New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System named Livia Agnes Veress, MD, vice chair for research in its Jack and Lucy Clark Department of Pediatrics and system chief of pediatric pulmonology, effective Sept. 1.
Dr. Veress also serves as a professor of pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and an attending physician at Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital, according to an Oct. 7 press release.
In her research role, Dr. Veress will direct the department’s research strategy and infrastructure. She will work with department leadership, grants administration, the pediatric clinical trials office and institutes such as the Mindich Child Health and Development Institute.
As pulmonology chief, she will oversee the division’s clinical, research and academic strategy systemwide. She will also keep a clinical practice treating children with complex respiratory conditions, including acute respiratory distress syndrome, plastic bronchitis and toxic inhalation injuries.
“My goal is to create an environment where innovative ideas can move from the laboratory and clinical setting toward treatments that make a meaningful difference for children and their families,” Dr. Veress said.
Lisa Satlin, MD, chair of the department and pediatrician-in-chief of Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital, said Dr. Veress’ leadership “will strengthen our research enterprise while helping us expand and enhance the care we provide to children with complex pulmonary conditions.”
Dr. Veress joins Mount Sinai from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Children’s Hospital Colorado, both in Aurora. There she was a tenured professor of pediatrics and director of the Center for Advanced Drug Development. Her research was supported by National Institutes of Health grants and Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority contracts. It focuses on lung injury, bronchopulmonary dysplasia and drug therapies for chemical inhalation toxicities.
Mount Sinai Health System includes seven hospitals and more than 400 outpatient practices and employs about 48,000 people, including more than 9,000 physicians.
