The Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine has a long history of contributions and advancements at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
History
1902
Professionally trained anesthesiologists begin working at The Mount Sinai Hospital, known as the Jews’ Hospital.
1950
Anesthesiology receives departmental status when anesthetist Bernard Eliasberg is granted a seat on the Medical Board.
1983
George Silvay founds the Annual Symposium: Clinical Update in Anesthesiology, Surgery and Perioperative Medicine series of educational meetings.
1989
The Department becomes one of the earliest adopters of electronic anesthesia records, also known as anesthesia information management systems (AIMS).
1990
The cardiothoracic and liver transplant operating rooms begin using the forerunner of the system that would be used in the next century.
1992
Chair Joel Kaplan leads the initiative to create a mandatory clerkship for third year medical students, leading immediately to a continuously higher number of students following a career in anesthesiology.
1992
Dr. Paul Goldiner is recruited to Mount Sinai during Joel Kaplan's tenure as chair.
1994
The Department becomes the inaugural beta test site for the first full scale mannequin simulator manufactured by Loral Defense Corporation (now Lockheed Martin).
1995
Research projects now use the Mount Sinai anesthesia information management system (AIMS) to investigate the predictors of pulse oximetry failure in thousands of anesthetic procedures.
1996
The Department recruits the informatics expert, Marina Krol.
1997
Residency positions rebound following a resurgence of interest in anesthesiology, concurrent with an expansion in operating room volume.
1998
Using AIMS, the Department conducts a joint project with St. Luke's-Roosevelt Medical Center demonstrating the intraoperative hemodynamic predictors of adverse outcomes in coronary bypass surgery.
1998
All of Mount Sinai's operating rooms now have AIMS.
1999
Paul Goldiner is named Chair of the Department following two years as acting chair. Soon after, he also assumes leadership of anesthesia services at The Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens.
2000
Around the time of its 50th anniversary, the Department founds an ambulatory practice in Westchester County and establishes office-based practices.
2001
The house staff training program becomes the first in the nation to educate residents in office-based anesthesia practice and safety.
2001
Since the founding of Medical Students Making Impact (MSMI), the Department provides continuing support and mentorship for medical/surgical teams that have completed service trips to Honduras, Belize, Zambia, and Nigeria to improve global health.
2002
The 2,000 square foot Human Emulation, Education, Evaluation, Lab for Patient Safety and Professional Study (HELPS) Center opens its doors, with three adult simulators (one mobile), and a child/infant simulator, along with part-task trainers for virtual bronchoscopy, colonoscopy, and transesophageal echocardiography.
2004
David L. Reich is named Chair when Goldiner retires.
2004
All obstetrical, endoscopic, and outlying anesthetizing locations of Mount Sinai now have AIMS.
2004
The informatics group creates the first surgical patient tracking system at Mount Sinai, to enhance communication among staff and family members.
2007
The Department is the first to demonstrate how an AIMS could be used to enhance practice metrics.
2008
The Department is the first to demonstrate how an AIMS could be used to enhance physician productivity.
2009
The Departmental simulation program gains American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) accreditation with official endorsement.
2010
The Department of Anesthesiology celebrated its 60th anniversary.
2010
Department faculty offers Haitian earthquake relief, providing anesthesia for 75 desperately needed procedures.
2013
Dr. Andrew Leibowitz becomes Chair of the Department
2014
Merger with St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital
2014
Department Chair, Dr. David Reich, appointed President of the Mount Sinai Hospital and Dr. Andrew Leibowitz is appointed Chair
2016
The Department of Anesthesiology becomes the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
2017
Opened our first stand-alone outpatient pain office at 200 E 57th street
2019
Case count exceeds 100,000 per year