U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Awards Mount Sinai Organ Donation Medal of Honor
Mount Sinai Medical Center received the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Organ Donation Medal of Honor.
The Mount Sinai Medical Center received the Department of Health and Human Services’ Organ Donation Silver 1 Medal of Honor on September 30th for achieving organ donations from at least 75 percent of eligible donors over a one-year period.
Mount Sinai was also recognized for achieving an organ donation rate of at least 10 percent in cases of donation after cardiac death, as opposed to brain death. Jennifer Frontera, MD, assistant professor of Neurosurgery and Neurology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, accepted the award in Gaylord, Texas, on behalf of Mount Sinai. Dr. Frontera is the medical director of the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit and is the chair of the Organ Donor Council at Mount Sinai.
Mount Sinai’s Organ Donor Council was established in 2006 and is comprised of Mount Sinai School of Medicine faculty, nurses, social workers, members of the New York Organ Donor Network, and the Eye Bank. Through the Organ Donor Council, Dr. Frontera has overseen a major educational thrust in the last 18 months to inform residents, fellows, and nurses about organ donation.
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 48,000 employees working across seven hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 600 research and clinical 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 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians and 11 free-standing joint-venture centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida. Hospitals within the System are consistently ranked by Newsweek’s® “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals, Best in State Hospitals, World Best Hospitals and Best Specialty Hospitals” and by U.S. News & World Report's® “Best Hospitals” and “Best Children’s Hospitals.” The Mount Sinai Hospital is on the U.S. News & World Report® “Best Hospitals” Honor Roll for 2024-2025.
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