Mount Sinai Launches New Advertising Campaign
A new chapter is unfolding at the Mount Sinai Health System, one that defines Mount Sinai’s leadership in providing seamless patient care—for you, for life—throughout New York City. It also showcases Mount Sinai’s significant contributions to research and medical...
New Director Named to Enhance Programs in Heart Failure, Transplantation
Sean P. Pinney, MD, was recently named the first Director of Heart Failure and Transplantation for the Mount Sinai Health System. He will also continue to serve as Director of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation at The Mount Sinai Hospital and Associate...
Advances in Heart Failure Research and Clinical Care
Mount Sinai scientists and clinicians are making notable advances in the study and treatment of heart failure, a common condition that occurs when the heart becomes too weak to pump and circulate enough blood through the body. Diseases that damage the heart—such as...
“Home Away from Home” at the Transplant Living Center
The Mount Sinai Transplant Living Center, which provides convenient and affordable overnight accommodations to patients and their families receiving care at the Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute (RMTI), has undergone a full renovation, featuring new kitchens,...
Around the Health System
Mount Sinai Queens Community Health Fair Draws 900 Attendees Mount Sinai Queens and the United Community Civic Association co-hosted a daylong neighborhood health fair at Kaufman Astoria Studios on Saturday, June 6, attracting some 900 attendees. Mount Sinai Queens...
A Celebration of Mount Sinai’s Dedicated Volunteers
The contributions of the more than 1,100 volunteers who serve The Mount Sinai Hospital and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai were celebrated at a recent breakfast during National Volunteer Week. Also honored at the event—and receiving special attention and...
Kravis Children’s Hospital Achieves Major Gains in National Rankings
Kravis Children’s Hospital at Mount Sinai is again ranked among the nation’s top pediatric centers in seven of the ten specialties measured by U.S. News & World Report in its 2015-16 “Best Children’s Hospitals” guidebook. Notably, for the first time, Kravis...
Exploring Diverse Microbes Among Remote Amerindians
A population of Amerindian hunter-gatherers, who until recently had lived in isolation in the remote Venezuelan Amazon, is yielding a trove of information for scientists at Mount Sinai who are studying their microbiome and finding the most diverse levels of bacteria...
East Side Endoscopy Helps the Underserved
East Side Endoscopy, LLC, an affiliate of Mount Sinai Beth Israel, provided 253 free colonoscopies to underserved patients in New York City last year, through its special charity program that was established in 2012 in partnership with the American Cancer Society and...