Mount Sinai Health System and Richmond University Medical Center Announce Expanded Clinical and Academic Affiliation to Broaden Access to World-Class Care to Staten Island Residents
Affiliation will include newly formed comprehensive cancer program, co-branded emergency department, and integrated internal medicine and specialty physician practices
Mount Sinai Health System, an integrated system of eight hospitals, a nationally ranked school of medicine, and a continually expanding network of multispecialty services, and Richmond University Medical Center (RUMC), a 470-bed health care facility and teaching institution and a leader in acute, medical, and surgical care, today announced a clinical and academic partnership to broaden access to world-class primary, specialty, ambulatory, and inpatient care to residents of Staten Island.
Mount Sinai and RUMC will establish closely integrated clinical and academic relationships while maintaining independent governance with the overarching goals of improving quality outcomes for patients and increasing efficiencies, economies of scale, and business development opportunities for both parties.
Under the agreement, Mount Sinai and RUMC will:
- Integrate ambulatory practices in primary care, cardiology, and cancer
- Co-brand and co-market jointly operated practices/programs in cancer and cardiology
- Jointly recruit physicians
- Expand academic affiliation to potentially include residency program sponsorships, case-by-case faculty appointments and hospital privileges, and clinical opportunities for the Icahn School of Medicine and Mount Sinai students
- Offer clinical research opportunities
- Provide tertiary and quaternary services (including ambulatory specialties) when clinically necessary and appropriate
“We look forward to working with our colleagues at RUMC to expand and advance care for residents of Staten Island,” said Arthur Klein, MD, President of the Mount Sinai Health Network. “Our commitment to the community and shared mission to provide the care that this community deserves is our main goal. For any health need, from maintenance of chronic conditions to having access to the most complex medical procedures, Staten Island residents can rest assured that their medical needs will be met.”
“We are delighted to enter into this clinical and academic affiliation with Mount Sinai Health System,” said Daniel J. Messina, PhD, FACHE, President and Chief Executive Officer of Richmond University Medical Center. “We share many goals, including patient care outcomes and quality; expanding access to advanced primary, specialty, and ambulatory services; and the overall clinical commitment to population health. We see this as an opportunity to build and expand on the solid base of our own tertiary care teaching medical center by exploring opportunities for new joint programs and initiatives.”
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.