Dr.
@MattGalsky
has focused on bladder cancer for almost two decades. As Associate Director of Translational Research at
@TischCancer
, Dr. Galsky concentrates on improving the use of immunotherapy and combination treatments in metastatic urothelial cancer:
Dr. Baron S. Lonner is leading the charge to add vertebral body tethering to the spine surgeon's toolbox. Dr. Lonner has performed more procedures using the device than any other surgeon worldwide:
A team of
#scientists
led by Benhur Lee, MD, has developed an assay that tests the quality of an individual’s
#antibodies
to see whether they strongly neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 virus:
#COVID19
Dr. Peter Wiklund has become one of the first
#surgeons
in the world to use a single-port robot to perform radical
#cystectomies
with a urinary diversion:
.
@IcahnMountSinai
unveiled BioMedical Laureates at Mount Sinai, a program intended to increase
#diversity
among its basic and clinical research faculty and reinforce the school’s strong ethic of mentorship. Learn more:
David Putrino, PhD, discusses three important things to know about
#LongCOVID
at
#AspenIdeasHealth
. "Every single person when you think about ‘Is this a safe activity’ think about ‘Is this a safe activity that I think it is worth getting long COVID for?’”
@PutrinoLab
#AspenIdeas
Beyond their fight against
#COVID19
, Drs. Palese,
@florian_krammer
, and Garcia-Sastre are making great strides in developing a universal influenza vaccine. Read more in our Science and Medicine Magazine:
Congratulations to
@Drroxmehran
for being honored with the Terry Ann Krulwich Physician-Scientist Alumni Award. Dr. Mehran is an internationally renowned interventional cardiologist and clinical research expert in the field of cardiovascular disease.
#AlumniReunion2022
Mount Sinai's Dr. Tamar Reisman and nurse practitioner Zil Goldstein quietly turned breastfeeding for
#transgender
women into a clinical reality. Learn more:
Our team at
@MountSinaiNYC
developed a way to turn
#SleepApnea
machines, devices typically used to help people who have trouble breathing while they’re asleep, into ventilators:
#COVID19
Mount Sinai researchers have found strong evidence that before the first symptoms of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis occur, there’s a preclinical phase in which immune and inflammatory pathways are already altered:
Ana Fernandez-Sesma, PhD, has been appointed Chair of the Department of Microbiology at
@IcahnMountSinai
. Dr. Fernandez-Sesma will direct all educational and research functions of the Department, while cultivating an academic culture for advancements:
Michal A. Elovitz, MD (
@DocElovitz
), a renowned leader in maternal-fetal medicine and expert in preterm birth, has been named Dean for Women’s Health Research and Director of the Center for the Advancement of Female Biology at
@IcahnMountSinai
:
Mount Sinai has performed three convalescent plasma transfusions to treat current
#coronavirus
patients, and has received a massive response from recovered patients:
#COVID19
Dr. Rachel Yehuda from
@MountSinaiPsych
& her colleagues have found that
#stress
experienced by
#Holocaust
survivors before the birth of their children had an impact on their children's genes:
We are excited to award our 2023 Maria I. New International Prize for Biomedical Research to Jean-Laurent Casanova, MD, PhD, for revolutionizing our understanding of human
#InfectiousDiseases
through the discovery of genetic and immunological determinants that underpin both rare
We are looking for healthy, vaccinated adult volunteers to participate in a Phase 1, open-label study to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of an egg-based
#COVID19
#vaccine
. Call 212-824-7714 or email covidtrialsinfo
@mountsinai
.org to see if you qualify.
.
@drroxmehran
is preparing to announce results from her TWILIGHT study that looks at withdrawing
#aspirin
and continuing ticagrelor alone after coronary stenting in high risk patients. Current standard of care involves both medications.
#TCT2019
Congratulations to Dr.
@girish_nadkarni
for being named one of our 2021 Endowed Professors! As an expert physician-scientist, Dr. Nadkarni bridges the gap between comprehensive clinical care and innovative research.
