Mount Sinai Brooklyn and Mount Sinai Queens Emergency Departments Honored With Prestigious Lantern Award®
All Mount Sinai Health System Emergency Departments are now for the first time simultaneously recognized by the Emergency Nurses Association
The Emergency Departments at Mount Sinai Brooklyn and Mount Sinai Queens have been awarded the Lantern Award® by the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA), a prestigious national recognition given to emergency departments that demonstrate exceptional and innovative performance in leadership, practice, education, advocacy, and research.
With this latest recognition, all emergency departments across the Mount Sinai Health System are Lantern Award recipients concurrently, reflecting a consistent systemwide commitment to excellence in emergency nursing care.
The Lantern Award is named for Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, who was known as the “Lady with the Lamp.” It serves as a visible symbol of an emergency department’s commitment to excellence and innovation in emergency nursing.
“This is a proud moment for nursing at Mount Sinai. Achieving Lantern status across our Emergency Departments not only speaks to the clinical expertise of our teams, but also to our culture of collaboration, mentorship, and continuous improvement,” said Beth Oliver, DNP, RN, FAAN, Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive, Mount Sinai Health System, and Edgar M. Cullman, Sr. Chair, Department of Nursing, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. “I am deeply grateful to our nurse leaders and front-line nurses for the exceptional care they provide to our communities every day.”
"I am extraordinarily proud of our emergency medicine nursing colleagues at Mount Sinai. Emergency care is highly dependent on teamwork, and our nurses truly carry the spirit of collaboration," said Benjamin S. Abella, MD, MPhil, Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine for the Mount Sinai Health System. "They are out there every day, responding with clinical excellence, compassion, and professionalism in moments when patients are most vulnerable."
“This achievement is a testament to the dedication, skill, and compassion of our emergency nurses, who provide the highest-quality care under the most challenging circumstances,” said Jonathan Nover, MBA, RN, Vice President of Nursing, Emergency Services, Mount Sinai Health System. “Congratulations to Ledjan Halollari, MSN, RN, and Louis Caldero, MSN, RN, and to their talented leaders and clinical nurses who partnered to write the application. Surely it was an honor to write about the amazing work and progress of your Emergency Departments.”
“This award reflects the tireless work of our nurses, physicians, and interdisciplinary teams who deliver high-quality, compassionate emergency care every day,” said Jill Goldstein, RN, MA, MS, Deputy Chief Nursing Officer for Mount Sinai Queens. “We are honored to receive the Lantern Award and proud to be part of a system where emergency care excellence is the standard.”
“Our team has worked incredibly hard to build an emergency care environment that is not only clinically outstanding, but also supportive, inclusive, and responsive to the needs of our patients and staff. This award affirms that commitment,” said Claudia Garcenot, MSN, MHA, RN, Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer for Mount Sinai Brooklyn.
Mount Sinai’s Emergency Departments provide life-saving care to hundreds of thousands of patients each year across New York City and Nassau County. The Lantern Award is granted through a rigorous application process that evaluates key metrics and initiatives in emergency care, including clinical outcomes, professional development, and community impact.
For a full list of 2025 Lantern Award® recipients: https://www.ena.org/news-publications/newsroom/ena-recognizes-96-emergency-departments-lantern-awards
For a full list of Mount Sinai emergency care locations: https://www.mountsinai.org/locations/emergency-medicine
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 48,000 employees working across seven hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 600 research and clinical 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 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians and 11 free-standing joint-venture centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida. Hospitals within the System are consistently ranked by Newsweek’s® “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals, Best in State Hospitals, World Best Hospitals and Best Specialty Hospitals” and by U.S. News & World Report's® “Best Hospitals” and “Best Children’s Hospitals.” The Mount Sinai Hospital is on the U.S. News & World Report® “Best Hospitals” Honor Roll for 2024-2025.
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