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, Institute for Equity and Justice in Health Sciences Education, Center for Scientific Diversity
Phone: 347-213- 9110
Ilana Nikravesh
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, BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute
Phone: 332-257-1538
Emma Stoneham
Senior Media Specialist
Beats: Rheumatology, Internal/ General Medicine, Nursing
Phone: 347-349-0748347-349-0748