#EndowedProfessors2021
The moonshot challenge of the years to come is to re-engineer the immune system to enhance beneficial inflammation and on-tumor immunity without inducing tissue damage,” said
@MiriamMerad
in her research, which was presented at
#AACR23
:
@AACR
#Immunology
.
@MountSinaiNYC
this week plans to initiate
#plasmapheresis
, where the antibodies from patients who have recovered from
#COVID19
will be transferred into critically ill patients with the disease, with the expectation that the antibodies will neutralize it:
.
@MountSinaiNYC
has announced a transformative multimillion-dollar gift from Marc Lipschultz, who serves on Mount Sinai’s Boards of Trustees, and his wife, Jennifer, to the Precision Immunology Institute (PrIISM) at
@IcahnMountSinai
:
.
@Drroxmehran
from
@MountSinaiHeart
was honored during our 2019 Convocation and was named Mount Sinai Professor in Cardiovascular Clinical Research & Outcomes. Dr. Mehran shares her appreciation.
Mount Sinai has received a tremendous response from volunteers looking to participate in the donation of blood plasma to help current
#COVID19
patients:
About 60 extremely ill patients with
#COVID19
have been treated with convalescent plasma, with more being done daily. The antibody assay was developed by a team led by
@florian_krammer
from
@IcahnMountSinai
:
Congratulations to Samira Farouk, MD, MSCR (
@ssfarouk
), for being appointed Deputy/Co-Director of the
@ASNKidney
Board Review Course & Update. As a trailblazer in
#Nephrology
, Dr. Farouk is leading the way toward improved learning and innovation.
@ISMMSKidney
@DOMSinaiNYC
That concludes our last session of the 2019
#SINAInnovations
conference. The conference demonstrated the promise and challenges of
#AI
as it becomes integrated into all aspects of our lives,
#society
and
#health
.
Meet Dr. Kirk Campbell, one of our 2021 Endowed Professors! Dr. Campbell is a Mount Sinai physician-scientist working to characterize novel pathways in kidney podocyte injury and survival. His clinical interest is in human glomerular disease.
#EndowedProfessors2021
If you had
#COVID19
and have recovered you can help save a life. Your blood may contain antibodies that fight the virus and can help critically ill people. Mount Sinai is looking to screen you as a volunteer. Fill out this form to see if you are eligible:
Raymond Alvarez, PhD, CEO of Ichor Biologics, was recently honored with the KiiLN Postdoctoral
#Entrepreneurship
Award at our Mount Sinai Innovation Awards Ceremony. He shares more information on Ichor
#Biologics
.
#SINAInnovations
Mount Sinai is at the forefront of serology testing to find disease fighting antibodies that could give immunity to the virus. Dr.
@florian_krammer
weighs in via
@washingtonpost
:
Currently a fifth-year PhD candidate in
#neuroscience
, Katherine Meckel is one of 31 young scientists from across the country to be honored with
@NIH
Blueprint Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience (D-SPAN) Award:
As
#COVID19
circulates throughout the world unchecked, researchers are racing to develop more than 135 vaccines. How well will these vaccines work and how soon will we be able to benefit from them? Dr.
@florian_krammer
weighs in:
#MountSinaiToday
Michal A. Elovitz, MD (
@DocElovitz
), a renowned leader in maternal-fetal medicine and expert in preterm birth, has been named Dean for Women’s Health Research and Director of the Center for the Advancement of Female Biology at
@IcahnMountSinai
:
It is with great pride that we announce that Roxana Mehran (
@Drroxmehran
), MD, Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), and Population Health Science and Policy of
@MountSinaiHeart
, has been appointed the incoming Vice President of the American College of Cardiology (ACC-March 2025).
Congratulations to Alison M. Goate, DPhil, for being named one of our 2021 Endowed Professors! Dr. Goate has worked on the genetics of neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease and Frontotemporal
#Dementia
since 1987.
