Newswise — The Mount Sinai Medical Center has opened the doors of its new Center for Advanced Medicine (CAM) at 5-17 East 102nd Street, between Madison and Fifth Avenues. The totally renovated 150,000 square foot building now houses ambulatory and neighborhood health care programs in one convenient location. It also provides enhanced quality of care through greater interaction between primary care physicians and specialists. This translates into more accessible, efficient and state-of-the-art ambulatory health services.
"The opening of Mount Sinai's Center for Advanced Medicine underscores our ongoing efforts to improve access to high quality medical care in the Harlem community," said Kenneth L. Davis, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Mount Sinai Medical Center. "While our neighbors enjoy Harlem's vibrancy and rich diversity, they also grapple with one of New York City's highest rates of debilitating chronic disease. The Center for Advanced Medicine represents a giant step forward to free Harlem from the burden of health disparities."
Forty percent of the Hospital's annual clinic visits (168,000 visits) are from residents of East and Central Harlem, where serious chronic diseases such as diabetes, asthma, AIDS and heart disease are prevalent. The new center will continue and enhance Mount Sinai's ability to provide the critical health care services that Harlem needs each year. This community will derive great medical and economic benefits from CAM.
"Mount Sinai remains loyal to its 150-year tradition of setting the standard for community medicine. Our mission is not only to deliver the highest quality care, but also to lead scientific discovery and develop new treatments," said Dr. Dennis Charney, MD, Dean of Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs of the Medical Center. "The Center for Advanced Medicine provides an ideal venue for clinicians and researchers to work side by side to conquer the serious health issues that affect the Harlem communities."
CAM will house the School of Medicine's nationally-renowned Department of Community & Preventive Medicine and several newly created research institutes, including the Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Disease Prevention Institute; and the Charles R. Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine
"The Center for Advanced Medicine is a testament to Mount Sinai's devotion to serving its community," said Peter May, Chair of the Boards of Trustees for The Mount Sinai Medical Center. "It allows outpatients to receive all of their core health services under one roof, and new research institutes to turn the latest discoveries into pioneer methods of preventing, diagnosing, and treating disease."
Moving ambulatory care services to CAM also frees up valuable space in the existing hospital buildings for the creation of state-of-the-art facilities covering a broad array of clinical services. These include operating and recovery rooms, critical care units, and advanced diagnostic and therapeutic equipment and facilities.
Clinics now located at the Center for Advanced Medicine (CAM): Adult Surgery, AIDS, Breast Surgery, Colorectal, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Headache, Immunology & Asthma, Internal Medicine Associates (IMA), Jack Martin Clinic, Liver, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Plastic Surgery, Podiatry, Primary Care, Pulmonary, Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy, Renal, Rheumatology, Sarcoidosis, Seizure, Stroke, Urology, and Wound & Vascular.
About The Mount Sinai Medical CenterThe Mount Sinai Medical Center encompasses The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai School of Medicine. The Mount Sinai Hospital is one of the nation's oldest, largest and most-respected voluntary hospitals. Founded in 1852, Mount Sinai today is a 1,171-bed tertiary-care teaching facility that is internationally acclaimed for excellence in clinical care. Last year, nearly 50,000 people were treated at Mount Sinai as inpatients, and there were nearly 450,000 outpatient visits to the Medical Center.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine is internationally recognized as a leader in groundbreaking clinical and basic-science research, as well as having an innovative approach to medical education. With a faculty of more than 3,400 in 38 clinical and basic science departments and centers, Mount Sinai ranks among the top 20 medical schools in receipt of National Institute of Health (NIH) grants.
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