WHY IT’S ON THE LIST
Mount Sinai Health System was formed by the merger of two large, New York Citybased hospital systems: Continuum Health Partners and Mount Sinai Medical Center. The new system is the largest non-government employer in New York.
Dr. Gary Butts, who had led diversity efforts at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, is now the health system’s Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer and Senior Associate Dean for Diversity Programs, Policies and Community Affairs at the medical school. Pamela Abner is the Chief Administrative Officer for the System’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion.
The system has several mentoring programs designed to provide professional development and growth opportunities to medical-school faculty and hospital managerial staff. The Faculty Scholars Program, operated through the Icahn School of Medicine’s Center for Multicultural and Community Affairs, is a highly individualized, career-mentoring program for junior faculty. Participants are Black or Latino physicians, physician-scientists and biomedical researchers. Since its inception, the program has yielded results including advancement in rank, successful submission of research, career-development awards, and retention of faculty and in academic medicine.
