• Press Release

Mount Sinai Queens Opens a Satellite of the Head and Neck and Thyroid Institute

  • ASTORIA, NY
  • (August 30, 2017)

Patients in Queens now have access to high quality, advanced medical care for a wide range of ear, nose, and throat (ENT) conditions at Mount Sinai Doctors Queens, the hospital’s multi-specialty medical practice located at the Mount Sinai Queens Pavilion, 25-20 30th Avenue in Astoria, adjacent to the Hospital. Board certified specialists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai screen patients for head and neck diseases including thyroid malignancy, throat cancer, and advanced disease of the ear, nose, and throat.

Institute physicians and surgeons offer minimally invasive endoscopic procedures. More advanced surgeries are performed in the hospital’s new, state-of-the-art operating rooms. When appropriate, a multi-disciplinary approach is taken that includes collaborating with specialists in endocrinology, radiology, pulmonology, oncology, and other specialties to provide seamless, coordinated care.

Fellowship-trained surgeons of Mount Sinai Queens treat head and neck cancers affecting the thyroid, parathyroid, salivary glands, larynx, tongue, throat, and sinuses, and these specialist will provide access to novel treatment trials for advanced disease. Minimally invasive techniques are often used that minimize pain, complications, and scarring. In many cases, robotic assisted surgeries are performed using the DaVinci Surgical System®, which enables surgeons to precisely remove cancers from the throat without neck incisions. Candidates for robotic surgery experience minimal scarring, hospital stays and recovery, so they may return to their daily routines as quickly as possible.

“We are pleased to add this important specialty that fills a need in our community to Mount Sinai Doctors Queens, the growing multi-specialty medical practice,” says Caryn A. Schwab, Executive Director, Mount Sinai Queens. “Patients can be assured that they will receive the highest standard of personalized care by highly trained doctors who employ the latest medical protocols.”

The new ENT office is part of Mount Sinai Doctors, a multi-specialty medical practice comprised of more than 30 board certified primary care physicians and medical and surgical specialists who serve on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The ENT office is located on the fifth floor of the new 140,000-square-foot Mount Sinai Queens Pavilion. Located in the heart of Astoria, the $180-million building is handicap accessible, conveniently reachable by subway and bus and just half a mile from the Grand Central Parkway. Parking is available in the Mount Sinai Queens parking lot nearby. For more information or to make an appointment, please call either Mike Yao, MD, at 212-241-9410, or Harry Pantelides, MD at 718-384-6933 or visit Mountsinai.org/MSDqueens

About the Mount Sinai Health System

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, over 400 outpatient practices, nearly 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it.

Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,300 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties.

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