Dr. Davis became President and Chief Executive Officer of The Mount Sinai Medical Center in 2003 and of the Mount Sinai Health System upon its formation in 2013. He has led Mount Sinai through an era of unprecedented growth and change, including the creation of the Health System, the transformation of care delivery, the COVID-19 pandemic, and sustained academic and research growth.

“I look forward to working with Brendan in the next few years,” Dr. Davis said. “With Brendan and our existing leadership team, I know the system is in the right hands as we continue to serve New York with the exacting precision and immense passion that are the hallmarks of Mount Sinai.”


Dr. Carr is currently Mount Sinai Professor in Emergency Medicine at Icahn Mount Sinai and Chair of Emergency Medicine for the Mount Sinai Health System. As a renowned emergency physician and health policy researcher, he has focused on building regional systems of emergency care, especially for trauma, stroke, cardiac arrest, and sepsis, and developing innovative delivery system solutions to create a more distributed and accessible acute-care delivery system. He has served in an advisory role to domestic and international organizations and is a member of the National Academy of Medicine.

Dr. Carr previously served on the faculty at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and as an Associate Dean of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. In addition to his academic accomplishments, Dr. Carr also served the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in a variety of roles focused on improving trauma and emergency care delivery for the nation. His portfolio focused on aligning the public sector and private sector response during disasters and public health emergencies.

Dr. Carr earned his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine, and completed both his residency in emergency medicine and his fellowship in trauma and surgical critical care at the University of Pennsylvania. He is an alumnus of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Clinical Scholars Program and holds master’s degrees in both clinical psychology and health policy research. He is an accomplished researcher, has authored more than 175 manuscripts, and has received funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and multiple foundations.

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