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Mount Sinai appoints new ophthalmology leadership
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Mount Sinai Health System has announced new leadership in the ophthalmology department, according to a press release.
Louis R. Pasquale, MD, FARVO , will be the new site chair of ophthalmology at Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Queens, as well as vice chair of translational ophthalmology research for the health system. Douglas Fredrick, MD, will serve as the deputy chair for education in the department of ophthalmology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and chief of pediatric ophthalmology for the health system.
In addition, Paul A. Sidoti, MD, has been named as the new site chair of ophthalmology at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, and Richard Rosen, MD, has been named as the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai’s deputy chair for clinical affairs in the department of ophthalmology and the Belinda Bingham Pierce & Gerald G. Pierce, MD, Distinguished Chair of Ophthalmology at NYEE.
“The New York City metropolitan region deserves to have one of the world’s leading centers for ophthalmology and vision research, and patient care. I am delighted to welcome these outstanding recruits to help us push the boundaries of discovery and development of new treatments and approached for complex, blinding eye diseases,” James C. Tsai, MD, MBA, Delafield-Rodgers Professor and System Chair of Ophthalmology for Mount Sinai Health System and president of NYEE, said in the release. “Recruiting top scientific talent is an integral part of enhancing our reputation for providing clinical excellence, innovation and groundbreaking translational research.”