve repairs to heart transplants, recently returned to Kravis Children’s Hospital at Mount Sinai to celebrate life and reconnect with other patients and clinical staff at the...
Thoracic Surgery Patients Perform Free Chamber Music Concerts
Kristin Olson and Nadir Aslam, professional musicians who met when they were treated for recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax (collapsed lung) at The Mount Sinai Hospital in August 2015, ardently believe in the power of music to soothe and heal. After treatment, they...