About Me
Sheemon Zackai, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 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 and the Director of the In Situ Simulation Program. Dr. Zackai received his undergraduate degree from Yeshiva University and his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed his Pediatric residency at Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital after which he completed a fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical Center. Along with caring for the patients in the Pediatric Critical Care Units, Dr. Zackai has focused his efforts on the support of furthering the medical education of the residents and fellows at Mount Sinai and participated as the Director of the Pediatric Medical Simulation program for many years. Dr. Zackai’s research interests include studying the effect and utility of a high-fidelity simulation curriculum on medical education and training.
Language
Position
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care MedicineHospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
- Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West
About Me
Sheemon Zackai, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 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 and the Director of the In Situ Simulation Program. Dr. Zackai received his undergraduate degree from Yeshiva University and his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed his Pediatric residency at Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital after which he completed a fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical Center. Along with caring for the patients in the Pediatric Critical Care Units, Dr. Zackai has focused his efforts on the support of furthering the medical education of the residents and fellows at Mount Sinai and participated as the Director of the Pediatric Medical Simulation program for many years. Dr. Zackai’s research interests include studying the effect and utility of a high-fidelity simulation curriculum on medical education and training.
Language
Position
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care MedicineHospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
- Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West
About Me
Sheemon Zackai, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 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 and the Director of the In Situ Simulation Program. Dr. Zackai received his undergraduate degree from Yeshiva University and his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed his Pediatric residency at Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital after which he completed a fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical Center. Along with caring for the patients in the Pediatric Critical Care Units, Dr. Zackai has focused his efforts on the support of furthering the medical education of the residents and fellows at Mount Sinai and participated as the Director of the Pediatric Medical Simulation program for many years. Dr. Zackai’s research interests include studying the effect and utility of a high-fidelity simulation curriculum on medical education and training.
Language
Position
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care MedicineHospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
- Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West
Clinical Focus
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
- Bone Marrow Transplantation
- Pediatric analgesia and sedation
- Septic Shock
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
- Bone Marrow Transplantation
- Pediatric analgesia and sedation
- Septic Shock
Education
MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency, Pediatrics
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Fellowship, Pediatric Critical Care
New York Presbyterian - Weill Cornell Medical Center
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.
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.
Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device and biotechnology companies 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 relationships with such companies.
Dr. Zackai did not report having any of the following types of financial relationships with industry during 2022 and/or 2023: consulting, scientific advisory board, industry-sponsored lectures, service on Board of Directors, participation on industry-sponsored committees, equity ownership valued at greater than 5% of a publicly traded company or any value in a privately held company. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
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.
Mount Sinai Doctors
