Health System & Central Resources

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai was established in 1963 under a charter from the New York State Department of Education. Created as an academic partner to The Mount Sinai Hospital, the hospital and Icahn Mount Sinai together comprised the Mount Sinai Medical Center. In 2013, it combined with Continuum Health Partners to form the Mount Sinai Health System which would encompass the Icahn Mount Sinai and seven hospital campuses throughout the New York metropolitan area. In 2018, the number of member hospitals expanded to eight when Mount Sinai South Nassau (formerly South Nassau Communities Hospital) joined the Health System. Together, Icahn Mount Sinai and the member hospitals serve some of the most diverse and complex patient populations in the world.

Icahn Mount Sinai is among the top twenty medical schools in the United States in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding and currently ranked number 11. Its multidisciplinary research institutes foster collaboration along a continuum that runs from the laboratory to patient care delivery. State-of-the-art laboratories support groundbreaking research, and abundant clinical venues offer superb patient care and training opportunities. The Leon and Norma Hess Center for Science and Medicine provides approximately 550,000 square feet of space in which scientists and physicians can work in close proximity and collaborate to advance Mount Sinai’s efforts to diagnose, treat and prevent human disease. Currently, more than 1,250 students are enrolled in the School’s degree-granting programs: MD; PhD in Biomedical Sciences or Neuroscience; Master of Science in Biomedical Science; Master of Public Health; Master of Science in Genetic Counseling; Master of Science in Biostatistics; Master of Science in Biomedical Data Science and AI; Master of Science in Epidemiology; Master of  Health Administration; and Master of Science and PhD in Clinical Research. Some students are pursuing dual degrees, primarily a MD/PhD, MD/MSCR, or MD/MPH. Icahn Mount Sinai also offers postgraduate research and clinical training opportunities which further attracts an outstanding student body to its highly competitive programs and invigorating academic environment.

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai campus stretches from East 98th Street to East 102nd Street between Madison Avenue and Fifth Avenue, cradling Manhattan’s Upper East Side and East Harlem communities.

Last Update: April 2025

Since its inception, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has fostered community partnerships to optimize the care of diverse/vulnerable populations. Faculty members have benefited from collaborations with underserved, often hard-to-reach populations as well as the front line clinicians that care for them, in terms of faculty members’ efforts to recruit diverse populations for research, develop research partnerships and ensure that community expertise, experiences and priorities inform their work.

In partnering with investigators, members of the community have benefited from greater access to medical resources, educational programs, technical assistance with program development and evaluation, and obtaining funding and collaborators to implement their research and project ideas. The Centers for Community and Academic Research Partnerships (CCARP) at Mount Sinai facilitates the formation and transformation of these partnerships so that they become the catalyst for groundbreaking research that uncovers and addresses important social, environmental, and health problems; builds skills among academic and stakeholders; and improves health of communities.

CCARP connects Faculty and diverse stakeholders so to maintain the values and cultures of stakeholders in a respectful and thoughtful manner throughout the research process by utilizing our accelerator model. Based in team science, diverse board experts form topic-specific "accelerators", rapidly generating new ideas, questions, approaches, and projects. These accelerators are comprised of patients, advocates, clinicians, researchers, funders, public health and industry leaders. This innovative model has the power to maximize research quality and efficiency, improve patient care and engagement, optimize data democratization and dissemination among target populations, contribute to policy, and lead to systems changes needed to address the root causes of disparities. 

CCARP creates a unique environment where all stakeholders learn from one another and address issues affecting the well-being of communities. CCARP builds and supports stakeholder/academic research partnerships through our accelerator model and develops skills and infrastructure to conduct high-quality community–engaged research. Seasoned experts offer one-on-one support and initial consultations to identify novel research questions. In addition, they can provide and initial consult on grant proposal development, research design, as well as how to best implement effective recruitment and retention strategies. CCARP can further assist on how to evaluate, communicate and disseminate research outcomes to improve health, systems of care, policies and local environments.

Last Update: March 2019

The Mount Sinai Health System’s Leon and Norma Hess Center for Science and Medicine (“Hess Center”) comprises nearly 500,000 square-feet of new, state-of-the-art medical research and clinical facilities. The Hess Center features six floors of laboratory space and two floors of outpatient clinical space.

The Hess Center houses the clinical and research facilities of Mount Sinai’s Tisch Cancer Institute, as well as laboratories for The Friedman Brain Institute, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Icahn Genomics Institute, BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute, and The Mindich Child Health and Development Institute. These research institutes benefit from convenient access to the building’s full floor devoted to advanced imaging technologies. The Hess Center also promotes greater access to technology across disciplines, including a 2,200-square-foot data center that significantly expands the capacity of Minerva, Mount Sinai's high-performance supercomputer, which already ranks among the nation’s largest systems in academic medicine.

Visit the Leon and Norma Hess Center for Science and Medicine for more information.

Last Update: April 2025

The Gustave L. and Janet W. Levy Library supports education, research, and clinical practice within the Mount Sinai Health System, including the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The Levy Library, located on the 11th floor of the Annenberg building with extended-hours student and trainee space on the 10th floor, provides an inviting environment designed to facilitate learning and studying, research, and collaboration. There are 74 networked Windows workstations with statistical and specialty software, two computer classrooms, copying, scanning and printing and Academic Information Technology services onsite. 

The Library staff has selected and organized an extensive collection of over 150 biomedical, nursing and science databases and knowledge management tools, 85,000 e-journals, 350,000 e-books, and 5,000 print items. Online resources are remotely accessible anytime, anywhere in the world using Mount Sinai credentials. Items not available online may be requested at no charge via interlibrary loan. 

