Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center

Patient service-therapy & diagnosticswith an aging population, reaching and providing health care to our seniors on a timely basis has become critical. Sinai home health through its trained nurses keeps in contact with seniors through periodic home visits. Such visits provide an opportunity to do a general checkup on their health, ensure the patients are taking the prescribed medication and to discuss their health concerns. This program has been well received in the community. Sinai is also developing a dedicated geriatric service line in order to provide superior continuity of care.for oncology patients, the sinai health system cancer care center was established in 2008. With the support of the coleman foundation, an integrated oncology center was created that links physicians' offices, a chemotherapy center and an inpatient unit all in one area.

Teaching & researchmount sinai hospital provides undergraduate training for medical students in six major specialties - medicine, surgery, obstetrics/gynecology, pediatrics, psychiatry and physical medicine as well as a number of sub-specialties. The house staff program provides training for residents and fellows in major clinical areas. In 2008, relationships with academic medical centers were expanded that enrich the patient care resources available through affiliations with northwestern memorial hospital, the university of chicago medical center, rush university medical center, the university of illinois-chicago and rosalind franklin university.research programs at mount sinai hospital are ongoing in several fields including cancer detection and treatment, child abuse, trauma and emergency medicine, pediatric hiv/aids, urology, rheumatology, hematology and neonatology.

Anesthesia and othersthe department of anesthesia at mount sinai hospital is an integral part of the surgical services department. Anesthesia services are provided by a group of highly trained anesthesiologists and certified registered nurse anesthetists specifically trained in anesthesiology providing general anesthesia, regional anesthesia, sedation and pain management procedures. We cover cases including open heart, neurosurgery, neonatal, thoracic and pediatric.