The fifth episode of Mount Sinai Future You highlights “medical miracles” and shows the unique bond between a patient and her neurosurgeon, Joshua Bederson, MD, System Chair for the Department of Neurosurgery, who is also a sculptor. The painter from New Jersey discusses how recovering from brain surgery has affected her painting.
Mount Sinai Future You, which highlights innovation at Mount Sinai, is being broadcast on CUNY TV, the non-commercial educational-access cable channel run by The City University of New York.
Mount Sinai Future You takes viewers behind the scenes as doctors at Mount Sinai Health System leverage innovative science to change patients’ lives every day. The series highlights preventative care and treatment models that will lead to better health and longer lives.
Mount Sinai Future You, Episode Five, also features:
- Brian A. Coakley, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery, uses a new form of chemotherapy, rarely used in children, to help save a young boy’s life.
- Kenneth Rosenzweig, MD, System Chair of Radiation Oncology, uses advanced radiation to allow a basketball legend to forgo surgery and make it her hall of fame induction.
- A team of doctors led by Valentin Fuster, MD, Director of Mount Sinai Heart, sets out to promote better heart health worldwide in a new documentary called “The Resilient Heart,” which is available on Amazon Prime.
- Jagat Narula, MD, PhD, MACC, Director of the Cardiovascular Imaging Program, studies ancient mummies to uncover the history of heart disease.
- Sean P. Pinney, MD, Director of Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation, shares the emotional journey of one patient who ended up in the ER after giving birth.
- Researchers in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, discuss the importance of finding new treatments for diabetes.