Erik Barton, MD, MS, MBA, Appointed System Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai
Erik Barton, MD, MS, MBA, has been appointed System Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. His new role will begin on August 1, 2017.
Dr. Barton was Chair of Emergency Medicine and Executive Medical Director at the University of California-Irvine School of Medicine and UC Irvine Health. He is a highly respected academic administrator and an experienced emergency medicine physician with a special interest in emergency department operations and airway management. At UC Irvine, Dr. Barton has implemented significant improvements in patient experience, safety, quality, and Emergency Department throughput. In his prior role as Division Chief and Executive Medical Director of Emergency Medicine at the University of Utah for more than a decade, he launched a premier emergency medicine residency as well as fellowship training programs. He also built several highly regarded clinical programs for the University of Utah system. Dr. Barton is co-editor of the textbook Emergency Medicine: Clinical Essentials, now in its second edition.
“It is an honor to be selected for this position,” said Dr. Barton. “This is an exciting time for Mount Sinai and the practice of emergency medicine as we move towards a system-based practice in providing exceptional patient care and experiences. Mount Sinai Health System is in a unique position to shape the future of acute, unscheduled care delivery models for the citizens of New York City, and I am proud to be part of that.”
Dr. Barton earned his medical degree at the University of California-San Diego, where he also completed his internship and residency. He spent most of his academic career at the University of Utah, rising to the rank of tenured professor, and earned an MBA at the university’s David Eccles School of Business. A committed educator, Dr. Barton has received numerous awards and holds institutional development grants on emergency medicine fellowship training in India and on air medicine (emergency service provision during air transit).
“Dr. Barton’s business acumen, administrative experience, and passion for emergency medicine will bring great value to an emergency department that treats a diverse patient base from all walks of life,” said Dennis S. Charney, MD, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and President for Academic Affairs, Mount Sinai Health System.
Dr. Barton will succeed Andy Jagoda, MD, who has been chair of the department for eight years. Dr. Jagoda will remain at Mount Sinai to create and lead a new research and education center in emergency medicine.
The Department of Emergency Medicine at the Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest in the country and treats more than 600,000 patients annually. The research division is ranked No. 2 in the country in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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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