Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

Mount Sinai Medical Center ranks #2 in the nation for its geriatrics specialty in the 2012-2013 U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” issue. Learn more

Mount Sinai Awarded Advanced Certification for Palliative Care

Mount Sinai is one of only five hospitals in the nation to receive the First Advanced Certification for Palliative Care awarded by the Joint Commission.
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Geriatrics Program Stands Atop U.S. News Rankings

Mount Sinai Geriatrics ranks #2 in the nation in the 2012-2013 U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” issue. Read More

NEWS

Medicare Patients Who Use Hospice Receive Better Care at a Lower Cost to the Government
March 4, 2013 - The study, led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, is published in the March issue of Health Affairs.

Mount Sinai’s Corita Grudzen, MD, Named a Practice Change Leader to Improve Health Care for Older Adults
January 11, 2013 - National initiative aims to increase the number of health care leaders who can effectively promote innovative, high quality health care for older adults.

Diane E. Meier, MD, Receives Medal of Honor from the American Cancer Society
November 28, 2012 - Dr. Meier was awarded the ACS's highest honor for pioneering leadership in bringing non-hospice palliative care into mainstream medicine.

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Grand Rounds: Biology of Aging - May 23, 2013
May 23, 2013 - May 23, 2013
Annenberg Building, 10th Floor, Room 10-30

Grand Rounds: Preventing Nursing Home Acquired Pneumonia: A Geriatric Journey for the Non-Geriatrician - May 30, 2013
May 30, 2013 - May 30, 2013
Annenberg Building, 10th Floor, Room 10-30

Grand Rounds: The Geriatric Emergency Department - June 13, 2013
June 13, 2013 - June 13, 2013
Annenberg Building, 10th Floor, Room 10-30

Tel: 212-241-5561
Fax: 212-860-9737

10th Floor, Annenberg Building
One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1070
New York, NY 10029

Chair's Message

Albert L. Siu, MD, is the Ellen and Howard Katz Professor and Chairman of the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Icahn School of Medicine, and Director of the Geriatrics, Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Bronx VA Medical Center. Read More

ABOUT THE CENTER

The Martha Stewart Center for Living at Mount Sinai is an outpatient clinic specializing in geriatric care and services Watch CNN video

Geriatrics Program Stands Atop U.S. News Rankings

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