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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
Language
English
Position
PROFESSOR | Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, PROFESSOR | Medicine, Clinical Geriatrics
Hospital Affiliations
Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Mount Sinai Morningside
Mount Sinai Brooklyn
Mount Sinai Queens
The Mount Sinai Hospital
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai West
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About Me
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
Language
English
Position
PROFESSOR | Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, PROFESSOR | Medicine, Clinical Geriatrics
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Martha Stewart Center for Living17 East 102nd Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY, 10029
1199 SEIU
AETNA - Commercial
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Affinity Medicaid-Medicare-Essential Exchange
Amidacare Medicaid
CIGNA Healthcare
Centivo
Elderplan
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1199 SEIU
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Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Dr. Chai has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.
Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.
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Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Dr. Chai has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.
Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.