Patient Reimagines Her Surgery as Art
Artist Frances McGuire transformed the arduous experience of multiple knee surgeries into creative inspiration by sketching serious, and sometimes whimsical, images of the experience. Now, the lively prints are on display at the Orthopedic Center and the...
“Fabulous and Fighting” Brings Fashion to Cancer Patients
More than 30 patients from the Women’s Cancer Program at The Blavatnik Family – Chelsea Medical Center at Mount Sinai attended a designer clothing “pop-up shop” on Friday, October 12, sponsored by the nonprofit group Fabulous and Fighting. At the event,...
Walking Tall After a Paralyzing Car Accident
For months, New York City resident Peter Schreiner trained extensively for the New Balance 5th Avenue Mile, determined to win. With friends, family, and new fans cheering him on, he triumphantly crossed the finish line, first among his...
Lab Discovery Leads to a Remedy
A drug that recently received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of pain associated with the gynecological disorder endometriosis had its genesis two decades ago in the laboratory of Stuart Sealfon, MD,...
Mount Sinai Receives Award from VNSNY CHOICE SelectHealth
VNSNY CHOICE SelectHealth, a New York State Department of Health Special Needs Plan for Medicaid-eligible New Yorkers living with HIV, recently awarded the Mount Sinai Health System $360,000 for its efforts at successfully improving the overall health status of its...
Experimental “Brain Glue” Helps Save the Life of a Teen Patient
When, in early 2017, the teacher of 14-year-old Shawn Svoboda called to say he was falling asleep in class, his mother wasn’t overly concerned, considering it typical teenage behavior. However, when the teacher called a second time that same day to emphasize she...
Saving Lives Citywide With Innovative Stroke Treatment
On Tuesday, May 1, Dionne Garcia, 72, who was in New York City from Peru visiting her daughter, began experiencing slurred speech and weakness on her left side, and was becoming increasingly unresponsive. EMS arrived at her daughter’s home in Astoria and...
Care and Empathy From a Nurse Inspire Former Pediatrics Patient to Become a Physician
When Naysha Lopez graduated from the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine in June, Evelyn Sotomayor, RN, a pediatric nurse in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Kravis Children’s Hospital at Mount Sinai, was in the audience. It was no surprise that Ms. Sotomayor...
Conference Addresses Lack of Research on Female Brain Injury
The Friedman Brain Institute (FBI) in May cosponsored a program with the Brain Injury Research Center of Mount Sinai and the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine that focused attention on the little-known and -discussed incidence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and...