The Jewish Voice - "Icahn Pledges $200 Million to Mount Sinai School of Medicine"
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has pledged to donate the unprecedented sum of $200 million to Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Icahn's gift will be the largest charitable donation ever made to the New York City teaching hospital, and one of the biggest donations ever to any type of medical school. The Upper East Side medical institution will be renamed the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in honor of the business mogul, who has captured public attention through his efforts to push takeovers and management upheavals. The majority of the money will go towards building general medical research capabilities, as well as specific research in the burgeoning field of genomics in order to improve the diagnosis and treatment of disease. "Carl's support enables our scientists and clinicians to continue pursuing groundbreaking discoveries. We are honored to bear the Icahn School of Medicine name as we revolutionize healthcare for Mount Sinai patients and for patients around the world," said Mount Sinai President and CEO Kenneth L. Davis, MD. Learn more
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 eight 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 11 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 2024-2025.
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