Twenty-three Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai faculty members have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and/or the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) based on their outstanding achievements:

Buxbaum, Joseph D., PhD, The G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Research Professor of Geriatrics and Adult Development (Molecular Biology of Aging), Professor of Psychiatry, Genetics and Genomic Sciences, and Neuroscience, and Director of the Seaver Autism Center, elected 2015 (NAM).

Calman, Neil S., MD, MMS, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Family Health, Professor and System Chair of the Alfred and Gail Engelberg Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, elected 2017 (NAM).

Charney, Dennis S., MD, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and President for Academic Affairs, Mount Sinai Health System, elected 2000 (NAM).

Davis, Kenneth L., MD, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Mount Sinai Health System, elected 2001 (NAM).

Desnick, Robert J., MD, PhD, Dean for Genetics and Genomic Medicine, elected 2004 (NAM).

Diaz, Angela, MD, PhD, MPH, Jean C. and James W. Crystal Professor in Adolescent Health and Professor of Pediatrics, and Environmental Medicine and Public Health, elected 2008 (NAM).

Fuster, Valentin, MD, PhD, Richard Gorlin, M.D./Heart Research Foundation Professor, Director, Mount Sinai Heart, and Physician-in-Chief, The Mount Sinai Hospital, elected 2000 (NAM).

Garcia-Sastre, Adolfo, PhD,  Irene and Dr. Arthur M. Fishberg Professor of Medicine, and Director of the Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, elected NAS 2019.

Gelb, Bruce D., MD, Gogel Family Chair and Director of The Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Director of the Center for Molecular Cardiology, and Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics and Genomic Sciences, elected 2010 (NAM).

Goate, Alison M., DPhil, Willard T.C. Johnson Research Professor of Neurogenetics, Professor of Neuroscience, and Director of the Center on Alzheimer's Disease, elected 2016 (NAM).

Hirschhorn, Kurt, MD, Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, Genetics, and Medicine, and Chairman Emeritus of Pediatrics, elected 1992 (NAM).

Hurd, Yasmin L., PhD, Ward-Coleman Chair in Translational Research, Director of the Addiction Institute, and Professor of Psychiatry, Neuroscience, and Pharmacological Sciences, elected 2017 (NAM).

Landrigan, Philip J., MD, MSc, Professor and Chair Emeritus, Environmental Medicine and Public Health, elected NAM 1987 (NAM).

Mayberg, Helen S., MD, Mount Sinai Professor in Neurotherapeutics, and Director of The Center for Advanced Circuit Therapeutics, elected 2008 (NAM).

Meier, Diane E., MD, Catherine Gaisman Professor of Medical Ethics, Director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care; Professor, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, and Medicine, elected 2013 (NAM).

Merad, Miriam , MD, PhD, Mount Sinai endowed professor in Cancer Immunology, Director of the Precision Immunology Institute, Co-leader of the Cancer immunology Program at The Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Institute, Director of the Mount Sinai Human Immune Monitoring Center (HIMC), elected 2020 (NAS).

Nestler, Eric J., MD, PhD, Nash Family Professor of Neuroscience, Dean for Academic and Scientific Affairs, Director of the Friedman Brain Institute, elected 1998 (NAM).

New, Maria I., MD, Professor, Pediatrics (Endocrinology-Adrenal Steroid Disorders), Genetics and Genomic Sciences, elected 1996 (NAS) and 1998 (NAM).

Palese, Peter, PhD, Horace W. Goldsmith Professor of Medicine, Professor and Chair, Microbiology, and Medicine (Infectious Diseases), elected 2000 (NAS) and 2012 (NAM).

Parsons, Ramon E., MD, PhD, Ward-Coleman Chair in Cancer Research, Director of The Tisch Cancer Institute, and Professor and Chair of the Department of Oncological Sciences, elected 2017 (NAM).

Richardson, Lynne D., MD, Professor of Emergency Medicine, Professor of Health Evidence and Policy, and Vice Chair for Academic, Research and Community Programs of the Department of Emergency Medicine, elected 2016 (NAM). 

Siu, Albert, MD, MSPH, Chair Emeritus of the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, elected 2018 (NAM).

Sampson, Hugh A., MD, Kurt Hirschhorn, M.D./The Children’s Center Foundation Chair in Pediatrics, and Director Emeritus of the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, elected 2003 (NAM).

Vickrey, Barbara, G., MD, MPH, Henry P. and Georgette Goldschmidt Professor of Neurology, and Chair, Neurology, Mount Sinai Health System, elected 2011 (NAM).

Yehuda, Rachel, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, and Director of the Traumatic Stress Studies Division at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai elected 2019 (NAM).