Mount Sinai Health System Celebrates its 32nd Annual Crystal Party
Mount Sinai Health System celebrated excellence in research, patient care and education at its 32nd Annual Crystal Party on Thursday, May 4.
More than 1,100 guests, including health system leadership, staff, and supporters gathered at the Central Park Conservatory Garden. The event raised $3 million. Mount Sinai trustee Zibby Schwarzman and her fiancé, Kyle Owens, were benefit chairs. Ms. Schwarzman’s mother, Ellen Phillips Katz, was instrumental in organizing the first Crystal Party. She is an emeritus trustee.
“Mount Sinai Health System has made significant advances in patient care, research, and strategic partnerships with a focus on value and population health,” said Kenneth L. Davis, MD, President and CEO of the Mount Sinai Health System. “We’re excited about the growth opportunities ahead, and we’re thankful for our exceptional trustees who have generously supported our strategic plan.”
“This gathering represented our unified vision to improve human health and serve a diverse patient population in the nation’s largest city,” said Peter W. May, Chair of the Boards of Trustees of the Mount Sinai Health System. “My hope is that the Crystal Party energized faculty, staff, trustees, community members, and patients about our path forward.”
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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