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Joanne Hojsak, MD
Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
About Me
Joanne Hojsak, MD is an professor of pediatrics at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and a board-certified pediatric intensivist at Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital. Dr. Hojsak is the medical director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). She is involved in direct patient care in the PICU for six months per year, and initiated patient and family-centered rounds in the PICU in 2009. These PICU rounds have demonstrated the feasibility of incorporating families in daily work rounds and exemplified the benefits in patient care and satisfaction.
Dr. Hojsak is also director of the Pediatric Pain Team, a care team that she initiated in 2002. Since January 2009, she has participated in the Clinical Quality Fellowship Program, developed by the Greater New York Hospital Association and the United Hospital Fund. With GNYHA/UHF guidance, Dr. Hojsak is studying methods by which to improve inpatient pediatric pain management. The Pediatric Pain Quality Initiative was started with the mission of empowering patients and families to discuss and participate in their pain management and to develop a more efficient mechanism by which to receive treatment for pain. Dr. Hojsak is also a member of the Pediatric Advanced Care and Comfort Team (PACCT), and supports patients with life-threatening illnesses and their families.
In 2003, Dr. Hojsak became a faculty member for the Art and Science of Medicine I, a year-long course for first year medical students, designed to teach the incorporation of professionalism into patient history-taking, physical examination, daily clinical encounters and research endeavors. In July 2009 she was appointed Course Director for ASM I and is participating in medical school curriculum innovation. Dr. Hojsak is active in pediatric resident education and lectures on a variety of critical care topics, as well as pediatric pain control. Throughout her career, Dr. Hojsak has been granted several teaching awards, including the 2004 “Excellence in Teaching” award, given by the Institute for Medical Education at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Language
English
Position
PROFESSOR | Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, PROFESSOR | Medical Education
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai South Nassau
- 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
Clinical Focus
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
- Intubation And Mechanical Ventilation
- Liver Failure/Liver Transplantation
- Pediatric Analgesia And Sedation
- Pediatric Palliative Care
- Renal Failure/Kidney Transplantation
- Septic Shock
Education
MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Residency, Pediatrics
Mount Sinai Hospital
Fellowship, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Texas Children's Hospital
Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics
Insurance Information
Accepted insurance may vary by the doctor’s office location. Please contact the office directly to obtain the most up-to-date insurance information.
- 1199 SEIU
- AETNA - Commercial
- AETNA - Medicare
- Affinity Medicaid-Medicare-Essential Exchange
- CIGNA Healthcare
- Centivo
- Elderplan
- EmblemHealth - GHI-PPO
- EmblemHealth - HIP
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicaid
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicare
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Commercial/Exchange
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - HealthPlus Medicaid
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare
- Fidelis Health Care
- HealthFirst Medicaid
- HealthFirst Medicare
- Horizon NJ
- Magnacare-Health Care
- Medicare - NJ
- Medicare - NY
- Metroplus
- Multiplan PHCS
- NJ Medicaid
- NY Medicaid
- Oscar
- Oxford - Freedom and Liberty
- Partners Health Plan
- United Health Care - Commercial
- United Health Care - Empire Plan
- United Health Care - Top Tier
- VNSNY Choice Medicare
- WellCare Health Plan
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Publications
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.
Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Hojsak during 2024 and/or 2025. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Board Service
- Pediatric Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
Consulting or Other Professional Services Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Medical Mission group
- Pediatric Adverse Drug Event Quality group
- Directors of Clinical Skills Education (DOCS)
Outside Employment
- Pediatric Intensivist Response Team (PIRT)
- NYC Medical Reserve Corps
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.