Ignatz L. Nascher, MD, a Mount Sinai physician, coins the term “geriatrics.”

Ignatz L. Nascher, MD, publishes the first American textbook on geriatric medicine.

In conjunction with Columbia University, Mount Sinai begins offering a postgraduate course in geriatrics.

Mount Sinai initiates the first nationally-recognized fellowship in geriatrics (which later becomes a residency) at the City Hospital at Elmhurst, a Mount Sinai affiliate.

Mount Sinai creates a separate Geriatrics Division within the Department of Medicine.

The Gerald and May Ellen Ritter Department is established as the first academic geriatrics department in the United States.

Robert N. Butler, MD, is named Chair of the Gerald and May Ellen Ritter Department.

Mount Sinai opens the Coffey Geriatric Outpatient Clinic.

Mount Sinai establishes the inpatient Geriatric Evaluation and Treatment Center (later renamed Mobile Acute Care for the Elderly).

Mount Sinai creates a geriatrics fellowship program.

In collaboration with the Department of Psychiatry and the Bronx Veterans Administration Medical Center, Mount Sinai launches the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, one of the first of its kind in the country.

The first group of Mount Sinai geriatrics fellows graduates.

Mount Sinai introduces the U.S. branch of the Internal Leadership Center on Longevity.

The name of the department is changed to the Henry L. Schwartz Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development.

Christine K. Cassel, MD, is named Chair of the Henry L. Schwartz Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development.

Mount Sinai establishes the Visiting Doctors Program.

The Laboratory for Neurobiology of Aging is formed at Mount Sinai.

Mount Sinai establishes The Lillian and Benjamin Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute.

Mount Sinai establishes a National Program Office of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which later becomes the Center to Advance Palliative Care.

The name of the Department is changed, this time to incorporate the Brookdale Foundation.

Albert Siu, MD, is named Chair of the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development.

Mount Sinai opens the National Palliative Care Research and Training Center.

Mount Sinai establishes the first Martha Stewart Center for Living at The Mount Sinai Hospital, which houses the Coffey Geriatrics Associates primary care practice.

The Department name is changed to its current form: Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine.

The Department is ranked first in the country for geriatrics, according to U.S. News & World Report®.

The Department is awarded a grant to create the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, which focuses on researching aging, as well as improving the lives of older adults suffering with illness.

Mount Sinai establishes The Wiener Family Palliative Care Unit.

The Mount Sinai Hospital is among the first five hospitals to earn Advanced Certification in Palliative Care from The Joint Commission.

Through the Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai opens a separate emergency room for geriatric patients, the first of its kind in New York City.

The Mount Sinai Medical Center merges with Continuum Health System, expanding the Brookdale Department from two campuses to seven throughout New York City.

The Brookdale Department’s pioneering hospital-at-home service launches.

The Patty and Jay Baker National Palliative Care Center is established under the auspices of the Brookdale Department, uniting the National Palliative Care Research Center and the Center to Advance Palliative Care.

R. Sean Morrison, MD, is named the Ellen and Howard C. Katz Chair of the Brookdale Department.

Albert L. Siu, MD, launches Mount Sinai at Home and becomes its inaugural Director