Unsurpassed Clinical Care

All of our patients benefit from the expertise and integrated services that only Mount Sinai can provide. As a major academic medical center as well as a  New York State designated AIDS Center, Mount Sinai clinical resources span a broad range of disciplines, including Neurology, Infectious Diseases, Neuropsychology, Neuro-radiology, Neuropathology, Clinical Neurophysiology, Psychiatry, and Community Medicine.   Each of our clinical specialists are among the best in their respective fields; together they provide a level of patient care that is unparalleled. 

Bold New Research

Additionally, researchers at Mount Sinai are investigating underlying mechanisms of HIV-associated neurologic impairments, collaborating with colleagues around the world and bringing vital new discoveries from the lab to the bedside faster than ever before.

The Neuro-AIDS Program conducts a weekly clinic that is housed in the Jack Martin Fund Clinic (JMFC).  JMFC is a renovated clinical care outpatient facility in Mount Sinai Hospital which provides for the comprehensive care of over 2000 HIV-infected patients, with over 500 new patients enrolled yearly.   Each patient enrolled in the AIDS Center is assigned to a team, comprised of a primary clinician, nurse and social worker. A large number of medical specialists, with expertise in AIDS, participate in the AIDS Center.

Nicholas Rango HIV Clinical Scholars Program

There is an increasing role for non-physician health care providers in the care of HIV-infected patients. These include nurse clinicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, psychologists, and social workers. Whereas their ability to enhance an AIDS clinical practice is well known, particularly in the inner city, where there is a lack of trained AIDS clinicians, their research potential is as yet unrealized. Mount Sinai has a long tradition in the training and mentoring of non-physician health care providers.

The New York State AIDS Institute has funded Mount Sinai with the Nicholas Rango HIV Clinical Scholars Program. This is a 2-year training program in all aspects of AIDS clinical care, which recruits physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants.  In 2001, the HIV Scholars Program incorporated a required training in the neurological complications of HIV/AIDS provided by the Neuro-AIDS Program.  The Scholars attend 4 lectures and several Neuro-AIDS clinic sessions at Mount Sinai during their 2-year period.