April 1 is National Walking Day
Mount Sinai Health System hosts 30-minute walks around New York City to raise awareness of importance of staying active daily to protect your heart health.
The Mount Sinai Health System will celebrate the American Heart Association’s National Walking Day on Wednesday, April 1 hosting several 30-minute walks around New York City.
Hundreds of Mount Sinai employees will lace up their sneakers during their lunch hour to participate in one of five different 30-minute walks in a nearby park or the hospital’s neighborhood to raise awareness of the importance of staying active daily for at least 30-minutes a day.
"A simple 30-minute brisk walk around the park or your neighborhood each day can significantly impact and improve your heart health and longevity," says Beth Oliver, RN, DNP, Vice President of Cardiac Services for the Mount Sinai Health System. "Each day we need to take steps toward a healthier life and reduce our chances of developing heart disease, the number one killer of New Yorkers and Americans. On National Walking Day Mount Sinai is committed to teaming-up together to get active and make strides against cardiovascular disease."
Several National Walking Day events happening across the campuses of the Mount Sinai Health System include:
- Mount Sinai Heart at The Mount Sinai Hospital
A 30-minute walk around the Central Park Reservoir.
Time: Noon
Meeting location: Guggenheim Pavilion Atrium, 1190 Fifth Avenue - Mount Sinai Heart at Mount Sinai Roosevelt
A 30-minute walk in Central Park.
Time: Noon
Meeting location: Hospital lobby, 1000 Tenth Avenue - Mount Sinai Heart at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s
A 30-minute walk to 110th Street and Morningside, and along the park to 120th and back.
Time: Noon
Meeting location: Outside hospital, on Amsterdam Avenue (between 113th and 114th Streets) - Mount Sinai Heart at Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Walk #1: 30-minute walk around the neighborhood.
Time: 12:15 pm
Meeting location: Linsky Building Lobby, First Avenue at 16th Street - Walk #2: 30-minute walk to Stuyvesant Park to the East River
Time: 12:30pm
Meeting location: Petrie Division Lobby, First Avenue at 16th Street
- Walk #1: 30-minute walk around the neighborhood.
- Mount Sinai Queens
A walk in Astoria Park.
Time: 12 noon
Meeting location: Hospital enterance at 25-10 30th Avenue.
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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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