The Mount Sinai Alumni

Congratulations to Mount Sinai School of Medicine Alum Andrew Bindman, MD, who was named EVP and chief medical officer at Kaiser Permanente! https://www.prnewswire.com//andrew-bindman-md-named-evp-an

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS), together with Keystone for Incubating Innovation in Life sciences Network (KiiLN), request applications for the 2020 ISMMS-KiiLN Postdoctoral Entrepreneurship Award to be presented at the Annual Innovation Awards Ceremony. This award is an annual prize to honor postdoctoral entrepreneurs. Apply today!

ISMMS Dr. Maura K Cosetti wrote about what it's like being a Neurologist on the Front LInes at the COVID-19 epicenter. Read more in the article below! https://jamanetwork.com//jamaotolaryn/fullarticle/2770090

It is with our deepest condolences we announce the passing of nursing school graduate Caroline L. Reilly. Please the obituary below for more information. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url

First-Time Mother Receives Life-Saving Aortic Surgery A first-time mother received life-saving heart surgery at The Mount Sinai Hospital, thanks to her quick response to her symptoms and knowledge of her family’s health history, says a leader of her surgical team, Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD, PhD, Director of Aortic Surgery, Mount Sinai Health System, and first author of a recent paper on aortic dissection repair during the COVID-19 pandemic. http://s.bl-1.com/h/cVJJp26r

Mount Sinai’s Master’s CommencementA Time for Reflection and Recognition The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai conferred 201 master’s degrees during a ceremony held virtually as New York City continued to observe masking and social distance protocols in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Graduate School now has eight master’s degree-granting programs, including its newest, Biomedical Data Science, which graduated its first student. http://s2.bl-1.com/h/cVmCvjYw

Please join Dr. Catherine Sinclair of the Icahn School of Medicine this Friday from 8am to noon on a John Hopkins School of Medicine Zoom presentation about Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) of Benign Thyroid Nodules. Learn more: https://hopkinscme.cloud-cme.com/default.aspx?P=0&EID=25540.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the #FitForTheFrontlines campaign! We are proud of everyone for participating, including Dr. Charles Melone, Director of the Division of Hand Surgery at Mount Sinai Beth Israel and Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery at ISMMS who responded to Dr. Charney's push up challenge. Watch to see if he completes 100 push ups in one minute!

#FBF From the Mount Sinai Archives Blog: Mount Sinai in a Time of EpidemicTyphus, 1915 Mount Sinai physicians have a long tradition of making important contributions to the scientific literature. A good example is from the 1910s, when typhus swept the world, killing thousands of people. Mount Sinai’s Trustees took the unusual step of agreeing to fund a trip to gather blood specimens in the Balkans, where there was a typhus outbreak. The story shows Mount Sinai’s commitment to research and developing new treatments during times of crisis.

Road to Resilience Podcast: The Recharge Room When COVID-19 hit New York City, David Putrino, PhD, Co-Director of the Abilities Research Center and Director of Rehabilitation Innovation at the Mount Sinai Health System, converted his lab into recharge rooms for front-line healthcare workers. Dr. Putrino and his team created multi-sensory experiences that can reduce stress in just 15 minutes. In this interview, Dr. Putrino talks about the science behind the recharge room and shares tips for creating relaxing spaces at home.

Mount Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan was one of the first hospitals in the country to develop an antibody test, which was available by late March. Since then, about 45,000 people have emailed the hospital, asking how to donate their antibody-rich plasma to New Yorkers fighting the virus. ‘We had more interest than I ever could have imagined,’ said Dr. Ania Wajnberg, who runs the hospital’s new antibody donor identification program and whose inbox was flooded with thousands of emails a day from prospective donors.

Dr. Joshua Kugler, Chair of Emergency Services at MS South Nassau discussed why it is safe to come to the Emergency Department. Watch the recording here.

During a Pandemic, Mount Sinai’s Class of 2020 MD and PhD Graduates Receive Their Degrees It was a most unusual commencement ceremony on Friday, May 15, for the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, an event that was prerecorded and livestreamed to the geographically scattered members of the Class of 2020. For this commencement, graduates received their degrees not from the stage at New York City’s Lincoln Center, with all the hoopla associated with large celebratory crowds, but from the isolation of their homes.

Dr. Dana Mazo on How to Continue Safe Practices as Restrictions are Lifted. Watch the recording here.

#FBF Thirty years ago, in 1980, the Alumni changed their name to the Associated Alumni of The Mount Sinai Medical Center. Since 1969, the name had been the Associated Alumni of The Mount Sinai Hospital and School of Medicine. This was adopted when the Association voted to include all graduates of the new Mount Sinai School of Medicine. The 1980 version lasted until 1992, when it became The Mount Sinai Alumni. This image is from 1982 that shows Dr. Morris Bender presenting the Gold Headed Cane to Dr. Arthur H. Aufses, Jr.