Meet Our Team

Our team is dedicated to enhancing the well-being and resilience of all members of the Mount Sinai Health System. This includes medical and graduate students, graduate medical trainees, post-doctoral trainees, and faculty. We firmly believe that your professional fulfillment, personal well-being, and the meaning you derive from your work and education are essential to both your success and ours. It enables us to provide the highest quality of care, conduct world-class research, and train tomorrow’s health care leaders.

Lauren Peccoralo, MD, MPH
Interim Dean and Director
Office for Professional Engagement and Development
Professor of Medicine (Division of General Internal Medicine)
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Jonathan Ripp, MD, MPH
Dean for Well-Being
Chief Wellness Officer
Professor of Medicine, Medical Education and Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

Saadia Akhtar, MD
Senior Associate Dean for Trainee Well-Being in Graduate Medical Education
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medical Education

Jacqueline G. Hargrove, PhD
Interim Director of Student Well-Being
Assistant Clinical Professor within the Department of Psychiatry

Neil M. Rofsky, MD, MHA, FACR
Dr. Charles M. and Marilyn Newman Professor of Radiology
Professor and Chair, Department of Diagnostic, Molecular, and Interventional Radiology
Senior Associate Dean of Well-Being and Coaching, Icahn School of Medicine

Sakshi Dua, MD
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education Well-Being
Professor of Medicine and Medicine Education

Christie Mulholland, MD
Director, Faculty Well-Being Champions Program
Associate Clinical Professor, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

Chi Chan, PhD
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Education Director, VISN 2 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center
James J. Peters Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Cara Faherty, MPH
Senior Research Project Manager