Meet the Team
If you’re a journalist looking for information about Mount Sinai or for an expert to interview for a story, our team can help.
Lucia Lee
Vice President of Media and Public Affairs
Beats: C-Suite/Leadership, Crisis Management
Phone: 917-837-8914917-837-8914
Elizabeth Dowling Steinke
Media Director
Beats: Neuroscience, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Microbiology, Psychiatry, Seaver Center for Autism, The Mirken Family Clinical Neuroscience Institute, The Friedman Brain Institute
Phone: 347-541-0212347-541-0212
Tildy La Farge
Media Director
Beats: Institute for Healthy Equity Research (IHER) ,Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Medical Education, Icahn Mount Sinai and Graduate School of Biomedical Science Anti-Racism Initiatives, Center for Anti-Racism in Practice, Center for Scientific Diversity
Phone: 347-213- 9110
Marlene Naanes
Media Director
Beats: OBGYN Cancers, Breast Cancer, Sciences/Oncological Surgery/Hematology and Medical Oncology, GU Cancer/GU Cancer/Hematological Cancer/ Lung Cancer /Liver Cancer/Gastric Cancer/Non-hematologic blood disease, Radiation Oncology, Thoracic Surgery, The Tisch Cancer Institute, Dubin Breast Cancer Center
Phone: 929-237-5802
Ilana Nikravesh
Associate Media Director
Beats: Cardiology/Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rehabilitation and Human Performance, Ophthalmology, Emergency Medicine, Center for Post-COVID Care, Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute/Cardiovascular Research Institute
Phone: 347-852-3382347-852-3382
Stacy A. Anderson
Associate Director of Media and Public Affairs
Beats: Infectious Diseases, Women’s Health/OBGYN, Pulmonary Medicine, Digital Health, Digital and Technology Partners, Pathology, Sleep Medicine, Arnhold Institute for Global Health, The Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Blavatnik Women's Health
Phone: 347-346-3390347-346-3390
Laura Ruocco-Duran
Associate Director of Public Affairs
Beats: Dermatology, Pediatrics & Children’s Health, Gastroenterology/GI, Community & Environmental Medicine, Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, The Mindich Child Health & Development Institute
Phone: 646-877-6727646-877-6727
Karin Eskenazi
Senior Media Specialist
Beats: Artifical Intelligence, Genetics and Genomics, Cancer Genetics & Immunology, Urology, Pharmacology Sciences, Precision Immunology Institute
Phone: 332-257-1538
Nicole (Nicci) Cheatham
Video Studio Manager & Podcast Producer
Phone: 646-946-6983646-946-6983
Emma Stoneham
Communications and Marketing Associate & Podcast Producer
Phone: 347-349-0748347-349-0748
Taylor Paglino
Communications and Marketing Associate & Podcast Producer
Phone: 917-763-2801917-763-2801