The Martha Stewart Center for Living at Mount Sinai-Union Square
I am so thrilled to announce that the Martha Stewart Center for Living now has two convenient locations offering older adults and their caregivers in New York City access to high-quality primary care.
As many of you know, our first Martha Stewart Center for Living at Mount Sinai Hospital, which opened in 2007, is located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. This new facility is downtown at the Martha Stewart Center for Living at Mount Sinai-Union Square. The Center's mission is to advance the quality of eldercare and to reshape the public’s perception of aging. It's designed to provide outpatients with whole patient assistance, including medical examinations, advice about diet and exercise, and caregiving - a place that teaches older adults, and those who love them, how to grow old gracefully. The new Martha Stewart Center for Living at Mount Sinai-Union Square is sure to be a destination for an unprecedented number of aging Americans to receive world-class care.
The exciting ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Center was held just a couple weeks ago - enjoy these photos.
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- This is the moment just before I cut the ribbon. I am standing with State Assembly Member Harvey Epstein, State Senator Brad Hoylman, Dr. Sean Morrison (Ellen and Howard C. Katz Chair of the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at Mount Sinai), State Assembly Member Dick Gottfried, Bill Abramson (Co-Chair of Union Square Partnership), Taylor Abbruzzese (Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney’s office), and Katherine Madden (Associate Director of Communications, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at Mount Sinai).
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- And here we are after – we are all so proud to have opened this second facility. See the ribbon-cutting video on my Instagram page @MarthaStewart48.
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- To commemorate the opening, I was given an Honorary Faculty Position and my very own medical lab coat.
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- The new Martha Stewart Center for Living at Mount Sinai-Union Square is located just steps from Union Square Park, the Union Square Greenmarket, and one of New York City’s central subway hubs. Both locations include physicians specializing in geriatric medicine and palliative care, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, social workers, and medical assistants who work together to deliver comprehensive care – a “one-stop hospital with no beds.” (Photo courtesy of Mount Sinai Hospital)
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- Here I am joined by Dr. Audrey Chun, the Medical Director at the Martha Stewart Center for Living at Mount Sinai, Dr. Albert L. Siu, now Emeritus Chair of the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, who was instrumental in developing the Center and Dr. Morrison.
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- After the ribbon-cutting, everyone enjoyed refreshments in the new Center. Here are Dr. Siu and State Assembly Member Dick Gottfried. (Photo courtesy of Mount Sinai Hospital)
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- It was nice to see so many attend the opening. (Photo courtesy of Mount Sinai Hospital)
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- Here is another nice photo of Dr. Morrison, myself, my daughter Alexis, and my dear friend, Terre Blair.
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- This is the lobby of the new Mount Sinai-Union Square. I love how light and spacious it is. This new location also offers an Urgent Care facility that is open 365 days a year. (Photo courtesy of Mount Sinai Hospital)
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- The Center for Living is on the third floor. It provides specialty and primary care doctors, diagnostic services, labs, and a pharmacy available all in one place – I am so proud of this model. It’s a model we know works, decreasing unwanted emergency room visits and improving wellness, as seen in our uptown facility.
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- This is the front desk for the Center – another light and inviting space. (Photo courtesy of Mount Sinai Hospital)
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- The Martha Stewart Center for Living is completely designed to have large spaces, so patients and their caretakers are comfortable waiting for appointments and services. (Photo courtesy of Mount Sinai Hospital)
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- This is the main hallway at the Center leading to the nine examination rooms and other treatment areas. (Photo courtesy of Mount Sinai Hospital)
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- The examination rooms are equipped with high-quality, state-of-the-art computer systems, so patient details can be documented quickly and efficiently.
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- All the outpatients enjoy their visits. The medical staff works hard to help patients utilize internal resources and encourage exercise.
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- The Center for Living also provides lots of one-on-one time with the on-site medical staff to ensure patient needs are addressed. Patients have access to specialists from more than 20 disciplines, including cardiology, gastroenterology, cancer, dermatology, orthopedics, and rheumatology, radiology and physical therapy.
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- Outpatients are able to develop friendships at the Center. The result has been highly successful – patients experience shorter hospital stays and 50-percent fewer readmissions after hospitalizations.
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- This is one of the many wellness classes. The Center’s activities include Tai Chi, yoga, Pilates, mindfulness-based stress reduction and exercises for balance and building strong bones.
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- The logo for the Center is a bonsai tree. I chose it to symbolize graceful aging. (Photo by Robert Caplin)
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- And, I dedicated the new Center to my grandchildren, Jude and Truman.
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- I am so happy with our new facility. My partnership with the Mount Sinai Health System continues to evolve as we expand services of the Martha Stewart Center for Living to downtown Manhattan. Please go to the web site linked above for more information. (Photo courtesy of Mount Sinai Hospital)
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