Mount Sinai School of Medicine's Convocation Ceremony 2012
Convocation marks the beginning of the academic year for Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
At the Convocation Ceremony, the faculty and staff renew the school's commitment to excellence in research, education, and clinical care, as well as recognize individual faculty for their outstanding contributions to serving science and society. Also honored are the generous donors who provide the support our faculty need to succeed. The endowed professorships conferred at this ceremony honor both the accomplishments of our faculty and the dedication of our benefactors.
During the annual ceremony that marks the start of the academic year, the following seven individuals were named as Endowed Professors:
Sander S. Florman, MD
Charles Miller, MD Professor of Surgery
Annetine C. Gelijns, PhD
Edmond A. Guggenheim Professor of Health Policy
Ira A. Parness, MD
Richard J. Golinko, MD Endowed Professorship in the Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Carol Anne Porter, DNP, RN
Edgar M. Cullman, Sr. Chair of the Department of Nursing
Andrew Fyfe Stewart, MD
Irene and Dr. Arthur M. Fishberg Professor of Medicine
Benjamin R. tenOever, PhD
Irene and Dr. Arthur M. Fishberg Professor of Medicine
Rosalind J. Wright, MD, MPH
Horace W. Goldsmith Professorship in Children's Health Research
Thirty-two faculty members joined the Tenured or Professorial Ranks, and an additional 111 faculty were noted for their Honors and Awards obtained during the 2011-2012 academic year.
About The Mount Sinai Medical Center
The Mount Sinai Medical Center encompasses both The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Established in 1968, Mount Sinai School of Medicine is one of the leading medical schools in the United States. The Medical School is noted for innovation in education, biomedical research, clinical care delivery, and local and global community service. It has more than 3,400 faculty in 32 departments and 14 research institutes, and ranks among the top 20 medical schools both in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding and by U.S. News and World Report.
The Mount Sinai Hospital, founded in 1852, is a 1,171-bed tertiary- and quaternary-care teaching facility and one of the nation's oldest, largest and most-respected voluntary hospitals. In 2012, U.S. News and World Report ranked The Mount Sinai Hospital 14th on its elite Honor Roll of the nation's top hospitals based on reputation, safety, and other patient-care factors. Mount Sinai is one of 12 integrated academic medical centers whose medical school ranks among the top 20 in NIH funding and by U.S. News and World Report and whose hospital is on the U.S. News and World Report Honor Roll. Nearly 60,000 people were treated at Mount Sinai as inpatients last year, and approximately 560,000 outpatient visits took place.
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Mount Sinai School of Medicine's Convocation Ceremony was held on Thursday, September27th in Stern Auditorium.
About the Mount Sinai Health System
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the nation’s leading integrated academic health systems and one of the largest in the New York metropolitan area. The Health System includes approximately 48,000 employees, more than 9,000 physicians, and 8,600 nurses across seven hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, over 600 research and clinical laboratories, a school of nursing, and schools of medicine and graduate school of biomedical sciences.
As a leading learning health system, Mount Sinai combines clinical expertise with scientific discovery to improve patient care while training the next generation of health care and biomedical leaders. The Health System provides care across every stage of life, from prenatal care through geriatrics, while advancing personalized medicine through artificial intelligence, data science, and biomedical research.
Mount Sinai is consistently recognized among the nation’s leading academic health systems for patient care, research, and education. The Mount Sinai Hospital is ranked No. 1 in New York and recognized as one of the world’s top Smart Hospital by Newsweek. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ranks No. 11 among U.S. medical schools for National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding and No. 1 among freestanding medical schools, reflecting the strength of its scientific enterprise and leadership in biomedical research.
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