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Major Expansion Underway at Mount Sinai Queens to Better Serve Community’s Health Needs Mount Sinai Queens has embarked on a $125 million expansion project so the hospital can better serve the health care needs of the western Queens community. The groundbreaking, held October 21, celebrated the beginning of a three-year construction project scheduled to be completed by summer 2016. The expansion will include construction of a new building on Crescent Street, behind the existing 30th Avenue hospital. One of the most notable improvements will be a new state-of-theart Emergency Department (ED), to be named in recognition of a generous gift from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. At more than 19,000 square feet, it will feature 36 bays, including private rooms; a new covered drive-through entrance for ambulance drop-offs; and the latest technology for CT and radiology. Eight new observation beds will be constructed in the space currently occupied by the ED. The expansion also includes seven new state-of-the-art operating rooms, allowing for additional, more complex surgeries for outpatients and those admitted to the hospital. As the industry nationwide shifts to increased ambulatory care, the expansion will create an integrated multi-specialty “polyclinic”
that will offer patients convenient “one-stop shopping” for primary and specialty care, as well as diagnostic services including MRIs, CT scans, bone density tests, mammograms, x-rays, and ultrasound testing, as well as enhanced laboratory services. The new building will house primary care doctors and specialists in cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, general surgery, pulmonary medicine, and vascular surgery. The hospital plans to add 160 medical and support staff. “With the new building in reach, we’re closer than ever to realizing our vision: To become a premier health care center of choice and a leader in patient-centered care,” says Caryn A. Schwab, Executive Director, Mount Sinai Queens. ▲