Jeanette Dominguez has a boy!!!

Jan 19, 2007. Congrats in order to Jeanette who gave birth to a baby boy this morning!!!!!!

Congrats to this year's chiefs for fellowship matches!!!

Jan 2007. The four remaining chiefs find out their fates for next year!! Big Congrats to all!!! Dave Chessin is staying at Sinai for Colorectal. Amanda Kong is heading to Big TEXAS for Breast at MD Anderson. Paula Denoya is with Wexner at Cleveland Clinic Florida for Colorectal. Scott Nguyen will be staying here for Laparoscopy!!! (Other chiefs who found out earlier ... Nik Korgankoar - Thoracic at UMichigan, Dave Eisenberg - Surg Onc at Pittsburg, Donald Baril - Vacular at Pittsburg)

Sinai Represents at 2007 SAGES!!

Dec 2006. Big congrats to all that were accepted for presentations at the upcoming SAGES national meeting. A Record number of submissions.....Was it coincidence that it'll be in Vegas this year?!?! VIDEO Presentations: Lipskar, B Jacob for Lap Splenic Cyst management; Baril, Weber, Chin, Divino for Lap cortical spairing adrenalectomy; Chin, Herron for Lap marginal ulcer repair; Nguyen, Salky for Laparoscopic TME; Trang, Salky for Laparoscopic excision of Epiphrenic Diverticulum. POSTER Presentations: Greenstein, Mazeh, Nguyen, Divino for Lap Ventral Hernia Repair (award!!) and Lap Hartmann Reversal.

John Byrn takes the podium at this year's ACS!!

Oct 2006. John Byrn tore it up at this years American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress in Chicago with his oral presentation on "Surgery for Fulminant C Diff Colitis." This landmark study done with Dipen Maun, Junko Ozao and Dr. Divino will be published in an upcoming Archives of Surgery!!! It also was showcased in a recent issue of General Surgery News!!

David Eisenberg matches into Surgical Oncology at University of Pittsburg!!!

All the hard work paid off!! Big Congrats to Dave for matching into Surgical Oncology at Pittsburg. One of the hardest fellowships to get in the country, Dave will be whippling with D Baril and U Sachdev in Western PA.

Congrats on this Year's Awards Winners!!!

Jun 2006. Chief's dinner this past tuesday was a crack-up!!....But Huge applause for all the residents and attendings who won Awards!!! Dipen Maun - Chief Resident Award, Jason Frischer - Research and Mentoring Awards, Umut Sarpel and Junko Ozao - Med Student Teaching Awards, Randy Steinhagen - Attending of the Year & Med Student Teaching Award!!!!!!!!!!

Donald Baril Matches!!

Big Congrats to Donald who just matched into the Vascular Fellowship at Univ of Pittsburg!!!! Can't take the midwest out of the BOY!!!

Graduation / End of the Year BBQ Potluck on May 27!!!!!

Location: Backyard of the Building 306 E. 96th St betw 1st -2nd Ave, New York, NY When: Sunday, May 21, 4:00pm Hey all....It's the end of the year and our chiefs are finishing up 5 years of CRAZINESS!!! In addition, our beloved Israeli's, our fellows, and a bunch of other residents are finishing up their time. Let's all celebrate the end of the year!!!! ... Hey....it's sunny out.....any excuse to booz it up!!! We're doing this BBQ / Potluck style.....We'll try to hook the basics like burgers and dogs and get the grill going. You guys BYOB --Bring your own alcohol and any FOOD you wanna share or anything you wanna set fire on the grill. Beer... Wine....coleslaw....kosher...vegan...whatever!!!.... The backyard of our building is quite large....can easily accomodate all of us along with any family/friends/whoever........ We'll have music set up and there's a playground there..for people who wanna bring their kids..

Maun, Byrn, Ozao present at New York Colorectal Society Presentation!!!

Apr 2006. Congrats to John Byrn, Dipen Maun, Junko Ozao, Dan Gingold, and C. Divino for their recent presentation at NYCRS: "Predictors of Mortality after Colectomy for Fulminant Clostridium Difficile Colitis"

Irene Turnbull, Drs M. Harris and S. Kini....all nominated for PHYSICIANs of the YEAR!!!!!

Apr 2006. Congratulations to our own IRENE TURNBULL who was nominated for Physician of the Year!!! ...Irene --you're the best!!! ....Also nominated ...our own faculty...Drs. M. Harris and Kini!!!!

Congrats to our new HOUSESTAFF!!!!

April 2006. BIG CONGRATS to our new housestaff starting next year: Parag Butala, Brown Medical School; Marcelyn Coley, Morehouse School of Medicine; Nicole de Rosa, Tufts University School of Medicine; Samuel Eisenstein, Tufts University School of Medicine; Aravind Pothula, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey; Yolanda Tammaro, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

AOA for A Lipskar, PJ Torina, H Bazan .....Again!!

Feb 2006. Big congrats to Aaron, PJ and our old friend Hernan for election by the medical school into AOA!!! This would have been a bigger deal...have they not already been in the Honor Society!!!

