Match Day 2024: Entering Specialties With Great Need
Match Day represents a milestone for fourth-year medical students across the country—it’s when they receive their placements for the residency programs they’ve applied to. On Friday, March 15, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai’s Class of 2024 congregated at...
Nursing Research Day Highlights the Integral Role Nursing Plays in Advancing Knowledge and Practice
Nurses play an integral role in ensuring successful transitions across settings of care, stages of health, and seasons of life. Their essential contributions extend far beyond direct patient care, with nurse researchers and policy experts leading critical advances in...
2024 Jacobi Medallion Award Ceremony
The Mount Sinai Alumni Association and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai presented accomplished physicians, researchers, educators, and administrators with the 2024 Jacobi Medallion, one of Mount Sinai’s highest awards. The annual ceremony was held Thursday,...
Mount Sinai’s Million Dollar Circle Recognition Honors Underrepresented Vendors
Mount Sinai recently held its inaugural Million Dollar Circle Recognition event—celebrating 28 underrepresented vendors that each provided more than $1 million in products and services to the Health System in 2022 and 2023. More than $70 million was spent with the...
AI Spotlight: Predicting Risk of Death in Dementia Patients
Dementia is a neurodegenerative disorder, commonly known to affect cognitive function—including memory and reasoning. It is also a factor contributing to death. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, dementia is currently the seventh leading...
How to Safely Observe a Solar Eclipse
The tricky thing about a partial solar eclipse is that if you look at it directly, you won’t feel any immediate pain. But the sun’s energy can still permanently damage your retina—and your vision. In this Q&A, Avnish Deobhakta, MD, Associate Professor of...
New Opera on a Gender-Affirmation Pioneer Is Authored by Mount Sinai Neuroradiologist
“It’s a love story,” says Aryeh Lev Stollman, MD, a neuroradiologist at Mount Sinai, and the librettist for a new opera, Lili Elbe, which tells the story of one of the earliest recipients of gender-affirming surgery, in 1930. The opera, commissioned by the Theater St....
At the Mount Sinai Morningside Spine Program, the Personal Touch Is Key to Healing
If you are having problems with your back and believe you may need to consult with a surgeon, then Mount Sinai has a program for you. Mount Sinai Morningside has launched a Spine Program with a uniquely personalized and integrated approach. In addition to its advanced...
Rehabilitation Therapist Rises to the Occasion and Delivers a Baby Outside The Mount Sinai Hospital
On Thursday, December 28, shortly before 8:30 am, Aura Weltman, OTR/L, SCLV, was walking on Fifth Avenue toward The Mount Sinai Hospital and heard a woman scream. Aura, a senior clinical specialist in the Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance at the...