Mount Sinai Health System Celebrates February's American Heart Month
In honor of American Heart Month, the Mount Sinai Health System will host free heart health fairs, health screenings, expert lectures, and heart-healthy cooking demonstrations on its hospital campuses. For more information please visit mountsinai.org/GoRed.
Mount Sinai Health System's Heart Month activities include:
The Mount Sinai Community Heart Health Fairs will include free heart health screenings for blood pressure, total cholesterol, triglyceride level, and body mass index (BMI). Experts will lead educational demonstrations focusing on nutrition and diet, diabetes, stress management, smoking cessation, yoga and other relaxation techniques. Also, free heart-healthy food tastings will be prepared by hospital chefs, and guests will receive free giveaways and goody bags.
Thursday, February 4, 2016
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
3201 Kings Highway
Main Lobby
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Friday, February 5, 2016
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
1468 Madison Avenue
Guggenheim Pavilion, Lobby
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Phillips Ambulatory Care Center (PACC)
10 Union Square East
Second Floor
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
- Mount Sinai St. Luke's
1111 Amsterdam Avenue at 114th Street
Babcock Lobby, First Floor
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
- Mount Sinai Queens
Church of the Redeemer
30-14 Crescent Street at 30th Road
Astoria, Queens 11102
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Screening offerings: free blood pressure, body mass index (BMI), and heart health information.
Monday, February 8, 2016
- Women’s Heart New York Support Group Meetings
Group Facilitator: Sydney Fischer, MSW
Mount Sinai Beth Israel Phillips Ambulatory Care Center
10 Union Square East, Fourth Floor
Bogart Conference Room, Suite 4A
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Registration is required. For more information call 212-523-9663
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
- Community Blood Pressure Screening Program
Free blood pressure monitoring and medical consultations
Hamilton Senior Center
141 West 73rd Street between Amsterdam and Columbus Aves.
10:30 – 11:30 am
For more information please call 212-787-7710
Saturday, February 13, 2016
- Exercise For Heart Health Workshop
Asser Levy Recreational Center
392 Asser Levy Place at East 23rd Street and FDR Drive
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
For more information please call 212-523-9663
Monday, February 22, 2016
- Women and Heart Month Support Group Meetings
Group Facilitator: Sydney Fischer, MSW
Mount Sinai Beth Israel Phillips Ambulatory Care Center
Second Floor, Friedman Conference Room 3
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Registration is required. For more information please call 212-523-9663
February 10- March 16, 2016
- Women's Heart NY 6-Session "Heart Smart" Education Course
Free, six-session heart health program for Wednesdays: February 10, 17, and 24, and March 2, 9, and 16.
Recreation Center 54, 348 East 54th Street
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Registration is required. For more information please call 212-523-9663
Free Cholesterol and Glucose Screenings: Wednesday, February 10, 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
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. Its comprehensive system includes seven hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, over 600 research and clinical laboratories, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and the Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing. Together, the Health System comprises approximately 48,000 employees, more than 9,000 physicians, and 8,600 nurses.
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 by Newsweek and No. 5 on the magazine’s World’s Best Hospitals list. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ranks No. 11 among U.S. medical schools and No. 1 among freestanding medical schools for National Institutes of Health funding, reflecting the strength of its scientific enterprise and leadership in biomedical research.
