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This collection consists of 26 audio or video interviews with medical, administrative and research staff from across the Hospital System, describing their personal experiences during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Interviews were conducted via Zoom and transferred to the Aufses Archives Azure drive soon after the interview was conducted. Transcript were generated by Zoom and transferred with the recordings.
These materials are available for research use.
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Victoria Adams, PharmD., works in the pharmacy department and has ties with the Infectious Diseases Division.
Michala Biondi is an Associate Archivist at the Arthur H. Aufses, Jr. MD Archives at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (2016- ). She is responsible for the various facets of the Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West collections.
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Victoria Adams, PharmD relates her experience working in the Pharmacy Department while interfacing with the Infectious Diseases Division at the Mount Sinai Hospital during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020. She describes her daily work responsibilities, what the City was like during that time, and how she coped in her personal life.
Transcript and recording is available.
This interview was conducted via Zoom on August 6, 2020 as part of the Aufses Archives’ Covid Memories project.
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Eileen Callahan, MD is a member of the Dept. of Geriatrics and Palliative Care
Barbara Niss was the Director of Archives and Records Management at Mount Sinai from 1986 until her retirement in 2021.
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Dr. Eileen Callahan relates her experiences and difficulties helping geriatric patients during the initial stages of the Covid-19 outbreak.
Transcript is available.
This interview was conducted via Zoom on July 30, 2020 as part of the Aufses Archives’ Covid Memories project.
The transcript is available for researcher use. Contact the Archives (MSArchives@mssm.edu) for information about video access.
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Rachelle Zazzu is the Chaplain at Mount Sinai Queens Hospital
Barbara Niss was the Director of Archives and Records Management at Mount Sinai from 1986 until her retirement in 2021.
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Interview with the Rev. Dr. Rachelle Zazzu, who speaks of her experiences as the sole chaplain at Mount Sinai Queens, which saw an unprecedented and overwhelming surge in Covid-19 patients in the first months of the pandemic. Video recording and transcript attached.
Transcript and recording is available.
This interview was conducted via Zoom on August 6, 2020 as part of the Aufses Archives’ Covid Memories project.
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Eric Blutinger, MD is a physician in the Emergecy Dept. of Mount Sinai Queens Hospital
Angelyn Thorton is is the Outreach & Communications Coordinator at The Gustave L. and Janet W. Levy Library of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
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Interview with Erik Blutinger, an Emergency Medicine Department physician at Mount Sinai Queens Hospital in Astoria. Dr. Blutinger shares his experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Transcript and recording is available.
This interview was conducted via Zoom on August 25, 2020 as part of the Aufses Archives’ Covid Memories project.
Some technical issues in beginning of tape not reflected in transcript
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Khalid Islam is the Mount Sinai Health System EMS Training and Safety Manager. He oversees 220 paramedics and EMTs in our 911 service that MSHS provides to New York City.
Barbara Niss was the Director of Archives and Records Management at Mount Sinai from 1986 until her retirement in 2021.
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Khalid Islam discusses his experiences working as an EMS Training and Safety Manager at the Mount Sinai Hospital during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020.
The recording and transcript are available for use.
This interview was conducted via Zoom on July 30, 2020 as part of the Aufses Archives’ Covid Memories project.
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Barbara Niss was the Director of Archives and Records Management at Mount Sinai from 1986 until her retirement in 2021.
Julie Byrnes is an MD/MPH student at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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Interview with Julie Byrnes, a second year student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai as an MD/MPH student, so, both in the graduate as school and the medical school. Ms. Byrnes discusses her experiences as a student, and caring for a family member in Hospital during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020.
Transcript and audio recording is available.
This interview was conducted via Zoom on September 1, 2020 as part of the Aufses Archives’ Covid Memories project.
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Evan Clark is a data engineer working in genomics and was recently moved into the Mount Sinai Covert Informatics Center during the the pandemic.
Michala Biondi is an Associate Archivist at the Arthur H. Aufses, Jr. MD Archives at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (2016- ). She is responsible for the various facets of the Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West collections.
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Evan Clark discusses his experiences in New York City and Florida during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020.
Transcript is available.
This interview was conducted via Zoom on August 11, 2020 as part of the Aufses Archives’ Covid Memories project.
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Maria Duenas, MD is a physician in the Department of General Internal Medicine at The Mount Sinai Hospital.
Kelly Zerella is the Director of Academic Informatics at the The Gustave L. and Janet W. Levy Library of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
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Maria Duenas discusses her experiences working as a primary care doctor in the main clinic at The Mount Sinai Hospital during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020.
Transcript and recording is available.
This interview was conducted via Zoom on 8/27/2020 as part of the Aufses Archives’ Covid Memories project.
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Eileen Fitzgerald, RN, is a registered nurse with 38 years years of experience and is currently a cardiac cath lab nurse at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital.
Barbara Niss was the Director of Archives and Records Management at Mount Sinai from 1986 until her retirement in 2021.
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Eileen Fitzgerald discusses her experiences working as a nurse at the Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020.
Transcript is available.
