Sinai Students Fight COVID

25/05/2020

Sinai students, faculty, and staff have been raising money for vaccine research at by taking challenge - a virtual 5k fundraiser, the brainchild of MS4 🏃
Continuing 👏 to 👏 show 👏 up 👏 even when it’s not in person 🙌🙌
Register/donate here ➡️ giving.mountsinai.org/go to/TheSocialDistance

01/05/2020

We are writing with an exciting announcement! New York City area medical schools have come together to host a virtual conference to share lessons learned thus far from the epicenter of this crisis. The conference will be held May 9, 2020 from 2pm-4pm EDT. Check out our flyer and visit the link to register and let us know what topics may be of particular interest. And please share to help spread the word to other medical schools!

27/04/2020

We could not be more proud of our recent graduates who have jumped in early to join the fight against COVID-19. To Katleen, Olamide, and the rest of the rest of the graduated/graduating MS4 class, we are lucky to know you. Stay strong!

A number of fourth year medical students graduated early to serve on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis. NBC News’ Anne Thompson hears from new doctor...

10/04/2020

Pharmacy Task Force still out in full force at Mount Sinai West! | Daniel Afonin (MS3), Clifford Liu (MD/PhD Y3), Caroline Gentile (MS3) |

09/04/2020

Katleen Lozada, MS4 and soon-to-be MD, looks ahead to joining the fight after next week’s early graduation. We love you, Katleen!

Corin Kinkhabwala was hoping to take it easy during his last few months of medical school. “The plan was to do a research elective, hang out, go to the gym and play music before graduation in May,”…

07/04/2020

Reason # 10000 why hospital staff are heroes: it is nearly impossible to breathe when wearing N95s correctly, and they have to do it all day long. Melissa Hill and Sarah MacLean (both MS3s) are happy to help keep them safe by bringing these uncomfortable-yet-effective masks and other PPE on the PPE task force at Mount Sinai West!!

04/04/2020

Awesome job team. Keep it up!!

A team of , , and critical care specialists, and medical students at the Mount Sinai Health System are reconfiguring hundreds of donated machines that are typically used at home for and deploying them as ventilators to be used for severely ill patients who are hospitalized with : https://bit.ly/2JBKkjF

03/04/2020

PPE task force students Julio Ramos (MS3), Rachel Wilkinson (MS3), Xanthe Gallate (MS1), and Jacques Guyot (MS1) get creative and have some fun while delivering PPE to medical departments taking care of COVID patients at Mount Sinai West! Amazing work!!

03/04/2020

(Left to right) Shravani Pathak (MS3), Samuel Paci (MS3), Sindhura Gopinath (PhD), and Mark Roberto (PhD), members of the PPE task force distribute and run PPE at Mount Sinai West. They inventoried PPE stock, coordinated with different floors, and distributed PPE across the hospital based on need. Students do these tasks 24/7! Thanks to the PPE task force and the pictured students!

02/04/2020

Thanks so much to UCSF-IM and Cati Crawford for sending over this encouraging video!

To all healthcare and essential workers in NY, We see you. We appreciate you. Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts. Love, UCSF Internal Medicine Residenc...

31/03/2020

“It’s what we signed up for… we came to medical school to care for the community, and this is the way we can do it.” - Stephanie Schonholz, MS3. Very well said, Steph!

Some students are graduating early, while others are providing background support throughout the pandemic.

31/03/2020

When a last-minute call for volunteers came in yesterday, these students were there within the hour. Excellent work helping to set up hospital tents in Central Park. You guys rock! @ East Meadow