Emily Chai, MD

Emily Chai MD, Professor and Vice Chair of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Inpatient Services
As Vice Chair, her goal is to implement processes that will ensure consistent and high-quality clinical care delivery across all inpatient geriatrics and palliative care programs in the Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS). She has published articles regarding findings of these processes.
Since joining the faculty in 2003, she has overseen the transformation of Mount Sinai palliative care services from a single consultation team to a system-wide program of 11 teams with multiple disciplines and volunteers that serve over 4,000 patients annually.

EDUCATION
2001-2003 Geriatrics Fellowship, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital 

1998-2001 Residency, Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital

1994-1998 MD, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 

1990-1994 Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY
Bachelor of Arts with Honors

PUBLICATIONS
Dr. Chai was lead editor for Geriatric Palliative Care, a clinical handbook published by Oxford University Press (2014), and is Associate Editor of the Journal of Palliative Medicine. She has also published many articles and editorials on important aspects of clinical geriatric and palliative care delivery in peer-reviewed journals.

AWARDS
2003 Research Fellow of the Year Award from the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development; The Mount Sinai Medical Center

2003  Blue Ribbon Award for poster presentation at the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine  

2005 Nominated—Institute for Medical Education of Mount Sinai School of Medicine Teaching Award

2008, 2015 Nominated— Mount Sinai Hospital Physician of the Year Award on behalf of the Department of Nursing and Nurse Recognition Committee

2008-2023 Castle Connolly Top Doctors

2011 Master Clinician in Geriatrics from the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine of Mount Sinai School of Medicine

2011-2023 US News and World Report Top Doctors

2012- 2023 New York Super Doctors (New York Times Magazine)

2013- 2023 New York Magazine’s Best Doctors 

2016-2023 New York Metro Area Top Doctors 

2016 Excellence in Medical Student Teaching in Palliative Care from the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine of Mount Sinai School of Medicine

2016 Tideswell Emerging Leaders in Aging Scholar Program

2017-2023 Castle Connolly Exceptional Women in Medicine

2019 Physician of the Year Award (awarded to the Palliative Care Physician Group by Mount Sinai Hospital nurses) 

INTERESTS
Dementia
Cognitive or Memory Impairment
Constipation
Falls
Failure to Thrive
Delirium
Palliative Care
Urinary Incontinence
Pressure Ulcer
Polypharmacy
Frailty
Impaired Gait
Vitamin D Deficiency