2017 Aspen Ideas Festival

This was the fifth year that Mount Sinai partnered with the Aspen Ideas Festival. The event was held June 22 to July 1 in Aspen, Colorado. "Mount Sinai is innovating models in coordinated patient care, advancing research on the most debilitating diseases, and educating tomorrow's physicians to be leaders in the new health care reform environment," says Kenneth L. Davis, MD, President and CEO of the Mount Sinai Health System. “We are excited to be a part of the Aspen Ideas Festival where great ideas are advanced.”

Kenneth L. Davis, MD

Kenneth L. Davis, MD, President and CEO of the Mount Sinai Health System, discussing the future of health care in the Aspen Ideas Festival session, “Prescription for the Future.”

Sam Gandy, MD, PhD

Sam Gandy, MD, PhD, Mount Sinai Professor in Alzheimer’s Disease Research (pictured left), on “The Aging Brain.”

Yasmin Hurd, PhD

Yasmin Hurd, PhD, Ward-Coleman Chair in Translational Research, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Director of the Addiction Institute at Mount Sinai (pictured second from left), on “Deep Dive: The Opioid Tsunami.”

Kenneth L. Davis, MD, leading a roundtable discussion

Kenneth L. Davis, MD, leading a roundtable discussion on the future of medicine and medical care.

Kenneth L. Davis, MD, Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, David Rapoport, MD, and Philip Landrigan, MD, MSc

Kenneth L. Davis, MD, Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, David Rapoport, MD, and Philip Landrigan, MD, MSc, shown left to right, in the Aspen Ideas Festival Underwriter Perspective session, “The Power of Good Health.”

Prabhjot Singh, MD, PhD

Prabhjot Singh, MD, PhD, Director of the Arnhold Institute for Global Health on, “Building Global Health Security from the Ground Up.”

The 2017 Mount Sinai Health Concourse

The 2017 Mount Sinai Health Concourse, where complimentary health screenings are provided to Aspen Ideas Festival attendees.

Dermatologist Noelani Gonazlez, MD, performing a skin cancer screening on an attendee

Dermatologist Noelani Gonazlez, MD, performing a skin cancer screening on an attendee of the Aspen Ideas Festival at the Mount Sinai Health Concourse.