Annual Gala Benefits the Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine
The 18th annual “Wonderful World” gala benefiting the Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine, was a festive evening of jazz and expressions of gratitude to three honorees for making the world more wonderful through their contributions to music and music...
Three Patient Success Stories Spotlighted During Annual Crystal Party
A 13-year-old living with a painful autoimmune disorder. A father who required constant oxygen to breathe due to lung scarring that occurred when he worked as a volunteer at Ground Zero after the September 11 attacks. A teenager who fled Ukraine with her family hoping...
Dubin Breast Center Annual Benefit Honors a Tennis Champion Who Is Also a Breast Cancer Survivor
Mary Joe Fernandez was one of the top professional tennis players in the United States during the 1990s in both singles and doubles. She won two Grand Slam doubles titles, first at the 1991 Australian Open and then at the 1996 French Open. She also won two Olympic...
For a Teenager From Ukraine, a Pandemic, a War, and Then a Life-Saving Heart Procedure at Mount Sinai
When Russian forces invaded her hometown in Ukraine, 16-year-old Sofiia Baturina had never heard of Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital thousands of miles away. The young girl, born with a rare heart condition that required life-long care, knew that she had a long,...
Annual Dubin Breast Center Event Spotlights an Inspiring Patient Story
The annual Dubin Breast Center Fact vs. Fiction Luncheon and Symposium is a unique event that provides a forum for Mount Sinai leaders to share key insights about all aspects of breast cancer and healthy living, and to answer questions about emerging trends and...
After Her New Daughter Spends Two Months in the ICU, Mom Thanks the Compassionate and Caring Team at Mount Sinai West
Allyson Bragg lives in Edison, New Jersey, a 45-minute drive from Mount Sinai West under the best of conditions. But after meeting Robin Brown, MD, an obstetrician and gynecologist at Mount Sinai West, she had no hesitation in driving to New York City so that Dr....
Athlete Finds a Team to Help Her Beat Multiple Sclerosis
In 2009, when Jessica March was 29 years old, she began experiencing tingling in her toes and blurry vision. She was an athlete, and thought she was training too much for a 100-mile bike ride. “You find all these excuses,” she said. “I remember waking up one morning,...
Saving Baby Nathaniel: As the Nation Went Into Lockdown Mount Sinai’s Liver Transplant Team Went Into Overdrive
On March 18, 2020, the anguished parents of 6-month-old Nathaniel Capelo sat in his hospital room at The Mount Sinai Hospital facing the grim reality that he would die within days if he did not receive a new liver. One week earlier, the COVID-19 pandemic had begun to...
Cancer Survivor, 86, Recovers from COVID-19 with Help from Mount Sinai’s Unique Hospitalization at Home Program
When Paul Levine, 86, began feeling sick, with chills, fever, and weakness, he feared his cancer might have returned, so he called his oncologist. After learning Mr. Levine had lost his sense of smell, a symptom of COVID-19, the doctor immediately sent him...