PRoFILeS oF FACuLty AND LeADeRS Celebrating Hispanic/Latino Heritage

NuRSe eDuCAtIoN MANAgeR, MouNt SINAI BRookLyN MeDICAL DIReCtoR, AMBuLAtoRy CARe, the MouNt SINAI hoSPItAL Cynthia Morales, MSN, RN Ms. Morales, who is of Puerto Rican heritage along Cameron R. hernandez, MD with European, African, Indian, and Filipino ancestry, As a physician of Mexican and Scott ish descent, views diversity and inclusion as valuing each Dr. Hernandez views diversity and inclusion as individual’s diff erences and coming together to reach the organization’s greatest strength. As part of the a common goal. As an educator, her multicultural team spearheading the shi� from an individualized background has enabled her to bett er relate to and approach to a multi-disciplinary team approach in connect with students and colleagues on providing culturally competent caring for patients through the Mount Sinai Visiting care - a notion which is especially relevant in healthcare, where Doctors Program and ambulatory care clinics, he strongly supports understanding a patient’s beliefs o� en leads to bett er health outcomes. mentorship and creating opportunities for underrepresented populations - believing that diversity brings growth and enhances patient care.

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Zoe I. Rodriguez, MD, FACog Joseph J. Rousso, MD, FACS Dr. Zoe Rodriguez’s experiences as a fi rst-generation For Dr. Rousso, who spends most of his day American of Cuban and Venezuelan descent communicating in Spanish, his Cuban and Spanish have taught her the value of creating an inclusive heritage provides him the cultural awareness to environment for the talented clinicians and identify with and off er specialized care to patients administrators whom she recruits and supports. For and their families. His core belief that diverse her, inclusion means “that everyone is both visible and representation in a health care system leads to bett er valued” with “no superfi cial barriers to being seen and served properly patient care allows him to appreciate the diversity of both the Mount Sinai by the System,” regardless of varying dimensions of diversity, including Health System’s workforce and the patient mix in his own practice – with gender identity, whom an individual chooses to love, or the language patients knowing they are being cared for by individuals who understand which they speak, among others. their culture.

sponsored by the Office for Diversity and Inclusion Celebrating Hispanic/Latino Heritage At The Mount Sinai Health System

Director of Cosmetic Dermatology, Mount Sinai Director of Community Relations and Volunteer Roosevelt and Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Services, Mount Sinai Queens

Maritza I. Perez, MD Ana M. Rodriguez, LCSW An author, professor, scientific advisor, consultant, A native of the Dominican Republic and a media correspondent, and renowned speaker, Puerto longstanding community organizer and advocate, Rico native Dr. Maritza Perez has been recognized Ana Rodriguez continuously works to ensure that as one of the best dermatologists in the world. Her individuals have access to accurate information and expertise in the field of dermatology has led her to resources. As lead of the Mount Sinai Queens Site hold numerous leadership positions at Mount Sinai Diversity Council, she believes the Council “provides Health System institutions, while her heritage has enabled her to serve as an opportunity to share with colleagues a common culture where a clinical expert on several media channels which cater to the Hispanic uniqueness of beliefs, backgrounds, talents, capabilities, and ways of and Latino American population. living are welcomed and leveraged for informing better decisions for the patients we serve.”

Site Director, Department of Surgery, Vice President, Supply Chain, Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Mount Sinai Health System

Domingo C. Nunez, MD, FACS Carlos A. Maceda, MBA Born in the Dominican Republic, raised in Harlem, Viewing hard work, perseverance, and ambition as and completing much of his medical training in key drivers of success, Carlos Maceda believes strong Manhattan, Dr. Nunez believes that diversity creates organizations are made when everyone has a “seat at an environment where individuals - especially the table.” Born in Spain to Cuban parents and raised patients - feel comfortable and valued. Given that in the United States, his cultural background and at least half of the Mount Sinai St. Luke’s patient experiences have given him the opportunity to remain population is of Latin American descent, he feels that “a hospital should open to different perspectives - an opportunity he reminds his employees be representative of the community it serves,” and therefore, sees an to utilize when communicating with internal colleagues or external advantage to his heritage in understanding the backgrounds of many vendors that do business with the organization. patients that come to the hospital to receive care. mountsinaihealth.org/diversity