Stories about research and scientific development at Mount Sinai
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...
New Institute Aims to Advance Science of Women’s Health
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has created the Women’s Health Research Institute, with the mission of advancing science in women’s health. The Director of the Institute is a nationally recognized physician-scientist, Elizabeth A. Howell, MD, MPP, System...
Mount Sinai Researchers Receive $13 Million NIH Grant to Study Impact of Genome Sequencing on Children’s Health Outcomes and Health Care Costs
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have been awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health for a four-year research program, the NYCKidSeq study, that aims to evaluate how genome sequencing can improve health care management by...
Robotics Symposium in 3D
Ash Tewari, MBBS, MCh, and Ketan Badani, MD, attracted a standing-room-only audience at the American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting in May, when the Mount Sinai physicians led a 3D satellite symposium on complex robotic prostate, kidney, and bladder...