The Libraries team, which includes library staff at Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West, serves as guides and partners on information retrieval, knowledge management, evidence synthesis such as systematic reviews, research impact, scholarly publishing and emerging technologies such as generative artificial intelligence. Librarians provide instruction to faculty, staff, trainees, and students on topics including efficiently developing search strategies, best practices for finding evidence-based information sources and research instruments, data management and sharing, and reference management.  Questions regarding library services, resources, and research support can be submitted via email, chat, or phone using the Ask a Librarian Service or in person. 

The Library’s Scholarly Publishing and Visualization Hub brings together services such as biomedical illustration and resources that inspire and facilitate scholarly activities. The Library manages the Levy Library Press, a platform for inter-professional scholarship that promotes open research across science, medicine and nursing. The Journal of Scientific Innovation in Medicine provides a mentored learning environment in transformative and sustainable scholarly communication. Practical Implementation of Nursing Science is a partnership with the Center for Nursing Research and Innovation at Mount Sinai. 

The Library and Educational Technology are part of the Scholarly & Research Technologies  at Mount Sinai working closely with Arthur H. Aufses, Jr. MD Archives and Records Management, Academic Systems, Academic Information Technology (IT) Support, and Research IT. Learn more about Library’s facilities and services on the Levy Library web page. 

Visit the Levy Library or contact the Associate Dean for Libraries and Information Sciences for more information. 

Last Update: April 2025 

About the Mount Sinai Health System

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, employing 48,000 people across its hospitals and more than 400 outpatient practices, as well as more than 600 research and clinical labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time—discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it.

Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians and 11 free-standing joint-venture centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida. Hospitals within the System are consistently ranked by Newsweek’s® “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals, Best in State Hospitals, World Best Hospitals and Best Specialty Hospitals” and by U.S. News & World Report's® “Best Hospitals” and “Best Children’s Hospitals.” The Mount Sinai Hospital is on the U.S. News & World Report® “Best Hospitals” Honor Roll for 2024-2025. 

For more information, visit https://www.mountsinai.org or find Mount Sinai on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. 

Last Updated: April 2025

Founded in 1852, The Mount Sinai Hospital is one of the nation’s largest and most respected hospitals, acclaimed internationally for excellence in clinical care. Ranked among the top hospitals nationwide, the institution serves one of the most diverse populations in the world. The Mount Sinai Hospital is recognized as No. 19 in the world, No. 7 nationally, and No. 1 in New York State on its “The World’s Best Hospitals“ list for 2025 by Newsweek. Our pediatric center, Kravis Children’s Hospital at Mount Sinai is also recognized on U.S. News & World Report's Best Children’s Hospitals 2024-25 rankings.

The Mount Sinai Hospital consistently earns Magnet status for nursing care, and it is the only medical center in New York State to earn Disease-Specific Care Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification from The Joint Commission. The institution also received a Health Care Innovation Award from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to open the first geriatric emergency department in New York City, and its Mount Sinai Access service is one of the largest and most sophisticated inpatient transfer services in the city.

Last Update: March 2025

Office for Diversity and Inclusion

Our Mission

To support MSHS in embracing the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion as key drivers for excellence and innovation for unrivaled healthcare delivery, medical and health education, and research.

Our Vision

To uphold, anchor, and operationalize equity by embracing new methods of thinking and emphasizing fairness to ultimately empower and uplift vulnerable and marginalized communities in all that we do and seek to achieve.

What We Do

We serve as consultants and subject matter experts to recommend and establish best practices in DEI management. We advise on policies, procedures, and practices and provide education to engage the organization in cultural effectiveness, promote anti-racist behaviors, address inequities, and enhance the patient experience for all.

Our Structure

A systemwide entity, our division consists of three units and a portfolio of special initiatives:

Units

Corporate Health System Affairs (CHSA)
Based at Mount Sinai’s Corporate Services Center, Corporate Health System Affairs (CHSA) recommends and establishes best practices to engage the organization in cultural effectiveness, promote anti-racist practices, eliminate disparities, and enhance the patient experience for all. The CHSA staff manages, promotes, and partners with health system leadership on dedicated programs in key areas of focus.

Patricia S. Levinson Center for Multicultural and Community Affairs (CMCA)
The Patricia S. Levinson Center for Multicultural and Community Affairs (CMCA) of the Mount Sinai Health System’s Office for Diversity and Inclusion is a key driver of educational excellence, for promoting a diverse physician workforce, and for advancing equitable health care for all. The CMCA advocates for and fosters an inclusive learning environment that engages diversity to strengthen and maintain a positive educational experience for all students. The CMCA establishes and maintains networks that enable collaboration and the ability to effectively meet the diverse needs of all students. The CMCA develops programs and activities that affirm student identity, build community, and cultivate leadership, enabling all students to effectively work across communities and provide outreach to students promoting available programs, services, and other resources to meet the diverse needs of all applicants and students.

Center for Excellence in Youth Education (CEYE)

The Center for Excellence in Youth Education (CEYE) maintains a long standing and well-developed portfolio of STEM pathway programs that includes academic year and summer courses and internships for students attending New York City public schools from grade seven through college to prepare for careers in science and health care.

Diversity Innovation Hub (DIH)
The mission of the Diversity Innovation Hub (DIH) is to initiate, accelerate, and launch innovative solutions to address social determinants of health that perpetuate disparities in health and health care.

Last Updated: April 2025