National High Blood Pressure Education Month and American Stroke Month
Mount Sinai Heart hosts free blood pressure screenings on May 19.
May is National High Blood Pressure Education Month and American Stroke Month. High blood pressure is both a leading cause for cardiovascular disease and stroke, but also one of the most controllable risk factors for the conditions.
That's why Mount Sinai Heart will host free blood pressure screening events on Tuesday, May 19 between 11:00am-2:00pm across the Mount Sinai Health System campuses.
Each May Mount Sinai, along with the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, recognizes National High Blood Pressure Education and American Stroke Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the dangers of high blood pressure and ways to maintain a healthy blood pressure.
"A simple, quick blood pressure reading can help us assess your risk of high blood pressure, a leading risk factor for heart disease and stroke," says Beth Oliver, DNP, RN, Vice President of Cardiac Services for the Mount Sinai Health System. "Everyone needs to have their blood pressure checked at least once a year. That's the first step in preventing heart disease and stroke – know your numbers."
Free blood pressure screenings, along with educational information about heart disease and stroke prevention, will be available at:
The Mount Sinai Hospital
1468 Madison Avenue
Guggenheim Pavilion, Atrium
Mount Sinai Beth Israel
10 Union Square East
2nd floor, Atrium
Mount Sinai St. Luke's
1111 Amsterdam Avenue (114th Street)
Hospital Lobby
Mount Sinai Beth Israel Brooklyn
3201 Kings Highway, Main Lobby
Mount Sinai Queens
25-10 30th Avenue
Hospital Lobby
For more information about the screenings, please call: 212-241-2544.
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 more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, over 400 outpatient practices, nearly 300 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 7,300 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties.
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