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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In this interview, Dr. Newman discusses his recruitment to Beth Israel by his predecessor Ray Trussell, MD; his relationship with the Board of Trustees; BI’s role in the AIDS crisis and addiction treatment; the acquisition of Doctors Hospital and Kings Highway Hospital; the establishment of a Japanese-language medical practice; the affiliation with St. Luke’s-Roosevelt and creation of Continuum Health Partners. Individuals discussed include: Ray Trussell, MD; Charles Silver; Harold Fierman; Milton Petrie; Donna Mildvan; Harold Trigg, MD; Vincent Dole, MD and Marie Nyswander, PhD; Morton Hyman.

Stephanie Ramos describes her experiences, both personal and business related, during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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.

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.

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.