Five hospitals within the Mount Sinai Health System—Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai Beth Israel Brooklyn, Mount Sinai Roosevelt, Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, and The Mount Sinai Hospital—recently honored medical staff members with 2014 Wholeness of Life, and Care and Compassion awards.
The award candidates were nominated by their colleagues. In their personal and professional lives they strive to achieve a balance of physical, mental, and spiritual well-being; practice health care with an appreciation for the interrelated functioning of mind, body, and spirit in illness and recovery; demonstrate respect for human beings; and promote teamwork and professional relationships to maximize patient care.
The HealthCare Chaplaincy Network created the Wholeness of Life awards in 1986 to recognize health care institution staff for their years of providing compassionate care to patients. The former Beth Israel Medical Center launched the Care and Compassion awards in 1997.
This year’s Wholeness of Life award recipients were honored at the HealthCare Chaplaincy’s annual gala at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Manhattan on Thursday, November 6. They include:
Deborah B. Marin, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, and Associate Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and The Mount Sinai Hospital
Deborah Travis, RN, MN, CEN, Trauma Program Manager, Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, also honored by Mount Sinai Roosevelt
Mary Walsh, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, CEN, Senior Vice President, Patient Care Services, Chief Nursing Officer, Mount Sinai Beth Israel
The 2014 Care and Compassion award recipients were:
Erica Grabscheid, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Senior Academic Hospitalist, Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Janet Mackin, EdD, RN, retiring Phillips Beth Israel School of Nursing Dean, who received a special Care and Compassion Lifetime Achievement Award
Stephen Teitelbaum, MD, Chief of Urology, Mount Sinai Beth Israel Brooklyn