Mount Sinai Health System Celebrates Heart Month
In honor of American Heart Month in February, the Mount Sinai Health System will host several “Go Red" Community Heart Health Fairs throughout its system. These events will provide free heart health screenings for blood pressure, cholesterol, triglyceride, and body mass index (BMI), as well as educational demonstrations and talks on nutrition and diet, diabetes, stress management, smoking cessation, yoga and other relaxation techniques by Mount Sinai experts.
"Our goal this Heart Month is to educate our communities and employees about the risk factors for cardiovascular disease, the number one killer of Americans," said Beth Oliver, RN, DNP, Senior Vice President of Cardiac Services for the Mount Sinai Health System. "By incorporating health screenings and educational demonstrations in our Heart Month events, we aim to empower attendees to take control of their heart health and make positive, healthy changes."
Heart disease is also the number one killer of women, causing one in three deaths each year, according to the American Heart Association. That’s approximately one woman every minute. To raise awareness of this issue that affects millions of women and families, the American Heart Association (AHA) launched Go Red for Women in 2004. The initiative challenges women to know their risk for heart disease and take action to reduce it. Event attendees are encouraged to wear anything red—from a red accessory to full red attire—to remind women about the proportionately greater risk they face for cardiovascular disease and heart attacks. Women can take action to improve their overall health by making a few lifestyle changes such as lowering their cholesterol, managing their blood sugar, exercising, and eating healthy.
For more information, please visit mountsinai.org/GoRed.
"Go Red" Community Heart Health Fairs will be held on Friday, February 2, 2018 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the following locations:
The Mount Sinai Hospital
1468 Madison Avenue
Guggenheim Pavilion, Lobby
Contact: Dion Harrigan 212-241-6146
Mount Sinai Union Square
10 Union Square East
Second Floor–Atrium
Contact: Lena Chang 212-420-4746
Mount Sinai St. Luke's
1111 Amsterdam Avenue at 114th Street
Babcock Lobby, First Floor
Contact: Joan Joseph 212-523-2023
Mount Sinai West
1000 Tenth Avenue at West 58th Street
Main Lobby
Contact: Wendy O’Brien 646-745-5725
Mount Sinai Queens (Event runs from 4 pm-6 pm)
Ambulatory Pavilion
25-20 30th Avenue, Fifth Floor
Contact: Ana Rodriquez 718-808-7726
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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