Mount Sinai’s rehabilitation medicineteam will also host rehab patients for the second time at the US Open on Thursday, September 5, to watch the start of the US Open Wheelchair Competition presented by Deloitte. Led by Joseph Herrera, DO, Chair, Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance for the Mount Sinai Health System, and Lucy G. Moses Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the team will organize opportunities for patients to meet players as a way to foster deeper connectedness and community among athletes with disabilities. US Open wheelchair players will also visit patients and participate in a tennis match and drill at the Guggenheim Pavilion atMount Sinai on Tuesday, September 3.

This is the fifth consecutive year that the Department of Radiology at Mount Sinai will offer diagnostic ultrasound examinations to players at the US Open to evaluate musculoskeletal injuries. This group, led by Carlos Benitez, MD, Director of Musculoskeletal Imaging at Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, and Associate Professor of Radiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, works closely with the tournament multi-specialty medical team to provide them with quick imaging consultations.
Mount Sinai radiologists will use the LOGIQ e, a portable, laptop-size ultrasound device made by GE Healthcare. The device has special settings and probes to diagnose musculoskeletal injuries. The ultrasound equipment will allow physicians to triage players at the point of care and recommend more complex imaging techniques depending on the injury’s severity. If MRIs are needed, the players will be sent to The Mount Sinai Hospital and images will be directly reviewed at the US Open with a remote radiology workstation.

The radiology team will also have on hand a new portable X-ray machine, the CARESTREAM DRX-Revolution Mobile X-ray System, with image enhancement software to deliver high-resolution diagnostic detail required by orthopedic and sports medicine physicians. The device will be used to obtain X-rays of the chest, pelvis, spine, and extremities when requested by the tournament doctors. All examinations will be interpreted by the radiologist at the stadium and discussed directly with the medical team.

In addition to Dr. Colvin, Dr. Benitez, and Dr. Gladstone, Mount Sinai physicians supporting the 2019 US Open include:
•Shawn Anthony, MD, MBA, Assistant Professor of Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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