Mount Sinai International to Address African Heads of State, Health Ministers, and Pan-African Health Care Leaders at WHX Leaders World Health Expo in Ghana
Leaders of Mount Sinai International, the international ventures arm of the Mount Sinai Health System in New York, will join health care leaders from across Africa to discuss health care infrastructure development and service delivery on the continent at the inaugural WHX Leaders World Health Expo in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday-Wednesday, December 9-10.
Presented by His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, President of Ghana, this year’s theme of the WHX Leaders World Health Expo is “Catalyzing Africa’s health revolution through investment, innovation, impact, and infrastructure.” The event will bring together African heads of state, health ministers, policymakers, and public-private pioneers to collaborate, strategize, and unlock Africa’s health care potential.
Engaging, Interactive Sessions
WHX Leaders will include keynote sessions addressing health care challenges and opportunities on the African continent, as well as panel discussions offering insightful and interactive opportunities for debate and actionable solutions. Szabi Dorotovics, MD, MBA, President of Mount Sinai International, will participate in a focal panel on Tuesday, December 9, at 2-3 pm local time (EST), titled “Investing in Centers of Excellence: Reclaiming Africa’s Medical Expertise.” This session will examine the strategies needed to develop world-leading health care centers of excellence in Africa, reducing medical tourism and enhancing local health care capacity.
“Mount Sinai International’s mission is to facilitate the development of our health care partners around the globe by sharing Mount Sinai’s collective academic, research, and clinical knowledge and experience,” said Dr. Dorotovics. “Our aim is to support the transformation of global hospitals and health care organizations as they seek to attain the highest international standards of health care delivery. At WHX Leaders in Ghana, we look forward to learning from our esteemed African colleagues about the current African health care landscape, while exploring how Mount Sinai could assist in accelerating regional, national, and local health care development.”
To learn more about how Mount Sinai International is paving the way for the future of global health care through health innovation and international collaboration, please visit https://www.mountsinai.org/about/international.
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.
