Mount Sinai Health System Expands Innovative Cancer Care in Brooklyn
The Mount Sinai Health System today opened the Mount Sinai Brooklyn Ambulatory Infusion Center, a new cancer treatment center that will bring Mount Sinai’s innovative cancer treatment and clinical trials to residents of southern Brooklyn.
The facility will offer medical oncology, chemotherapy, therapeutic infusion treatments, consultations, and blood transfusions. An extension of The Tisch Cancer Institute, the National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the Mount Sinai Brooklyn Ambulatory Infusion Center will give patients access to the latest treatment options, medication protocols, and clinical trials.
Located near Mount Sinai Brooklyn in the East Midwood section of the borough, the new facility will serve patients from neighborhoods that include Midwood, Madison, Marine Park, Mill Basin, East Flatbush, Flatlands, Canarsie, Brighton Beach, and Sheepshead Bay. Stefan Balan, MD, will lead the state-of-the-art facility as its medical director.
“The Mount Sinai Brooklyn Ambulatory Infusion Center is a demonstration of Mount Sinai’s commitment to delivering world-class cancer care in local New York communities,” said Luis Isola, MD, Medical Director of Mount Sinai Cancer and Professor of Pediatrics and of Medicine (Hematology and Medical Oncology) at The Tisch Cancer Institute. “Brooklyn residents now have streamlined access to care from Mount Sinai’s outstanding oncologists in a broad array of specialties.”
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on Thursday, April 19, from 9 am to 10:30 am with Mount Sinai executives, community members, and physicians.
Mount Sinai Brooklyn Ambulatory Infusion Center is located at 3131 Kings Highway, Suite 1-02, Brooklyn, NY 11234. To schedule an appointment, call 718-758-7050.
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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