A team of dermatologists from the Kimberly and Eric J. Waldman Department of Dermatology at Mount Sinai also provided 745 skin cancer screenings, identifying 6 possible melanomas, the most deadly type of cancer, and 40 potential non-melanoma skin cancers (basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas).
Two years ago, Melanie Sacks from Stanford, California, was screened by a Mount Sinai dermatologist at the 2014 Aspen Ideas Festival. The dermatologist noticed a lentigo, a small pigmented spot on the skin with a clearly defined edge surrounded by normal-appearing skin, on her face and recommended that she see her local specialist for follow-up. “I thought it was a birth mark,” said Ms. Sacks. “It didn’t stick up, and it didn’t look like any of the scary pictures of melanoma.”
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This year, Ms. Sacks reported that after a biopsy, her doctor told her she had a lentigo meligna, a melanoma that was present in the top layer of the skin. She was able to have it removed. “It was really a scary experience that has changed how I wear sunscreen,” said Ms. Sacks. “So, I am grateful to Mount Sinai for finding something that could have been potentially really devastating to me.”
After four years of similar screenings at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Mount Sinai dermatologists have performed a total of 2,591 screenings, identifying 36 possible cases of melanomas. Screenings also detected a total of 196 potential non-melanoma skin cancers (131 basal cell and 65 squamous cell abnormalities).
About the Mount Sinai Health System
The Mount Sinai Health System is an integrated health system committed to providing distinguished care, conducting transformative research, and advancing biomedical education. Structured around seven hospital campuses and a single medical school, the Health System has an extensive ambulatory network and a range of inpatient and outpatient services—from community-based facilities to tertiary and quaternary care.
The System includes approximately 7,000 primary and specialty care physicians; 12 joint-venture ambulatory surgery centers; more than 140 ambulatory practices throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and 31 affiliated community health centers. Physicians are affiliated with the renowned Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, which is ranked among the highest in the nation in National Institutes of Health funding per investigator. The Mount Sinai Hospital is ranked as one of the nation’s top 10 hospitals in Geriatrics, Cardiology/Heart Surgery, and Gastroenterology, and is in the top 25 in five other specialties in the 2014-2015 “Best Hospitals” issue of U.S. News & World Report. Mount Sinai’s Kravis Children’s Hospital also is ranked in seven out of ten pediatric specialties by U.S. News & World Report. The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked 11th nationally for Ophthalmology, while Mount Sinai Beth Israel is ranked regionally.
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