#EndowedProfessors2021
Mount Sinai researchers have discovered for the first time a highly dysregulated B cell response in ulcerative colitis that opens the door to potential new biomarkers and therapeutic strategies for it as well as other types of inflammatory bowel disease:
In a new article for
@Health_Affairs
Forefront – entitled “The Future of COVID-19 Vaccine Development” -- Dr.
@Florian_Krammer
, the Mount Sinai Professor of Vaccinology, provides a succinct guide to challenges and choices that lie just ahead – including the possible deployment of
Congratulations to
@MountSinaiHeart
's
@Drroxmehran
, a researcher in interventional
#cardiovascular
disease, for being awarded the 2018 Wenger Award for Excellence in Medical Leadership from WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease on May 7!
We are thrilled to announce that the first case of the SYMPHONY-PE Study at
@IcahnMountSinai
was performed by an all-female physicians team:
@kiremagarciamd
, Site Principal Investigator, and Dr.
@vivianbishay
, National Co-PI of the SYMPHONY-PE IDE Study.
@MountSinaiDMIR
Congratulations to Zahi A. Fayad, PhD, Director of
@BMEIIsinai
, on being awarded the
@EmpireStateDev
NYFIRST capital grant to purchase a new Siemens Magnetom PRISMA 3T MRI system with high-performance gradients, optimized for high-fidelity imaging of white matter fiber tracts.
Celebrating Dr. Valentin Fuster's Contributions to Cardiovascular Medicine and Science.
View this special tribute video by
@ACCinTouch
, honoring the impact of Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, MACC, President of
@MountSinaiHeart
, on
@ACCinTouch
,
@JACCJournals
, and the cardiovascular
We are excited to share that our Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital team has achieved a groundbreaking milestone, with Drs. Gilbert Tang, Annapoorna Kini, and team performing one of the first tricuspid transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (T-TEER) procedures in the U.S. with a newly
When
@IcahnMountSinai
opened in 1968, Sandra Masur was among the first female faculty members hired. Today, women at our medical school are deans, department heads, and directors of research centers. Learn more via
@sciam
Custom Media:
#CelebrateISMMS
We kicked off
#AspenIdeasHealth
with an engaging discussion on
#LongCOVID
featuring Dr. David Putrino, Director of Rehabilitation Innovation at the Mount Sinai Health System and Joshua Roman, world-renowned cellist and creator of the "Immunity Project". Dr. Putrino shared what
We are proud to announce that researchers at
@IcahnMountSinai
have been awarded a $10.2 million grant from
@nih_nhlbi
to investigate risk factors for malignant arrhythmias in mitral valve prolapse, which aims to develop a better understanding of the condition and novel solutions
We are pleased to announce that Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, President of
@MountSinaiHeart
has received the prestigious World Heart Federation – Lifetime Achievement Award 2024, honoring his trailblazing achievements and invaluable contributions to
@worldheartfed
’s mission.
Katherine Meckel, fifth-year PhD candidate at
@IcahnMountSinai
, is one of 31 young scientists from across the country to be honored with the
@NIH
Blueprint Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience Award:
@SinaiBrain
Sign up for the annual Mount Sinai Health Hackathon taking place on October 11-13. It will be an exciting 48-hour transdisciplinary competition focused on creating novel technology solutions for problems in healthcare. The theme is Artificial Intelligence:
We are excited to share that we have received a $4.6 million gift from
@PershingSqFdn
to support women’s health research and advance careers for female scientists. The gift will support critically needed discovery studies. Learn more:
@DocElovitz
Jennifer Chan, PhD, whose work is vastly expanding knowledge about pregnancy, brain health, and stress, is the recipient of the 2022 Robin Chemers Neustein Postdoctoral Fellowship Award. Learn more:
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University announced the appointment of Ernest J. Barthélemy, MD, as its new Chief of Neurosurgery. Dr. Barthélemy received his MD from
@IcahnMountSinai
, where he also completed his residency in Neurological Surgery.
