Nov 7, 2015 | Inside, Your Health
From left, Urology Fellow Avinash Reddy, MD; Dennis S. Charney, MD; and Leslie Schlachter, PA, took turns at the mat during the Push-Up Challenge, while Ash Tewari, MBBS, MCh, far right, who spearheaded the event, looked on.
Sixty-two men and women took to the mat in the Guggenheim Pavilion on Wednesday, September 16, to participate in the Mount Sinai Health System’s Push-Up Challenge, an event highlighting Prostate Cancer Awareness Month that was sponsored by the Department of Urology.
Dennis S. Charney, MD, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and President for Academic Affairs, Mount Sinai Health System, kicked off the challenge by completing 106 push-ups that were tallied by trainers from the New York Sports Club. (more…)
Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Inside, School
More than 100 patients and donors gathered at the Waldorf Astoria New York hotel on Tuesday, April 28, to learn how the Mount Sinai Health System is improving prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment through a unique, multidisciplinary approach and state-of-the-art technology. (more…)
Oct 29, 2014 | Inside
Ketan K. Badani, MD, a renowned expert in robotic surgery for kidney and prostate cancer, has joined the Mount Sinai Health System as Vice Chairman of Urology and Robotic Operations, and Director of the Comprehensive Kidney Cancer Program.
Having completed more than 4,000 robotic kidney and prostate surgeries during his career, Dr. Badani, Professor of Urology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, is considered one of the most experienced specialists in the field. He has authored more than 150 peer-reviewed publications and co-wrote the book Robotic Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer–Is It for You?
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Sep 8, 2014 | Health Navigator
An article in Medpage Today noted “Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) led to complication rates, readmission rates, and rates of additional cancer therapy similar to those of conventional surgical prostatectomy, a review of almost 6,000 cases showed.”
“First-year reimbursements were greater for patients undergoing robot assisted compared with open radical prostatectomy.”
“Introduced a decade ago, robot-assisted prostatectomy has become the dominant surgical technique for patients with localized prostate cancer. Investigators in some studies have suggested that robotic prostatectomy has driven the overall prostatectomy rate to a level beyond what would have been expected given current demographic and clinical trends.”
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Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Inside, Your Health
Patients at the Mount Sinai Health System and at leading medical centers around the world have benefitted from therapeutic treatments that are tested during clinical trials.
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