Mount Sinai Leaders Receive Prestigious Awards During the American College of Emergency Physicians 2024 Scientific Assembly (ACEP24)
CEO of the Mount Sinai Health System and Chair of the Emergency Department for Mount Sinai Queens are honored for their contributions to health policy and diversity, inclusion, and health equity
From left to right Sophia Spadafore, MD, Brendan G. Carr, MD, MS, FACEP, Ugo Ezenkwele, MD of Mount Sinai Health System receive awards at the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) 2024 Scientific Assembly
Mount Sinai Health System’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the Emergency Department Chair at Mount Sinai Queens have been recognized with top honors for their outstanding achievements at the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) 2024 Scientific Assembly in Las Vegas during a special ceremony on Monday, September 30.
Brendan G. Carr, MD, MS, FACEP, CEO, Professor and Kenneth L. Davis, MD, Distinguished Chair of the Mount Sinai Health System, received the Colin C. Rorrie, Jr, PhD Award for Excellence in Health Policy.
This award is an extraordinary award that acknowledges Dr. Carr’s outstanding service to the field of emergency medicine as a policy leader, innovator, advocate, and administrator, both nationally and locally.
Dr. Carr is a renowned emergency physician, health policy researcher, and health care leader whose work has focused on building regional systems for emergency care and developing innovative solutions to create improved and more accessible acute care across the country. He has been a strong advocate for increasing collaboration between the public and private sectors to build a more responsive and resilient emergency medical system in the United States. Dr. Carr is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and has served as a special advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where he developed the Regional Disaster Health Response System of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, collaborated with the National Academy of Medicine to strengthen health system emergency readiness, and worked with Indian Health Services to improve access to quality emergency care. Dr. Carr joined the Mount Sinai Health System as Chair of Emergency Medicine in 2020 and became CEO at the beginning of this year.
“The Rorrie Award is an enormous honor and an amazing capstone to the chapter of my career dedicated to improving emergency care by translating research into policy and practice. I’m forever grateful to my many mentors who created a specialty and built a network of high-quality emergency care across the nation and much of the world,” said Dr. Carr.
Additionally Sophia Spadafore, MD, a health policy fellow and clinical instructor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Icahn Mount Sinai, received ACEP’s Council Horizon Award. This recognizes her outstanding service to the ACEP Council and participation in Council activities.
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