A Patient Story from the American Academy of Ophthalmology: Mount Sinai Saves the Eye Sight of a Woman Stabbed in Face
When 32-year-old Julissa Marquez sustained 27 stab wounds to the head, face, and eyes in December 2013, she was told by the trauma specialist who saw her that she would never see again. But thanks to doctors at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai,...
Kenneth’s Story: A Pioneering HIV-Positive Transplant Success
Kenneth Teasley, HIV-positive with end-stage renal disease, had been on a waiting list for a kidney transplant for five years. He learned from The Mount Sinai Hospital in the spring of 2016 about his eligibility for an organ from another HIV-positive patient. Mount...
Celebrating the Patients Cured of Hepatitis C
The Institute for Liver Medicine held a special party on Tuesday, March 7, on The Mount Sinai Hospital campus, for an extraordinary group of patients: men and women who have been cured of Hepatitis C. “It’s rare in medicine that we get to bring people back to...
Multiple Sclerosis Gala Honors Donors and Patients
More than 225 donors, patients, faculty, and friends attended the 15th Annual Gala for the Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson (CGD) Center for Multiple Sclerosis at Mount Sinai, which was held Thursday, March 2, at The Plaza. The event was chaired by Meruka Hazari, MD, a...
Staten Island Live: Patient has Two Heart Transplants at Mount Sinai, 23 Years Apart
Michael Greene went through more in his first 28 years than most of us will face in our entire lifetimes combined: Two new hearts. An extra set of kidneys. At 8, it was determined he needed his first heart transplant, which was performed at The Mount Sinai Hospital....
Watch the Video: The Actors Fund and Mount Sinai Doctors Open The Samuel J. Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts
The Actors Fund and Mount Sinai Doctors opened a new health center for the performing arts and entertainment community in New York City. Located at The Actors Fund's headquarters, The Samuel J. Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts will serve as the medical...
The Daily News: Mount Sinai Surgeon Gives Cancer Patient New Hope
Ed Hepner walked into The Mount Sinai Hospital with a sore back - and soon discovered his lone functioning kidney was afflicted with a cancerous tumor. Enter Ketan Badani, MD, vice chair of urology and robotic operations at Mount Sinai Health System removed the...
Broadway World: After Brain Surgery, Kim Sutton Will Bring LIVE TO TELL to the Beechman
Performer Kim Sutton, who last year underwent deep brain stimulation surgery at The Mount Sinai Hospital to treat progressive essential tremor, is bringing a new show "Live To Tell" to Broadway in March. Surgeries performed by Dr. Brian Kopell, Director of the Center...
Watch the Video: Mount Sinai Heart Keeps Melinda’s Heart Pumping
After giving birth to her first child, Melinda Constantine was diagnosed with a rare type of heart failure that can happen during pregnancy or right after delivery. Under the care of Anelechi Anyanwu, MD, Surgical Director of the Mechanical Circulatory Support and...