A question for adults in the Northeast: Mount Sinai?

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<p>I would have posted this question in the pre-med forum, but seeing as how this is a question more about the regional perception of a particular institution, I wanted some honest feedback from adults who have or currently live in the Northeast.</p>

<p>I am currently in the process of researching and compiling medical schools to apply to, and I recently came across Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. I’ve found and read impressive things online about both the school and the hospital, but admittedly, being a Chicago-native, this is my first time I’ve heard about it. So I was wondering if any of you working adults, professionals or parents in the Northeast, particularly from New York, could tell me about the general perception of Mount Sinai, if there is one at all, as a hospital and a school.</p>

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<p>It is an institution that is highly regarded in the NY area. Look at the bios of some of the faculty…</p>

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<p>Very highly regarded, you might want to look at areas of specialty if you know your interest.</p>

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<p>Mount Sinai is very highly regarded.</p>

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<p>I agree, it’s a superb hospital.</p>

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<p>Great hospital.</p>

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<p>Tip-top reputation, especially in transplants and cardiology.</p>

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<p>It has a fabulous reputation and many of the best MDs are alums. Some people are uncomfortable with the surrounding neighborhood.</p>

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<p>Great hospital - my two kids were born there, and it is well regarded in many fields.</p>

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<p>In the NYC area it is both well known and well regarded.</p>

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<p>It’s a good hospital and a good med school.</p>

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<p>Mt. Sinai is top shelf, although actually I thought this thread was about Charleton Heston :wink: who played Moses in “The Ten Commandments.”</p>

<p>In upstate NY, when people are in dire need, a handful fly in to NYC for specialty care and this is one of their destinations.</p>

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<p>Just another echo here. :)</p>

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<p>I’ve been hospitalized at Mt. Sinai twice in the last four years, and had emergency surgery there, so I can personally attest to the quality of its doctors and surgeons! It has one of the most highly-regarded gastroenterology departments in the country.</p>

<p>Donna</p>

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<p>a fine institution,med students fight for residency assignments there. A Chicago native wouldn’t have any qualms with the neighborhood ,I think.</p>

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<p>Excellent reputation, and I’m from Chicago, with a number of U-of-C-trained doctors in the family.</p>

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<p>Superb hospital with top notch doctors. I’m familiar with the orthopedics department. (Ouch.) As for the neighborhood, anywhere south of the hospital is fine.</p>

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<p>Allen Sherman, another native Chicagoan, immortalized it in song years ago:</p>

<p>I went down to Mt. Sinai Hospital
To see my old zaydie there
And I said, Thank God
For the Blue Cross
And I wish we had the Medicare</p>

<p>(to the tune of “St. James Infirmary Blues”)</p>

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<p>Thanks for all the feedback.</p>

<p>For those of you who mentioned a thing or two about the neighborhood, could you elaborate a little more on that?
I’ve read that the campus is located in Upper-East Manhattan bordering South Harlem; is this a neighborhood you would not want to find yourself wondering around? Is Mount Sinai a hospital that primarily serves and receives patients from the area around it?</p>

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<p>Harlem is a way different place than it was in the past,if thats what people are alluding to…Much gentrified and rehabbed. Most med schools have their own housing available as well.
I just looked up the actual location…its so NOT in a marginal area.</p>