Division of Critical Care

About us

The Mount Sinai Division of Emergency Critical care is a group of critical care fellowship trained emergency physicians practicing clinically at various Mount Sinai and Elmhurst Hospitals. Our clinicians work on multiple units and teams, including the Emergency Department (ED), Intensive Care Units (ICUs), Rapid Response Team (RRT), and Difficult Airway Team (DART). Our goal is to provide residents and fellows with a robust learning experience on a wide variety of critical care topics while providing excellent patient care. By having many emergency physicians who have appointments in both the ED and ICU, Mount Sinai trainees gain great exposure to a large volume of high-acuity patients. We are involved in maintaining the designated critical care areas within the emergency department and implementing evidence-based protocols developed by our dedicated faculty members and interdepartmental teams.

Rotations

We offer electives for residents in multiple Mount Sinai ICUs, for more information, please contact the following people:

MSH NSICU: Cappi Lay, MD (email)

MSH ICUs/RRT: Evan Leibner, MD, PhD (email)

MS Brooklyn ICU: Adam Brenner, MD (email)

Elmhurst Hospital ICUs: Chad Meyers, MD (email)

Recent Critical Care Posts

Which Line is Sublime?

Let’s talk about large bore/central vascular access! We’ll review different kinds, their different names, and when to use them!Of note outside the scope of this review: how to insert each of these – I think this is better learned by watching videos, watching others, & doing with guidance.This is also by no means a comprehensive […]

Sickle Cell Disease Emergencies

Sickle cell disease affects ~ 100,000 people in the US. Though pain is the most common ED presentation for patients with SCD, we should always consider life-threatening emergencies in this devastating and complicated disease.  Acute Chest Syndrome ACS is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with SCD. It’s caused by sickling in […]

Central Line Week

Central Line Week TR Pearl Series (all three pearls combined for this post) by Ryan LeBuhn, PGY-3 Informed Consent I once described the risks of a procedure so thoroughly that the patient no longer wanted the procedure, though avoiding the procedure put her in greater danger than doing it would have. The next time I […]