Chairman and Chief Executive: Burton Drayer, M.D.
Vice Chairman and Director of Operations: Zvi Lefkovitz, M.D.
The primary mission of the Department of Radiology is to provide state-of-the-art diagnostic and interventional radiology services in a timely and cost-effective manner for the benefit of all of the patients at Mount Sinai. This mission has evolved in response to the remarkable technical and clinical advances that have been made during the past decade. It requires that we continually reassess all aspects of our practice to meet the ever-increasing demands that are intrinsic to a tertiary-care medical center.
An equally important mission is to provide the next generation of diagnostic and interventional radiologists with the requisite skills, enabling them to carry forward the tradition of excellence that has been established at Mount Sinai. The Department also serves as an authoritative educational and consultative resource for all the practitioners at Mount Sinai in the appropriate application of radiological procedures.
Radiology 2000
The Department of Radiology is expanding its programs and services under the leadership of Burton P. Drayer, M.D., recently appointed Dr. Charles M. and Marilyn Newman Professor and Chairman of Radiology. A nationally recognized authority on the use of Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for the diagnosis of neurological disorders, Dr. Drayer came to Mount Sinai from the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix where he was Chairman of the Division of Neuroimaging and Director of MRI. He also served as Radiologist-in-Chief at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center/Barrow Neurological Institute. Dr. Drayer is President of the American Society of Neuroradiology.
Dr. Drayer's clinical research interests focus on the normal aging brain and the use of innovative imaging techniques for the early detection of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and brain infarction. The author of nearly 200 publications, he has also written extensively on improving diagnostic specificity in multiple sclerosis and primary brain tumors.
With the opening of the state-of-the-art Radiology Imaging Center in the summer of 1994, Mount Sinai became New York City's preeminent source for comprehensive radiologic services. Providing a full range of technologically-advanced diagnostic capabilities in a single location, the Center has enhanced the delivery of patient care, as well as provided the requisite tools to train tomorrow's radiologists and facilitate imaging research.
Dr. Drayer is developing programs to build a service-oriented, user-friendly Radiology Department of the future. The goals of this "Radiology 2000" initiative include:
- Radically altering the Radiology inpatient physical plant and equipment to match the quality of the Radiology Imaging Center
- Transforming Radiology into a digital filmless image and information management department that pursues clinical excellence
- Providing a resource of data management and clinical expertise for the entire Health System
- Expanding basic science and research activities
- Reevaluating the education of physicians-in-training to prepare them for the changing world of health care
Department of Radiology
Box 1234
The Mount Sinai Medical Center
One Gustave L. Levy Place
New York, NY 10029-6574
Fax: (212) 427-8137
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