Our Department has been making important contributions in the field of pathology for more than a century.
Historic Milestones
1893
The Mount Sinai Department of Pathology was established when Dr. Henry N. Heineman was appointed its first pathologist.
1902
Started the first chemistry department in a New York hospital and one of the first in the country, headed by Samuel Bookman, PhD.
1906
The Department separated from the administrative departments. The staff included Frederick S. Mandlebaum, MD, pathologist and Emanuel Libman, MD, Assistant Pathologist as well as a laboratory assistant, an intern in pathology, and a physiological chemist and assistant.
1907
Grew by 15 staff members and for the first time displayed a scientific exhibit at a major medical meeting.
1913
Nathan Brill, MD, in collaboration with Dr. Mandelbaum, described the pathologic features of Gaucher's disease.
1924
Dr. Libman and Dr. Benjamin Sachs described Libman-Sachs endocarditis.
1926
Paul Klemperer, MD, became Chairman of the Department of Pathology.
1940
Dr. George Baehr and Dr. Klemperer describe giant follicle lymphoblastoma.
1973
Emanuel Rubin, MD, was named Chair of Pathology.
1976
Mamoru Kaneko, MD, was named Chief of Surgical Pathology.
1978
Jerome Kleinerman, MD, became the Chairman of the Department.
1988
Allen Schiller, MD, was appointed as the third Irene Heinz Given and John LaPorte Professor of Pathology and Chair of the Department.
2011
Carlos Cordon-Cardo, MD, PhD, was appointed Chair of the Department of Pathology.