Cleft and Craniofacial Myths
July is Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness Month. Here are the most common myths about this disease that I hear from my patients. Myth: Children with clefts and craniofacial anomalies do not require specialty care. Reality: Patients born with a birth defect involving...
Remembering D-Day 70 Years Later
“I thought I would never live to see the end of that day,” said Mount Sinai Beth Israel patient Robert Cohen, recollecting his experience as a young U.S. infantryman landing on Utah Beach on June 6, 1944. Mr. Cohen spent the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landing with...
New Program to Provide Hospital-Level Care at Home
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded $9.6 million to Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to establish a Mobile Acute Care Team (MACT) program that provides patients with eligible medical conditions the same level of acute care...
Skin Cancer Treatment without surgery: Cut-less Dermatology
According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, one person dies from skin cancer every hour in the United States - a good reason why everyone should schedule regular skin examinations. But you may ask, how do dermatologists know when a skin growth or mole needs to be...
Mount Sinai Volunteers with Saving Mothers to Bring Better Prenatal Care to Guatemala
Mount Sinai Physician Assistant, Jessica Oliveira and Dr. Taraneh Shirazian, Director of Mount Sinai Global Women’s Health, attended a graduation this past May in Santiago, Guatemala. The graduation marked the end of a 16-week program for 22 comadronas (birth...
Caring For Those in the Second Decade of Life
There are more than 42 million adolescents between the ages of 10-19 in the United States. Worldwide one in six people is a teenager. As recently noted by the World Health Organization, “Promoting healthy practices during adolescence, and taking steps to better...
Melanoma, the deadliest and most preventable skin disease
Melanoma is the deadliest and most preventable skin disease. It is a skin cancer arising from melanocytes, skin cells that carry pigment also know as melanin, which gives skin its color. Melanocytes are the cells that also form benign (non-cancerous) moles known as...
Even Soccer Players Suffer Broken Noses
Soccer fans across the United States were thrilled with the US team’s opening game victory against Ghana. For those watching the game live, along with a great match, they also witnessed US star Clint Dempsey suffer a blow to the nose and a...
Dermatology throughout your lifetime
Our skin goes through many changes as we age. Each stage is marked with some specific findings that are more or less common, but it is normal to ask: “What is happening to my (or my child’s) skin and hair?” Infants: Seborrheic dermatitis, or “cradle cap,” is very...