Urology Department Hosts International Symposium
More than 500 doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals recently attended the 2nd International Prostate Cancer Symposium and Inaugural World Congress of Urologic Oncology at The Mount Sinai Hospital. The three-day event in September was hosted by the Milton...
Isabelle M. Germano, Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Oncological Sciences, Delivers Lecture at New York Society for Neurosurgery
Isabelle M. Germano, MD, MBA, FACS, Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Oncological Sciences at Mount Sinai Health System, was recently chosen by the New York Society for Neurosurgery to give the 2017 Charles A. Elsberg Lecture. She is the first woman to receive...
Three Mount Sinai Researchers Elected to National Academy of Medicine
Three faculty members from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). Election to the NAM is considered one of the highest honors in health and medicine, recognizing individuals who have demonstrated...
Frozen Section: What are the benefits of intraoperative analysis?
The latest American Thyroid Association (ATA) guidelines for papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) recommend that low-risk patients be treated by removing only half of the thyroid gland, a procedure known as hemithyroidectomy. However, even if some patients are considered...
Celebrating Science and Medicine at Convocation
Convocation 2017 was an especially inspiring event for the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. It was a celebratory evening where 10 renowned faculty members were honored, the State of the School address was delivered, and a transformational strategic plan,...
Nature Publication Names Mount Sinai Among Most Innovative in Research
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is among the top 10 research institutions in the world based on its contributions to published research that is later cited by other organizations in patent development. The rankings, created by the Nature Index 2017...
Mount Sinai Physician-Scientist Wins Award for Young Investigators In Cancer Research
Eirini Papapetrou, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Oncological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, has won the Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research for her work using stem cells and genome editing to study blood disorders...
Study Reveals Direct Link Between Surgeon Experience and Outcomes for Mitral Valve Operations
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have found that patients who undergo mitral valve operations with surgeons who perform more than 25 such procedures annually experience lower one-year mortality and reoperation rates when compared to...
Mount Sinai Spin-Off to Revolutionize Diagnostics
Eric Schadt, PhD, a pioneer in big data and systems biology and Founding Director of the Icahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology, recently launched Sema4, a new venture at the Mount Sinai Health System that is looking to revolutionize clinical diagnostics...