This interview was conducted via Zoom on September 3, 2020 as part of the Aufses Archives’ Covid Memories project.
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Gina Malone is employed in the Mount Sinai Queens Emergency Department, as the Up Care Manager under Care Management department.
Michala Biondi is an Associate Archivist at the Arthur H. Aufses, Jr. MD Archives at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (2016- ). She is responsible for the various facets of the Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West collections.
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Gina Malone discusses her experiences having contracted Covid-19, along with other family members, during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020.
Transcript is available for use.
This interview was conducted via Zoom on July 23, 2020 as part of the Aufses Archives’ Covid Memories project.
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KP Mendoza is a nurse in Mount Sinai Hospital, working in surgical and transplant intensive care units.
Barbara Niss was the Director of Archives and Records Management at Mount Sinai from 1986 until her retirement in 2021.
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KP Mendoza discusses his experiences working as a nurse at the Mount Sinai Hospital during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020.
Transcript is available.
This interview was conducted via Zoom on September 9, 2020 as part of the Aufses Archives’ Covid Memories project.
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Claudia Mantia is one of the directors of Corporate Compliance in the Assurance and Compliance Department in the Mount Sinai Health System.
Barbara Niss was the Director of Archives and Records Management at Mount Sinai from 1986 until her retirement in 2021.
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Claudia Mantia discusses her experiences moving from an interactive team environment to working from home during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020. She also mentions the effects the lock down had on her husband and children during this time.
Transcript is available.
This interview was conducted via Zoom on July 28, 2020 as part of the Aufses Archives’ Covid Memories project.
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Justin Granstein is a Neuro Critical Care Fellow at Mount Sinai Hospital, in the Department of Neurosurgery.
Kelly Zerella is the Director of Academic Informatics at the The Gustave L. and Janet W. Levy Library of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
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Justin Gransten discusses his experiences working in ICU care area at the Mount Sinai Hospital during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020.
Transcript is available.
This interview was conducted via Zoom on August 20, 2020 as part of the Aufses Archives’ Covid Memories project.
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Patrick Healy is the Associate Director of the Department of Clinical Innovation at Mount Sinai Hospital.
Barbara Niss was the Director of Archives and Records Management at Mount Sinai from 1986 until her retirement in 2021.
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Patrick Healey discusses his experiences working in the Department of Clinical Innovation, which provides special IT projects, at Mount Sinai Hospital during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020.
Transcript is available.
This interview was conducted via Zoom on August 11, 2020 as part of the Aufses Archives’ Covid Memories project.
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Meredith Maas works for the Department of Medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, in the medical billing and coding area.
Angelyn Thorton is is the Outreach & Communications Coordinator at The Gustave L. and Janet W. Levy Library of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
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Meredith Maas discusses her experience when her partner contracted Covid-19 at the start of the pandemic, and then later, with both of them working from a small NYC apartment during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020.
Transcript is available.
This interview was conducted via Zoom on August 13, 2020 as part of the Aufses Archives’ Covid Memories project. Copy sent to MM 3/1/2021
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Ekta Patel is an associate in Population Health Operations within The Mount Sinai Health Partners group.
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Ekta Patel describes her experiences being redeployed to help with food donations, and then also transportation and other volunteer requests during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020.
Transcript and recording is available.
This interview was conducted via Zoom on July 30, 2020 as part of the Aufses Archives’ Covid Memories project. Copy sent to EP on 3/2/2021
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Tomi Jun, MD was a hematology/oncology fellow at the main Mount Sinai Hospital at the time of the initial Covid-19 pandemic outbreak.
Kelly Zerella is the Director of Academic Informatics at the The Gustave L. and Janet W. Levy Library of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
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Tomi Jun, MD, a hematology/oncology fellow, discusses his experiences redeployed to take care of the COVID patients at the Mount Sinai Hospital during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020.
Transcript is available.
This interview was conducted via Zoom on July 23, 2020 as part of the Aufses Archives’ Covid Memories project.
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Stephanie Ramos is a Mount Sinai Beth Israel Communications Manager, focused on employee communications and morale.
Michala Biondi is an Associate Archivist at the Arthur H. Aufses, Jr. MD Archives at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (2016- ). She is responsible for the various facets of the Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West collections.
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Stephanie Ramos describes her experiences, both personal and business related, during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Transcript is available.
The interview was conducted via Zoom on August 18, 2020 between Stephanie Ramos of Mount Sinai Beth Israel and Michala Biondi, the archivist for the The Arthur H. Aufses, Jr. MD Archives at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
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Colliar Myers-Davis, RN is a labor and delivery nurse at The Mount Sinai Hospital.
Barbara Niss was the Director of Archives and Records Management at Mount Sinai from 1986 until her retirement in 2021.
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Ms. Myers-Davis shares her experiences working with laboring mothers and their babies in the early days of the Covid-19 epidemic.
This interview was conducted via Zoom on September 23, 2020 as part of the Aufses Archives’ Covid Memories project. Ms Myers-Davis requested audio only. The interview was recorded in two pieces, then stitched together.
