Mount Sinai - Who We Are

First in Research

First to describe numerous disorders including: Brill's Disease, Buerger's Disease, Churg-Strauss Disease, collagen disease, Crohn's Disease, eosinophilic granuloma of bone, Glomus Jugalare Tumor, Libman-Sacks Disease, Moschcowitz Disease, Tay-Sachs Disease
First in Education

First Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development in a medical school in the United States.
First in Patient Care

First to perform blood transfusions with routine compatibility tests and to point out that blood groups are hereditary.

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The Mount Sinai Hospital

Founded in 1852, The Mount Sinai Hospital is one of the country's oldest and largest voluntary teaching hospitals. Mount Sinai is internationally acclaimed for excellence in clinical care, education, and scientific research in medicine.

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Located in Manhattan, Mount Sinai School of Medicine is internationally recognized for ground-breaking clinical and basic-science research, and innovative approaches to medical education.

The Mount Sinai Hospital
Founded	1852
Beds	1,171
Attending Physicians	2,181
Residents & Fellows	689
Nurses (RNs)	1,800
Inpatient Days	326,354
Discharges	49,725
Newborn Deliveries (Live Births)	5,574
Outpatient Visits	417,485
Emergency Room Visits	79,493
Uncompensated Care	$76.7 Million

School of Medicine
Full-Time Faculty	1,716
Voluntary Faculty	1,862
Total Members of the Faculty	3,770
Total Number of Medical Students	487
Total Number of Ph.D Students	152
Total Number of M.D./Ph.D. Students	83
Total Number of Post-doctoral Fellows	410
Total $ Value of Grant Funding	$252.2 million
National NIH Rank	18th

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