Mount Sinai Queens celebrates EMS Week
Mount Sinai Queens holds the 19th annual EMS Week Dinner
Mount Sinai Queens held a special celebration for National Emergency Services Week on Thursday, June 19 at Queens’ Terrace on the Park. The dinner honored FDNY EMS stations 45, 46 and 49, who serve Mount Sinai Queens Emergency Department.
Honored at the dinner were employees of the year from each station, as well as day and night shift workers from the Mount Sinai Queens Emergency Department. The honorees from the EMS stations were EMT Siewarine Persad from Battalion 45, EMT Robert Brzezinski from Battalion 46, and Lieutenant James Furlong from Battalion 49. From Mount Sinai Queens Emergency Department, the honorees were RN Evelyn Guevarra and PA Dahlia John.
The festivities began with a processional and performance by the FDNY EMS Pipes and Drums Band, dressed in all their finery.
2011 EMS week is celebrated across the nation with the theme “Everyday Heroes” and here in New York City with Offering Second Chances. This is the 19th year that Mount Sinai Queens has held this celebration.
About Mount Sinai Queens
Mount Sinai Queens is a 235-bed community hospital located in Long Island City and serving the communities of western Queens and beyond. It was purchased by The Mount Sinai Medical Hospital in June 1999 and has a medical staff of nearly 500 physicians representing 40 medical and surgical specialties and sub-specialties.
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 48,000 employees working across seven hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 600 research and clinical 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 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians and 10 free-standing joint-venture centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida. Hospitals within the System are consistently ranked by Newsweek’s® “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals, Best in State Hospitals, World Best Hospitals and Best Specialty Hospitals” and by U.S. News & World Report's® “Best Hospitals” and “Best Children’s Hospitals.” The Mount Sinai Hospital is on the U.S. News & World Report® “Best Hospitals” Honor Roll for 2025-2026.
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