Mount Sinai Announces Opening of Head and Neck Institute in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Brooklyn residents now have access to advanced head and neck cancer care with the opening of the Mount Sinai Head and Neck Institute in Bay Ridge. The comprehensive outpatient facility offers high-quality care for head and neck cancers and skull-base tumors, as well as salivary, thyroid and parathyroid diseases.
“The opening of this Institute in central Brooklyn represents a new standard of personalized specialty care for each patient’s unique needs,” said Eric M. Genden, MD, FACS, Dr. Isidore Friesner Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Mount Sinai Health System. “Mount Sinai will meet an unmet need in this community, as well as the neighboring communities of Staten Island, Queens, and Long Island.”
Multidisciplinary Team Treating Head and Neck Conditions
Physicians located in the Bay Ridge office include Daniel Buchbinder, DMD, MD; Raymond Chai, MD; Boris Chernobilsky, MD; Anthony Del Signore, MD; and Ilya Likhterov, MD. Together they comprise a multidisciplinary group offering a full range of services, including diagnostics, minimally invasive robotic surgery, facial reconstruction, and skull-base and endoscopic sinus surgery.
“Our team brings unique expertise in cancer treatment, reconstruction and dental surgery,” said Dr. Buchbinder, Chief of the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Mount Sinai. “Our goal is to provide access to physicians who are among the best in their fields, state-of-the-art diagnostic tools, and specialized care that is conveniently located close to home. We have streamlined a high level of care for patients with complex conditions, with the ultimate goal of a fast recovery and quick return to daily routines.”
The Institute at Bay Ridge offers treatment of all types and stages of head and neck cancers, various oral and maxillofacial conditions, sleep apnea, and sinus, thyroid, and salivary diseases. Surgical procedures take place at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in lower Manhattan, but all other appointments and follow-up visits can now occur at the Bay Ridge office.
For information or to make an appointment, please visit www.mountsinai.org/entbayridge or call (718) 951-9007.
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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