SINAInnovations
Launching
A
New
Era
Of
Discovery
Julie Blander - 2011
Julie Blander - 2011Identified a receptor system for detecting bacterial viability
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Arthur Master - 1929
Arthur Master - 1929Devised prototype for today's cardiac stress test, the "Master Two-Step."
Stephen Levin &
Colleagues - 2002
Colleagues - 2002
Stephen Levin& Colleagues - 2002
Organized the Mount Sinai World Trade Center Health Program in the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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Solomon Berson &
Rosalyn Yalow - 1959
Rosalyn Yalow - 1959
Solomon Berson &Rosalyn Yalow - 1959
Noted the conditions necessary for the performance of immunoassay for which Dr. Yalow received a Nobel Prize.
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Ezra Greenspan &
M. Fieber 1962 - 1963
M. Fieber 1962 - 1963
Ezra Greenspan &M. Fieber 1962 - 1963
Used a sequential combination regimen of chemotherapy for treatment of ovarian cancer and breast cancer.
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Philip Landrigan &
Colleagues - 1996
Colleagues - 1996
Philip Landrigan &Colleagues - 1996
Documented the unique vulnerability of infants and children to pesticides and other toxic chemicals in the environment, leading to passage of the Food Quality Protection Act by U.S. Congress.
Ihor Lemischka &
Bruce Gelb- 2010
Bruce Gelb- 2010
Ihor Lemischka &
Bruce Gelb - 2010Developed the first cardiovascular disease model using human induced pluripotent stem cells.
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Dennis S. Charney &
Colleagues - 2000
Colleagues - 2000
Dennis S. Charney &Colleagues - 2000
Demonstrated that Ketamine is a rapidly acting antidepressant for therapy resistant depression; a finding hailed as the most important discovery in over 50 years for the treatment of depression.
Irving Selikoff
& colleagues - 1964
& colleagues - 1964
Irving Selikoff& colleagues - 1964
Showed link between asbestos exposure and the formation of neoplasms
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Mount Sinai
- 1947
- 1947
Mount Sinai - 1947Performed first kidney dialysis in U.S.
Bernard Sachs
- 1878
- 1878
Bernard Sachs - 1878Described “Familial Amaurotic Idiocy”- in U.S., later known as Tay-Sachs Disease.
Edwin Kilbourne - 1969
Edwin Kilbourne - 1969Created the first genetically engineered vaccine
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Stuart Aaronson & colleagues - 2004
Stuart Aaronson & colleagues - 2004Showed that a Wnt autocrine mechanism is responsible for activation of Wnt canonical signaling in common human tumors.
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Ross Cagan
2012
2012
Ross Cagan - 2012Developed a cancer model in Drosophila (fruit fly), and used it to create a whole new approach to the discovery of cancer treatments.
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Joseph Buxbaum - 2004
Joseph Buxbaum & colleagues - 2004Identified first common gene variant linked to autism.
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Ken Davis & Richard Mohs - 1982
Ken Davis & Richard Mohs - 1982Used a specific cholinesterase inhibitor to treat Alzheimer's disease.
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Hugh Sampson & colleagues - 2003
Hugh Sampson & colleagues - 2003Developed treatment for peanut allergy.
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Eric Genden - 2005
Eric Genden - 2005Performed the world's first successful composite tracheal transplant.
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Daniel Present - 1980
Daniel Present & colleagues - 1980Established immunosuppressive agents as first line therapy for IBD
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Charlotte Friend - 1971
Charlotte Friend & colleagues - 1971Demonstrated that dimethyl sulfoxide could induce cancer cells, opening the way to less toxic cancer therapy.
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Hertzberg Palliative Care
1999
1999
The Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute - 1999The Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute created as the first and only one of its kind to combine clinical, educational and research activities together with a national dissemination platform. More...
Francesco Ramirez & colleagues - 1991
Francesco Ramirez& colleagues - 1991
Identified the gene for Marfan Syndrome.
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Leon Ginzburg - 1932
Leon Ginzburg, Gordon Oppenheimer& Burrill B. Crohn - 1932
Formulated the first description of 'regional ileitis,' later known as Crohn's Disease.
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Roger Hajjar
2011
2011
Roger Hajjar - 2011Found a new drug target for the treatment and prevention of heart failure.
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Robert Desnick
2003
2003
Robert Desnick & colleagues - 2003Developed Fabrazyme to treat individuals suffering from Fabry's Disease.
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Eric E. Schadt
2012
2012
Eric E. Schadt & Colleagues - 2012Developed a technique for generating a personal SNP profile, or a DNA "bar code."
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Peter Palese
2010
2010
Peter Palese & colleagues - 2010Developed a new influenza vaccine.
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Emmanuel Rubin
& Charles Lieber
1974
& Charles Lieber
1974
Emanuel Rubin & Charles Lieber - 1974Showed that alcohol is toxic to the liver when the conventional wisdom was that poor nutrition, not alcohol, caused liver disease.
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Mount Sinai &
Visiting Doctors - 1995
Visiting Doctors - 1995
Mount Sinai &Visiting Doctors - 1995
Brought medical care to homebound patients in East Harlem.
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New York
November 12-14, 2012
November 12-14, 2012