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March 2023 Ranked 23rd among over 2,300 hospitals worldwide and named the best hospital in New York state by Newsweek.
March 2020 Dr. David Reich announced that the hospital was converting its lobbies into extra patient rooms to accommodate the growing number of coronavirus patients.
January 2020 Alexandru Burducea, a pain management doctor and former Mount Sinai anesthesiologist, was sentenced to 57 months in prison for anti-kickback law violations.
2019 Mount Sinai Hospital was recognized on the U.S. News & World Report 'Best Hospitals Honor Roll', ranking 14th among nearly 5,000 US hospitals and achieving top rankings in 9 national adult specialties.
December 2019 Gordon Freedman, an anesthesiologist at Mount Sinai, was convicted in Manhattan federal court for violating anti-kickback laws.
October 2019 The Trump Tower penthouse ceased being the primary residence of Donald Trump, Melania, and Barron Trump.
April 2019 A lawsuit was filed against Mount Sinai Health System and several employees, alleging age and sex discrimination, which the hospital denied.
2018 Emily and Len Blavatnik make a $10 million gift to establish The Blavatnik Family Women's Health Research Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine and The Blavatnik Family – Chelsea Medical Center at Mount Sinai.
2017 Dr. David H. Newman, a former emergency room physician, was sentenced to two years in prison for sexually abusing four female patients between 2015 and 2016.
2017 Hengjun Chao, a former Mount Sinai medical researcher, was convicted of attempted second-degree murder for shooting Dennis S. Charney and sentenced to 28 years in prison.
2017 Forbes published an article estimating the apartment's value at less than a third of Trump's claimed valuation.
August 2016 Dennis S. Charney, the dean of the medical school, was shot and wounded while leaving a deli in Chappaqua, New York.
September 2015 Trump told Forbes reporter Dan Alexander about the apartment's square footage, providing his own estimate of its size.
2013 Nursing school renamed to Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing (PSON).
2013 Mount Sinai Hospital joined with Continuum Health Partners to create the Mount Sinai Health System, expanding its organizational reach to include seven hospital campuses and a large regional ambulatory network.
October 2013 David L. Reich was officially named president of Mount Sinai Hospital.
January 2013 David L. Reich became the first openly gay medical doctor named interim president of Mount Sinai Hospital.
2012 Carl Icahn pledges $200 million to the institution, resulting in the renaming of the medical school to the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

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