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Karen Wish is the Chief Marketing Officer for the Mount Sinai Health System, working for the Marketing Department.
Kelly Zerella is the Director of Academic Informatics at the The Gustave L. and Janet W. Levy Library of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
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Karen Wish discusses her experiences working as the Chief Marketing Officer for the Health System during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020.
Transcript is available.
This interview was conducted via Zoom on August 27, 2020 as part of the Aufses Archives’ Covid Memories project.
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Mark A. Clarke is a Nursing Unit Secretary at Mount Sinai Morningside.
Angelyn Thorton is is the Outreach & Communications Coordinator at The Gustave L. and Janet W. Levy Library of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
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Mark Clarke is the unit secretary in the Nursing Department, on unit 630 at Mount Sinai Morningside. He relates his experiences working there during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020.
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This interview was conducted via Zoom on August 20, 2020 as part of the Aufses Archives’ Covid Memories project.
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Angelyn Thorton is is the Outreach & Communications Coordinator at The Gustave L. and Janet W. Levy Library of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Mark A. Clarke is a Nursing Unit Secretary at Mount Sinai Morningside.
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Mark Clarke is the unit secretary in the Nursing Department, on unit 630 at Mount Sinai Morningside. He relates his experiences working there during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020.
Transcript and recording is available.
This interview was conducted via Zoom on August 20, 2020 as part of the Aufses Archives’ Covid Memories project.
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Mark Clarke is the unit secretary in the Nursing Department, on unit 630 at Mount Sinai Morningside. He relates his experiences working there during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020.
Barbara Niss was the Director of Archives and Records Management at Mount Sinai from 1986 until her retirement in 2021.
Imelda Dela Vega-Diaz is one of the infection preventionists at Mount Sinai Hospital and she covers medicine and oncology.
Sheron Wilson is the director of Infection Prevention at Mount Sinai Hospital.
Mary Ann Caruana is one of the infection preventionists at the Mount Sinai Hospital
Emily Walits an infection preventionist at The Mount Sinai Hospital. She cover the periop services on some surgical floors.
Rodolfo Simons is an assistant director for the Infection Prevention Team at the Mount Sinai Hospital
Sonia Simpson Morgan is the Coordinator for the Infection Prevention Department at Mount Sinai Hospital.
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Six members of the Infection Prevention team at Mount Sinai Hospital discusses their experiences working in Infection Prevention at the Mount Sinai Hospital during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020.
Transcript and recording is available.
This recording was made via Zoom and the transcript was produced by Zoom; corrections were done by Barbara Niss and Mary Ann Caruana.
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X discusses her/his experiences working in X area at the [whatever hospital] during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020.
Joanne Hojsak works in the Department of Pediatrics in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit as a pediatric intensivist at Mount Sinai Hospital.
Angelyn Thorton is is the Outreach & Communications Coordinator at The Gustave L. and Janet W. Levy Library of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
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Joanne Hojsak is a pediatric interventionist. She discusses her experiences working in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit area at the at Mount Sinai Hospital during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020.
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This interview was conducted via Zoom on July 20, 2020 as part of the Aufses Archives’ Covid Memories project.
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Alpana Patel works in the department of OB-GYN, for Mount Sinai sexual assault balance intervention SAVI program.
Angelyn Thorton is is the Outreach & Communications Coordinator at The Gustave L. and Janet W. Levy Library of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
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Alpana Pate discusses her experiences working in Mount Sinai sexual assault balance intervention SAVI team during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020.
This interview was conducted via Zoom on August 6, 2020 as part of the Aufses Archives’ Covid Memories project.
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Cathrine Solomon is a registered nurse who, at the time of the interview, works with the Multiple Myeloma Program at Mount Sinai Hospital, as a stem cell transplant coordinator.
Michala Biondi is an Associate Archivist at the Arthur H. Aufses, Jr. MD Archives at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (2016- ). She is responsible for the various facets of the Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West collections.
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Cathrine Solomon discusses her personal experiences contracting Covid-19 during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020.
Transcript is available.
The interview was held on October 2, 2020, over Zoom, between Ms. Solomon and Michala Biondi, Associate Archivist in the The Arthur H. Aufses, Jr. MD Archives at Mount Sinai.
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Cathrine Solomon is a registered nurse who, at the time of the interview, works with the Multiple Myeloma Program at Mount Sinai Hospital, as a stem cell transplant coordinator. She discusses her personal experiences during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020.
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Cathrine Solomon is a registered nurse who, at the time of the interview, works with the Multiple Myeloma Program, as a stem cell transplant coordinator. She discusses her personal experiences during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020.
This interview was conducted via Zoom on October 2, 2020 as part of the Aufses Archives’ Covid Memories project.
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Lucy Yau is the Associate Director of Network Marketing and works in Central Marketing on the Corporate level.
Angelyn Thorton is is the Outreach & Communications Coordinator at The Gustave L. and Janet W. Levy Library of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
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Lucy Yau discusses her experiences and impression of the pandemic during its first wave in spring 2020.
This interview was conducted via Zoom on August 25, 2020 as part of the Aufses Archives’ Covid Memories project.
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