The 2019-20 academic year is off to a great start at Mount Sinai Medical Center. We are delighted to see our new interns approaching the ED with enthusiasm and are proud of the progress they have made over the past few months. Senior residents have transitioned into their leadership roles seamlessly and continue to grow as lecturers and mentors.

Since the summer, our residents have participated in many scholarly activities. Drs. Zachary Gimbel and Chandelle Raza competed in Symposium by the Sea’s Case Presentation Case Competition (CPC), and Dr. Raza took home the title of Best Resident Presenter. Our residents also led educational workshops for medical students, such as the Advanced Airway course at NOVA and the Student Wilderness Medicine Day at Sinai.

On the horizon, Drs. Elizabeth Rubin and Zachary Gimbel will compete in the 20 in 6 and Drop the Mic competitions at ACEP2020 in Denver, respectively. We also have a team competing in the EMRA MedWar at ACEP2020. The team includes Drs. Hannah Gordon, Jiodany Perez and myself. In September, Sinai had strong representation at the AAEM MEMC international Conference in Croatia, where Drs. Natasha Brown and Mauricio Baca competed in the Oral Abstract competition. Our core faculty, Drs. Laurie Boge, Mark Newberry and Paul Petersen presented academic lectures.

We look forward to what the rest of the year brings! ■