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Released: 12-Nov-2020 7:00 AM EST
Mount Sinai’s Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, Honored by Thai Royal Family for Outstanding Medical Contributions
Mount Sinai Health System

Thailand’s Royal Family has named Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, Director of Mount Sinai Heart and Physician-in-Chief of The Mount Sinai Hospital, a winner of the 29th annual Prince Mahidol Award in the field of Medicine.

10-Nov-2020 11:20 AM EST
Study of Nearly 2,000 Marine Recruits Reveals Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Among Young Adults During Supervised Quarantine
Mount Sinai Health System

Results suggest the need for widespread surveillance testing to reduce COVID-19 transmission in group settings

Released: 10-Nov-2020 1:05 PM EST
Mount Sinai Develops Machine Learning Models to Predict Critical Illness and Mortality in COVID-19 Patients
Mount Sinai Health System

Mount Sinai researchers have developed machine learning models that predict the likelihood of critical events and mortality in COVID-19 patients within clinically relevant time windows.

   
3-Nov-2020 8:10 AM EST
Study Finds 1.7 Million New Yorkers Have Been infected with SARS-Cov-2 and Virus was in NYC Earlier than Reported
Mount Sinai Health System

The virus that causes COVID-19 was present in New York City long before the city’s first case of the disease was confirmed on March 1

22-Oct-2020 11:40 AM EDT
Scientists Engineer New Cancer Immunotherapy to Train Immune System in Cancer Fight
Mount Sinai Health System

A groundbreaking new type of cancer immunotherapy developed at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai trains the innate immune system to help it eliminate tumor cells through the use of nanobiologics, tiny materials bioengineered from natural molecules that are paired with a therapeutic component, according to a study published in Cell in October.

Released: 28-Oct-2020 5:20 PM EDT
Most People Mount a Strong Antibody Response to SARS-CoV-2 That Does Not Decline Rapidly
Mount Sinai Health System

The vast majority of individuals infected with mild-to-moderate COVID 19 mount a robust antibody response that is relatively stable for at least five months, according to research conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published October 28, in the journal Science.

Released: 28-Oct-2020 4:35 PM EDT
Mount Sinai Receives $4 Million Gift to Support Prostate Health and Urology Department
Mount Sinai Health System

Mount Sinai has received a $4 million donation from Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch to support prostate health and the Milton and Carroll Petrie Department of Urology at Mount Sinai.

22-Oct-2020 9:35 AM EDT
Ultrasounds Show Impact of COVID-19 on the Heart
Mount Sinai Health System

International study may guide therapeutic strategies in patients with and without underlying heart conditions

23-Oct-2020 11:20 AM EDT
Resilience-Driven Care for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Leads to Sharp Drops in Emergency Room Visits and Hospitalizations
Mount Sinai Health System

A personalized program to increase resilience in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) can substantially reduce hospitalizations and emergency room visits, Mount Sinai researchers report. The research is being unveiled on October 27th in a plenary presentation at the annual scientific meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG 2020).

Released: 20-Oct-2020 12:00 PM EDT
New Theory Sheds Light on How the Environment Influences Human Health
Mount Sinai Health System

Researchers at Mount Sinai have proposed a groundbreaking new way to study the interaction between complex biological systems in the body and the environment. Their theory suggests the existence of “biodynamic interfaces,” an intermediate entity between the two realms, as opposed to conventional approaches that analyze individual aspects of the interaction between the environment and humans in isolation, according to a paper published in BioEssays in October.

   
Released: 19-Oct-2020 11:20 AM EDT
Mount Sinai Doctors Elected to National Academy of Medicine for Contributions to Emergency Medicine and Translational Genetics
Mount Sinai Health System

Brendan G. Carr, MD, MA, MS, and Judy H. Cho, MD, of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).

Released: 16-Oct-2020 11:45 AM EDT
Mount Sinai Study Shows Novel Surgical Technique For Prostate Cancer Improves Urinary Continence
Mount Sinai Health System

Mount Sinai study described a novel surgical technique, the RARP “hood technique” which showed a reduction in postoperative urinary incontinence and facilitated early return of continence in patients with localized prostate cancer.

Released: 16-Oct-2020 11:10 AM EDT
Why I Want to Be a Doctor Now:Med Students Discuss What Makes Them Want to Help and Heal
Mount Sinai Health System

Why become a doctor now, in a pandemic, when providing care can be potentially life-threatening to the clinician? Incoming students describe what makes them want to help and heal, and the oath they have written together—at this unprecedented time in the history of American medicine—as a guide to their future careers as physicians.

Released: 14-Oct-2020 8:30 AM EDT
Mount Sinai Researchers Find That Where People Live Can Impact Their Risk for Common Chronic Conditions Including High Blood Pressure and Depression
Mount Sinai Health System

The researchers found that a persons' place of residence substantially influences their risk of uncontrolled chronic disease including high blood pressure and depression

Released: 8-Oct-2020 12:45 PM EDT
Mount Sinai Selected to Serve as Capacity Building Center and Center of Excellence as Part of the National Cancer Institute’s New Serological Sciences Network
Mount Sinai Health System

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai will receive more than $7.3 million from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as part of the NCI’s new Serological Sciences Network (SeroNet), one of the largest coordinated national efforts to study immunology and SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Mount Sinai was selected as one of only four Capacity Building Centers and one of eight Centers of Excellence as part of this new network.

Released: 7-Oct-2020 10:10 AM EDT
Mount Sinai Health System, Healthcare Association of New York State and Hospital Innovation and Lean Network of New York to Host Conference: “Lean and Innovation in a COVID-19 World”
Mount Sinai Health System

Virtual conference will highlight Lean innovations that have helped healthcare organizations plan for, manage and mitigate many aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic



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