Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Commitment to excellence in research, education, and patient care formthe foundation that makes Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MSSM) inManhattan one of the world’s foremost centers for medical and scientifictraining.
Mount Sinai’s educational philosophy reflects the ever-changing face ofcontemporary science—the most important thing a medical or sciencestudent can learn is how to continue learning.
Medical education at MSSM is designed to help each student reach his orher maximum potential as a well-rounded human-being through a trulyexceptional educational experience that leads to graduates who are notonly highly skilled but also compassionate caregivers. An innovativecurriculum that is one of the most progressive in the country, stressesthe humanistic and ethical aspects of medical practice as well asproblem-solving strategies. Students learn clinical care workingside-by-side with world-renowned doctors and gain experience in thelaboratory from scientists answering fundamental questions about humandiseases. Recognition that successful and empathetic communication iscritical to effective patient/doctor relationships led to theestablishment of programs, such as The Morchand Center for ClinicalCompetence, to help students and physicians develop superb communicationskills.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Graduate School of Biological Sciencestrains students to elucidate the underlying mechanisms that causedisease and discover the knowledge necessary to develop new life-savingtreatments. The Graduate School confers degrees of Ph.D., M.D./Ph.D.,and M.Sc. Contemporary science involves multidisciplinary efforts,development of whole new fields and application of fundamental knowledgeto important biomedical problems. To prepare students for this new erain research, the Graduate School offers each student a wealth of optionsfor developing the rigorous program in scientific research to meethis/her individual goals.
Exceptional patient care is a hallmark of The Mount Sinai Hospital andone of the keystones of medical education at the School. A seamlessconnection between the School and the Hospital sets Mount Sinai apartfrom most centers of scientific inquiry, by facilitating the rapidtransfer of research developments to patient care and clinical insightsback to the laboratory for further investigation.
As a regional leader in numerous areas, including geriatrics,cardiology, organ transplantation, Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, genetherapy, AIDS, spinal cord and traumatic brain injury, hemophilia,high-risk pregnancy, neonatal specialty care, and pediatric respiratorydisease, the Hospital and the School work together to remain at thecutting-edge of modern medicine. For example, Mount Sinai was the firstU.S. medical school to establish an academic Department of Geriatrics,as well as departments of environmental and occupational medicine. MountSinai is also one of the few schools of medicine in the United States tohave a Department of Health Policy, which focuses on outcome measures.