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University announced the appointment of Ernest J. Barthélemy, MD, as its new Chief of Neurosurgery. Dr. Barthélemy received his MD from
@IcahnMountSinai
, where he also completed his residency in Neurological Surgery.
On behalf of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, we wish all of our students the very best in their future endeavors. Congratulations on their accomplishments and completing this momentous milestone.
#Commencement2023
With the launch of the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Human Health at
@IcahnMountSinai
, a new PhD concentration in AI and Emerging Technologies in Medicine will be offered at
@GradSchoolSinai
's Biomedical Sciences PhD program:
David Putrino, PhD, comments on a new study revealing that
#COVID19
increases risks for some brain disorders two years after infection:
@PutrinoLab
@MountSinaiRehab
We are pleased to announce the appointment of David C. Thomas, MD, MS, MHPE, as Chair of the Department of Medical Education and Dean of Medical Education of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Thomas on his new role!
Mount Sinai's Dr. Yasmin Hurd will be appearing in a limited, six-part series for
@PBS
titled HUMAN, which will begin airing on May 5. Dr. Hurd provided insight about the central nervous system and the brain. Tune in on May 5:
#HumanPBS
@HurdLab
@AIMSNYC
Congratulations to
@MountSinaiOrtho
's Alice Huang, PhD, (
@AHHuangLab
) for being this year’s recipient of the Kappa Delta Young Investigator Award! This award recognizes outstanding research in tendon development, healing & regeneration:
@AAOS1
@ORSsociety
The PhD proposal stands out as a significant milestone for Christopher Guevara, a recent graduate who cherishes the lasting impact it has left on him. Throughout his academic journey at
@GradSchoolSinai
, he remains appreciative of the support he has received.
#Commencement2023
Over the next five years, one million people treated at Mount Sinai who consent are to have their exomes sequenced to help discover new genetic links to disease, hugely expanding the genetic information available to researchers and clinicians. Learn more:
Our latest groundbreaking study has revealed antibody responses induced by
#COVID19
vaccines endure over time, dispelling previous notions of short-term immunity. In a discussion with
@CBSNewYork
anchor Mary Calvi, Dr. Komal Srivastava delves into the significance of the
Congratulations to the Class of 2024! 🎉 Your dedication, perseverance, and passion for healing have brought you to this incredible milestone. Wishing you all the best as you embark on the next chapter of your journey as
#healthcare
professionals.
#Commencement2024
We are thrilled to announce that
@HelmsleyTrust
has awarded us a grant of over $4 million to support an innovative research project aimed at understanding the early stages of Crohn’s disease before noticeable symptoms develop:
@MountSinaiGI
@SinaiGenetics
“We are hoping to identify patients who can provide the antibodies,” says Dr. Dennis S. Charney, Dean of
@IcahnMountSinai
. “We are at the front lines in fighting this pandemic and making discoveries that will help our patients.”
#COVID19
This past Friday, our graduating MD class participated in one of the most exciting days for any medical student: Match Day. We are so proud of our amazing students who got matched to their dream residencies!
#MatchDay2023
#ISMMSMatch
Congratulations to Dr. Ana Fernandez-Sesma for being awarded the
@MountSinaiAlum
Award for Achievement in Graduate Education because of her outstanding contributions to the scientific community, research, and education.
#CelebrateISMMS
We are proud to announce that researchers from
@IcahnMountSinai
and
@UCSanDiego
have been awarded an $8.5 million grant to create a data integration hub aimed at accelerating novel therapeutics and cures for diseases within initiatives supported by
@NIH_CommonFund
. Read more:
Drs.
@florian_krammer
, Peter Palese, and Adolfo García-Sastre, discuss their new study which shows the universal
#influenza
virus vaccine has produced strong and durable results in early-stage clinical trials in humans: