Yousaf Ali - Internal Medicine | Mount Sinai

About Me

Dr. Ali is a Professor in the Mount Sinai Department of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Rheumatology at Mount Sinai West. He is a graduate of the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine in London. After two years of postgraduate training in the UK, he moved to the US and did his Internal Medicine training at OHSU in Portland, Oregon. He completed his fellowship training in Rheumatology at Yale University and is board certified in both Rheumatology and Internal Medicine. For three years he was the Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs in the Department of Medicine.

Prior to Mount Sinai, Dr. Ali was in practice in Providence, Rhode Island for nine years, where he was an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at Brown University. He is the recipient of a multitude of awards, including the prestigious Beckwith Family award for outstanding teaching. He has published numerous articles, book chapters, and has lectured widely on Rheumatoid arthritis, Osteoporosis, Gout and Osteoarthritis. His current research involves cardiovascular inflammation as it relates to Gout and he is PI on several studies including novel anticytokine targets in non-radiographic spondyloarthropathy and the role of PET imaging in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Read Dr. Ali's blog on psoriatic arthritis here.

Language

English

Position

PROFESSOR | Medicine, Rheumatology

Hospital Affiliations

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

Clinical Focus

Ankylosing Spondylitis
Arthritis
Arthrocentesis
Behcet's Disease
Dermatomyositis
Gout
Osteoarthritis
Osteoporosis
Polymyalgia Rheumatica And Giant Cell Arteritis

Education

BM, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine

MD, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine. University of London

Residency, Internal Medicine

Oregon Health & Science University-OHSU GME

Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine

Awards

2021

2021 IME Excellence in Teaching Awards

Icahn School of Medicine

2017

Stanley G. Seckler Award for Clinical and Educational Excellence in Medicine

2014

Best Doctors in NY

2007

Best Doctors in Rhode Island

2006

Beckwith Family Award for outstanding teaching

Brown University

2004

Teaching Recognition Award

Brown university

2001

Preceptor Award

Brown University

Top Doctors in New York

Castle Connelly

Research

Dr Ali is currently PI on several trials investigating new treatments for SLE and RA. He is also developing a patient centric app to predict flares in RA that should improve care and outcome.

Embrace Study: phase 3/4, multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled,52-week study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of belimumab (HGS1006) in adult subjects of black race with SLE

A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel Group Study of CNTO 136 (sirukumab), a Human Anti-IL-6 Monoclonal Antibody, Administered Subcutaneously, in Subjects with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Despite Anti-TNF Therapy

Locations

Insurance Information

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Mount Sinai Doctors-Rheumatology425 West 59th Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY, 10019

Mount Sinai Doctors-Brooklyn Heights300 Cadman Plaza West, Floor 18, Brooklyn, NY, 11201

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Publications

Publications:21

Selected Publications

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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

4.9 out of 5

Care Provider’s Concern

4.9 out of 5

Likelihood to Recommend Care Provider

4.9 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. Ali 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

Medical Education Resources (MER)

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.

Yousaf Ali, MBBS

Internal Medicine, Rheumatology

About Me

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Position

Hospital Affiliations

About Me

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Position

Hospital Affiliations

Clinical Focus

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Education

BM, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine

MD, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine. University of London

Residency, Internal Medicine

Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine

Awards

Research

Locations

Mount Sinai Doctors-Rheumatology

Mount Sinai Doctors-Brooklyn Heights

MOUNT SINAI DOCTORS MEDICINE MULTISPECIALTY

Insurance Information

Publications

Selected Publications

Patient Experience Rating

Care Provider’s Explanation

Care Provider’s Concern

Likelihood to Recommend Care Provider

Industry Relationships

Yousaf Ali, MBBS

Internal Medicine, Rheumatology

About Me

Language

Position

Hospital Affiliations

About Me

Language

Position

Hospital Affiliations

Clinical Focus

Video

Education

BM, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine

MD, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine. University of London

Residency, Internal Medicine

Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine

Awards

Research

Locations

Mount Sinai Doctors-Rheumatology

Mount Sinai Doctors-Brooklyn Heights

MOUNT SINAI DOCTORS MEDICINE MULTISPECIALTY

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