The Mount Sinai Hospital hosts 3 students from the CHCI Latino Leaders Program
On Friday, December 7th, The Mount Sinai Hospital proudly hosted a Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) Mentorship Day.
On Friday, December 7th, The Mount Sinai Hospital proudly hosted a Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) Mentorship Day. The initiative was launched in support of CHCI’s 2012 High School Latino Leaders in D.C. (HSLLDC) program, a weeklong experience in Washington, D.C. in which students learn about the structure and operating procedure of the US Federal Government. Through Mount Sinai’s sponsorship of the program, three students from Brooklyn and the Bronx were able to participate.
During their day at Mount Sinai, students had the opportunity to meet and observe successful medical professionals, learning about their work as well as the path they took to grow into their current roles. Through the knowledge Mount Sinai professionals provided, participating students were given the opportunity to enhance their leadership skills and healthcare knowledge, as well as their commitment to civic engagement in a prestigious medical setting.
Renowned medical leader Dr. Raja Flores, Chief of Thoracic Surgery at Mount Sinai, met with the students and provided them with an exclusive, behind-the-scenes experience. The high school leaders also met, observed and learned from other notable medical executives and professionals, including Josephine Guzman, Director of Community Outreach, Caridad Alvarez-Figueroa, BSN, RN, Associate Director of Perioperative Services and Caroline C. Boynton, M.A. L.M.S.W., Patient Care Volunteer Coordinator.
For more information about this and other CHCI programs, please visit www.chci.org.
About the Mount Sinai Health System
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, over 400 outpatient practices, nearly 300 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 7,300 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties.
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