One hundred twenty-seven members of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai’s Class of 2014 participated in the nation’s annual Match Day event on Friday, March 21. They gathered in the Annenberg West lobby to open their envelopes en masse and find out which residency programs they would be attending during the next phase of their training.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and The New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) announced the formation of a new partnership to jointly study and address a number of significant health issues and policies that impact the lives of people who live in urban areas. NYAM is an historic and independent institution that has been advancing the health of people living in cities since its founding in 1847.
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and National Jewish Health, the nation’s leading respiratory hospital, based in Denver, Colorado, have created a partnership to advance patient care and research in respiratory and related diseases. The Mount Sinai–National Jewish Health Respiratory Institute is expected to open on the Icahn School of Medicine campus in July.
The Mount Sinai Health System recently established the Mount Sinai Institute of Technology (MSIT), with a $5 million grant from the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC). As part of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, MSIT will train students to develop technology-based solutions that improve human health, and serve as an incubator for transformative, cost-effective discoveries.
In medicine, as with other fields, developing effective leaders and educators is essential to our profession. Teaching is a vital role of all physicians, and good teaching directly improves patient care. Similar to other aspects of medical practice, becoming an effective teacher requires training and experience. An increasing number of medical students, residents, and practicing physicians are seeking advanced training in education to provide them with a conceptual and scholarly foundation for their educational responsibilities, and to enhance their leadership potential and increase their effectiveness in their profession.
Mount Sinai’s Institute for Medical Education (IME) serves the vital need for creating, educating, mentoring and retaining the best educators for our students, residents and faculty. Fostering the success of our educators includes recognizing and rewarding those who display dedication and excellence in their work, and providing programs that develop and reinforce their scholarship, teaching skills and successful promotion.