Robert Rapaport - Pediatrics | Mount Sinai

About Me

Robert Rapaport, MD, is Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes in the Jack and Lucy Clark Department of Pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital. He is also the Emma Elizabeth Sullivan Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes and the Director of the Growth Center. Dr. Rapaport received his medical degree from State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center, training in Pediatrics at Schneider's Children's Hospital (Long Island Jewish Hospital - Hillside Medical Center) and his fellowship training in Pediatric Endocrinology at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia and New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York. He has published numerous articles and chapters including chapters in major Pediatric (Nelson) and Pediatric Endocrinology (Sperling, Lifshitz and Pescovitz) textbooks. Dr. Rapaport’s current research interests include growth and growth hormone in children born SGA, neonatal thyroid disease, growth hormone-immune interactions, aspects of childhood diabetes and pubertal disorders.

Language

English, Spanish

Position

PROFESSOR | Pediatrics, Endocrinology and Diabetes

Hospital Affiliations

Mount Sinai Morningside
Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Mount Sinai Brooklyn
Mount Sinai Queens
The Mount Sinai Hospital
Mount Sinai West

Clinical Focus

Autoimmune Hypothyroidism
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Congenital Hypothyroidism
Delayed Puberty
Graves Disease
Growth Failure
Growth Hormone Deficiency
Hyperparathyroidism
Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism

Education

MD, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University - College of Medicine

Residency, Pediatrics

Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Fellowship, Pediatric Endocrinology

St. Christophers Hospital for Children

Fellowship, Pediatric Endocrinology

New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell

Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics

Locations

Annenberg Building

1468 Madison Avenue, 4th Floor, Suite 4-61, New York, NY, 10029

212-241-6936

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.

Patients with Healthfirst Medicare Advantage insurance: Effective 9/1/2024, Mount Sinai’s primary care providers (internal medicine, family practice, and geriatrics) are not accepting new Healthfirst Medicare patients. Please contact Healthfirst for help finding a primary care provider. Healthfirst Medicare members who have a relationship with a Mount Sinai primary care provider can continue to book appointments with them.

Annenberg Building1468 Madison Avenue, 4th Floor, Suite 4-61, New York, NY, 10029

Physicians who provide services at hospitals and facilities in the Mount Sinai Health System might not participate in the same health plans as those Mount Sinai hospitals and facilities (even if the physicians are employed or contracted by those hospitals or facilities).

Information regarding insurance participation and billing by this physician may be found on this page, and can also be obtained by contacting this provider directly. Because physicians insurance participation can change, the insurance information on this page may not always be up-to-date. Please contact this physician directly to obtain the most up-to-date insurance information.

Insurance and health plan networks that the various Mount Sinai Health System hospitals and facilities participate in can be found on the Mount Sinai Health System website.

Publications

Publications:183

Selected Publications

View All Publications

Patient Experience Rating

The Patient Experience Star Rating reflects our patients’ perception of how well their Mount Sinai provider communicated with them during an office visit. The Star Rating is based on patient responses to three questions on a patient experience survey, a standardized questionnaire sent to verified patients and distributed by a third party vendor, Press Ganey. Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best score.

Care Provider’s Explanation

4.8 out of 5

Care Provider’s Concern

4.8 out of 5

Likelihood to Recommend Care Provider

4.7 out of 5

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. Rapaport during 2023 and/or 2024. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.

Consulting or Other Professional Services Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership

Novo Nordisk, Inc.
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
Biomarin Pharmaceutical

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.

Robert Rapaport, MD

Pediatrics, Pediatric Endocrinology

About Me

Language

Position

Hospital Affiliations

About Me

Language

Position

Hospital Affiliations

Clinical Focus

Education

MD, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University - College of Medicine

Residency, Pediatrics

Fellowship, Pediatric Endocrinology

Fellowship, Pediatric Endocrinology

Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics

Locations

Annenberg Building

Insurance Information

Publications

Selected Publications

Patient Experience Rating ?

Care Provider’s Explanation

Care Provider’s Concern

Likelihood to Recommend Care Provider

Industry Relationships

Patient Experience Rating