Awards and Honors
Mount Sinai’s team of health care professionals has earned many prestigious awards through its commitment to excellence in patient care. These awards include:
- Ranked 14th on U.S. News & World Report’s Honor Roll in the “America’s Best Hospitals” issue, 2012-2013
- Best Doctors, New York Magazine names 129 Mount Sinai physicians to its annual list, 2012
- Kravis Children’s Hospital ranked by U.S. News & World Report’s in the “Best Children’s Hospitals” issue for Gastroenterology, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Urology, Cancer, Nephrology and Pulmonology, 2012-13
- Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, named a “Legend of Cardiovascular Medicine” by the American College of Cardiology (2012)
- Highest safety rating from New York State for Mount Sinai Heart’s Cardiac Catheterization Lab (2012)
- Ranked 16th on U.S. News & World Report’s Honor Roll in the “America’s Best Hospitals” issue, 2011-2012.
- Top 20 Hospitals in America, U.S. News & World Report “America’s Best Hospitals” issue, 2009-2010
- Magnet Award in Nursing, the highest level of recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (2009-2013)
- Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval
- Primary Stroke Center Advanced Certification, Joint Commission and NY State Department of Health
- Ventricular Assist Device Advanced Certification, Joint Commission
- Bariatric Center of Excellence - Designated by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)