Mount Sinai School of Medicine

MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL of Medicine (MSSM) is a medical school located in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. The official name is Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University because of its academic affiliation with New York University (NYU). However, MSSM is independent of NYU; that is, MSSM has its own facilities, [Page 354]board of trustees, administration, student body, faculty, admissions offices, tuition fees, and endowment. MSSM also raises its own funds. MSSM and the Mount Sinai Hospital occupy a four—block area adjacent to Central Park in the community of Carnegie Hill. MSSM and Mount Sinai Hospital make up the Mount Sinai Medical Center. Mount Sinai Hospital was established in 1852 as the Jews' Hospital in the City of New York, ...