Keeping ‘patient care local’: New Mount Sinai Doctors Multispecialty Center opens on Staten Island

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Mount Sinai Health System celebrated the opening of its multi-specialty practice at the Nicotra Group’s Corporate Commons Three, Bloomfield, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, introducing two additional floors of medical services.

The expansion adds to Mount Sinai’s existing practice at the contemporary building at 1441 South Ave., which first opened its doors on the second floor in October 2023 with the Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Center-Staten Island, providing hematology and oncology care.

Dr. Brendan Carr, chief executive officer of the Mount Sinai Healthcare System, cut the ceremonial ribbon, alongside: Borough President Vito Fossella; Kenneth Long, senior vice president, administration and chief clinical integration officer of Mount Sinai, and others who played leadership roles in the planning process — as physicians, staffers and dozens of team members cheered.

Each of the three floors of the Mount Sinai Doctors Multispecialty Center, which was three years in the planning, comprises 18,000 square feet of brand-new space. Fourteen physicians will practice there.

The two additional floors provide comprehensive cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology and gynecology services, with additional specialties expected to be introduced in the future.

Since 2022, a range of specialists, physicians and other medical personnel from the Mount Sinai Health System staff the Emergency Department at Richmond University Medical Center (RUMC), as the two health-care organizations undertook a clinical and academic affiliation aimed at providing elite care to the borough.

The Mount Sinai Health System employs 48,000 across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 600 research and clinical labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education.

“We want people to stay on Staten Island to get great health care,‘’ said Fossella. ”We couldn‘t ask for a better facility and a better group of people. We’re very, very fortunate to have good, compassionate health-care professionals who are helping to save lives.“

The sparkling new facility was praised by all in attendance for its handsome interiors and grounds, and ease of access for both North Shore and South Shore residents.

The new Mount Sinai Doctors Multispecialty Center combines the expertise and compassion of the RUMC medical staff with Mount Sinai’s high-quality physicians and experience, said Long.

Carr said the medical care at the new facility will keep Staten Island patients connected, if needed, to other resources in Manhattan.

And he was quick to praise the benefits of working with RUMC.

“We know what that means to have a bunch of docs that live locally who care for you locally and are connected to resources that are greater than their smaller, individual ambulatory practices,‘’ he said. “It really is finding the opportunity to thread that needle to balance both things — to deliver world-class cancer care … and to make sure you can meet and receive care on your terms.”

The expanded South Avenue center will offer primary care, breast surgery, podiatry and a full-service radiology center, featuring advanced mammography and other imaging technologies.

Orthopedic subspecialties in spine and joint replacement will begin later this year.

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Fosella, Carr, Long and Dr. Srinivas Duvvuri, a cardiologist and senior medical director of the new multi-specialty practice, all thanked Lois and Richard Nicotra, the borough‘s largest private real estate developers who are responsible for Corporate Commons Three, praising the facility for its beauty and accessibility for patients.

“We really feel so happy, because it seems like when the patients come here, they‘re at ease,’’ Lois Nicotra said. ”It just gives everyone a nice, calming feeling, and what better way to come see a doctor?”

Richard Nicotra seemed delighted that the building’s welcoming surroundings would serve such a critical purpose, joking that he, himself, dreads going to the doctor.

He encouraged those gathered, including Dr. Daniel Messina, president and CEO at RUMC, and Dr. Philip Otterbeck, chairman of the Department of Medicine and chief of the Division of Endocrinology at RUMC, to enjoy the building’s artwork, gardens and first-floor restaurant, Pienza Brick Oven Pizza Cafe.

“This is what health care should be on Staten Island,‘’ he said. ”The days of being examined in someone‘s kitchen, or bedroom or downstairs in their cellar are gone. This is what health care is all about. Come. Plenty of parking. You feel safe. Take an elevator up. See any of your doctors. Get bloodwork. That is what we should be doing. I’m so proud that we played a small part in getting that done.”

The Mount Sinai health system includes approximately 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians and 11 free-standing joint-venture centers throughout the five boroughs, Westchester, Long Island and Florida.

Duvvuri, who has long been affiliated with both RUMC and Mount Sinai, told those gathered it has long been a goal to bring a variety of specialists together in “one big box.”

“But, it‘s nothing like a box,” he said. “It’s like a spaceship. Beautiful architecture. You can see it from miles away.

“We want to keep the patient care local, while expanding with the world-class Mount Sinai physicians (and) surgeons, so we can extend this to our patients with one phone call.”