Wellner and Silverberg Overseas Rotation Presentation at APDS

Mar 2006. Cross-Cultural Education Presentation: Setting Up an Overseas Rotation for Surgical Residents. Daniel Silverberg, MD, Celia Divino, MD, Lester Silver, MD, Rachel Wellner, MD, Marin Michael, MD. Presented at Association of Program Directors in Surgery National Meeting in Tucson, AZ.

Baril and Khaitov present at New York Surgical

Feb 2006. Donald Baril and Sergey Khaitov will be presenting at New York Surgical Society Scientific Session and Dinner on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 at Griffis Club/Weill Cornell Medical College (1300 York Ave) Reception - Dinner at 6:00pm Scientific Session 7:00 - 9:00pm

Dipen Maun and Ateet Shah Match into Colorectal!!!

Dec 2005. Dipen and Ateet will finally split their commonlaw relationship and head different ways for Colorectal next year!! Big Congrats!! Dipen - Cleveland Clinic Florida Ateet - Cook County Hospital, Chicago

Congratulations Scott Nguyen! New Housestaff Member of AOA Lambda Chapter

November 2005. Department of Surgery Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, NY 10029 Dear Dr. Nguyen: I am delighted to inform you that you have been elected as a Resident member of Alpha Omega Alpha, Lambda Chapter. The new AOA members of the class of 2006 selected you for this prestigious honor. Alpha Omega Alpha was founded in 1902 by William Webster Root to “foster the scientific and philosophical features of the medical profession, to look beyond self to the welfare of the profession and of the public, to cultivate social mindedness ... to foster research and in all ways to enable the profession of medicine.” My heartiest congratulations and best wishes on this wonderful honor and I look forward to greeting you on February 23, 2006. Sincerely, Lisa Bensinger, MD Councillor, AOA

Drs. Zhang, Nguyen and Divino - Blue Ribbon Winners for Education Research Day

Sept 2005. Dear Linda, Scott, and Celia, Congratulations! The Institute for Medial Education's Education Research Day Selection Committee has selected your abstract, "Resident and Student Evaluation of the Third Year Surgical Clerkship: Source of Surgical Knowledge and Educational Value of Medical Students' Day-to-Day Duties " as a Blue Ribbon Winner for Education Research Day (ERD). This also means that your poster will be included in MSSM’s Innovations in Medical Education exhibit at the Annual AAMC meeting, November 5-10 in Washington, DC. Only 2 abstracts were selected for this honor. Your abstract demonstrated a scholarly approach to an educational intervention and we are proud for your educational work to represent our institution.

Pippa Newell inducted into Gold Humanism Honor Society

Sept 2005. Dear Pippa, As you know, you were awarded the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Student Award from the University of Arizona in 2003. We recently heard an extremely moving story from one of our donors and friends, Raphael Benaroya, whose father was a recent patient of yours at Englewood Hospital. His story about you and the connection you established with his family reaffirmed our faith and belief in the importance of recognizing role model physicians like you. With that in mind, we would like to invite you (and a guest) to attend our annual “friendraiser,” which will be held Sunday evening, October 2, at the home of one of our donors in Englewood, NJ. We’re hoping that at the event you would speak to your experience with Raphael and his family as well as what being awarded the humanism in medicine honor meant to you. Raphael will be there as well to share his account. We will then induct you into the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS), a society which includes medical students, residents, and faculty recognized as exemplary role models for humanistic behavior. Established in 2002, a chapter of the GHHS is now at 48 medical schools. The presentation about the Gold Foundation will begin at 6:15 and will be followed by a live jazz performance and dinner, which we hope you could stay for. We know as a surgical resident it is not easy to get time off, let alone part of a night, but if you were able to join us, dare we say it would be the highlight of the evening. Look forward to hearing from you and hopefully meeting you before too long. Best wishes, Allison

Hilli and Danny have a Boy!!

July 2005. Hilli Menes delivered a baby boy, 7 pounds 8 ounces on July 29, 2005 at 7pm. All is well with Hilli and the baby. Congratulations and all the best to the new parents - Danny and Hilli!

Aaron Lipskar wins big for his presentation at the NMA Annual Assembly !!

July 2005. Aaron was award 2nd place for his presention "Surgical Management of Active Ulcerative Colitis with Concurrent C. Difficile Infection." This took place at the Drew Walker Surgical Forum at this year's National Medical Association Annual Assembly. It was at the Jacob Javit's Center this past Sun July 24th. Big Congrats to Aaron and Dr. Divino, his research mentor!!

Posted Jul 2005. Welcome to all new interns and residents. You'll find in this site useful information for the residency including: -Survival guides to the rotations -Resident directories -Calendar of events -Work hour logs -M&M submissions -Presentation banks -Conference and Shuttle Schedules -Sabiston Reading Club .....and much, much more!!! Be sure to email the webhost if there's other info you'd like here!!

Tax Benefits for Young Physicians

Posted May 2005. Check out the Surgical Links Section for information on Tax Deductions available to Young Physicians. You'd be amazed at what you can write off!!!

Dr. Ellozy to be new Medical Student Clerkship Director

Posted May 2005. Sharif Ellozy will replace Dr. Dolgin as the new Medical Student Clerkship Director as of 7/1/05. Click on "Resident - Student Interactions" on the left to see his new guidelines for residents working w/ students