Mount Sinai Beth Israel
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 Mount Sinai Beth Israel facts

• Originally dedicated to serving immigrant Jews living in the tenement slums of the Lower East Side, it was founded at the turn of the 20th century
• Now it serves the diverse population of lower Manhattan including Manhattan's lower east side, Chinatown, Gramercy, West Village, Chelsea, as well as many neighborhoods in Brooklyn
• The main hospital building is known as the Petrie Division, located at First Avenue and 16th Street facing Stuyvesant Square
• Other campuses included Mount Sinai Beth Israel Brooklyn and Phillips Ambulatory Care Center at Union Square
• It is an academic affiliate of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
• The hospital recruited specialists to expand services in heart disease, cancer, neurology, and orthopaedics
• Other medical specialties include gastrointestinal disease, chemical dependency, psychiatric disorders, pain management and palliative care, and HIV/AIDS research and treatment
• The hospital also has significantly advanced its commitment to community-based ambulatory care and expanding patient access to primary and specialty care
• Mount Sinai Beth Israel has one of the nation's largest networks of methadone treatment programs
• Mount Sinai Beth Israel is a member of the Mount Sinai Health System, a nonprofit health system formed by the merger of Continuum Health Partners and The Mount Sinai Medical Center in September 2013