David C Thomas, MD Email David Thomas
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- Positions
- PROFESSOR & INTERIM CHAIR | Medicine, General Internal Medicine
- PROFESSOR | Rehabilitation and Human Performance
- PROFESSOR | Medical Education
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- Specialties
- Primary Care
- Internal Medicine
- Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine
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- Languages
- Spanish
- English
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- Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
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- Phone
- IMA - Internal Medicine Associates 212-659-8551 212-659-8551
Dr. David C. Thomas is the Interim System Chair for the Department of Medicine and an Internal Medicine physician. He is a tenured Professor in the Department of Medicine, Department of Medical Education and Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance. Since 2011, he has been the Associate Dean for Continuing Medical Education. And in 2012, he became Vice Chair for Education for the Department of Medicine for the Mount Sinai Health System.
In addition to his medical degree, he has a Master of Health Professions Education from the University of Illinois, College of Medicine. He holds board certifications from the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Since 2004, he has been the Medical Director and Co-Founder of the East Harlem Health Outreach Partnership (EHHOP), which is a student-run, attending directed free clinic for uninsured East Harlem residents.
As Vice Chair for Education, Dr. Thomas is actively involved the development and implementation of educational programs and strategies for the Department of Medicine. He oversees undergraduate medical education, graduate medical education as well as continuing medical education for all physicians in the Department across the seven campus hospitals in the Mount Sinai Health System. He is also actively involved in the recruitment, training and mentoring of interns, residents and fellows.
Additionally, he developed and is currently the Director of the Medical Education Track for the Internal Medicine Residency Programs for the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is the Director of the Acute Musculoskeletal Medicine Clinic where he precepts for housestaff on ambulatory block rotation. In addition, he is a member of the Institute for Medical Education and an active member of the Selection Committee to help elect and recruit core medical educators for the medical school. He develops curricula and presents both nationally and internationally on topics within Internal Medicine, Primary Care and Continuing Medical Education.
He is the Chair of the Community Advisory Board for The Mount Sinai Hospital and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai where he is intricately involved in the relationship between the hospital, school and community. He is a member of a number of professional organizations including the Association of Specialty Professors, Association of Professors of Medicine, and Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine and has held leadership positions in the Society of General Internal Medicine.
Dr. Thomas has written for a variety of publications on the topics of caring for vulnerable populations, musculoskeletal medicine in primary care and a variety of medical education projects.
In the News: Dr. Thomas discusses the flu in The Daily News special feature "The Daily Check Up."
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Certifications
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Focus
- Primary Care
Education
MD, Hahnemann University
Residency, Internal Medicine
St. Vincent's Hosp. Med. Ctr. of NY
Residency, Rehabilitation Medicine
Mount Sinai Hospital
Residency, Internal Medicine
St. Vincent's Hosp. Med. Ctr. of NY
Languages
Spanish, English
2016
OTTY (Our Town Thanks You)
Our Town
Award for Outstanding Work on the East Side of NYC
2014
New York Best Doctors
New York magazine
2012
New York Best Doctors
New York magazine
2011
Gold Humanism Honor Society
2011
Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award
Arnold P. Gold Foundation
2011
Master Clinician
Mid-Atlantic Society of General Internal Medicine Regional Meeting
2010
Master Educator
Institute for Medical Education, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
2010
Teaching Excellence Award
The Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
2009
OTTY (Our Town Thanks You)
Our Town
Award for outstanding work on the East Side of New York City
2008
Bishop John J. McCort Award for Service to the Poor
West Catholic Alumni Association
2008
Gold Humanism Honor Society
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
2008
Alexander Richman Award for Humanism in Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
2008
Physician of the Year
Mount Sinai Medical Center
2008
Clinician Educator Award
Society of General Internal Medicine, Mid-Atlantic Region
2007
New York Best Doctors
New York magazine
2007
Ruth Abramson Idealism in Medicine Award
2007
President’s Higher Education Community Service Award
MSSM for EHHOP
Finalist for Excellence in General Community Service
2006
Top Ten Teachers Award
Department of Medicine
2006
Edward J. Ronan Mount Sinai Medical Student Distinguished Teacher Award
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device and biotechnology companies to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their relationships with such companies.
Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Thomas during 2021 and/or 2022. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Industry-Sponsored Lectures: MSSM faculty occasionally give lectures at events sponsored by industry, but only if the events are free of any marketing purpose
- Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)
Other activities: Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership
- 136 St Block Association
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