Dr. Carr leads Mount Sinai Health System as CEO and holder of the Kenneth L. Davis, MD Distinguished Chair. He guides one of the nation’s premier academic health systems, comprising the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing, nationally and regionally ranked hospitals, and more than 400 ambulatory locations and physician practices. A nationally recognized leader in academic medicine and health policy, his leadership is grounded in driving innovation, developing cutting-edge cures and data-driven treatments, and delivering compassionate care for all New Yorkers. He aims to advance Mount Sinai’s capacity to conduct groundbreaking research, pioneer innovative care, and provide world-leading education to future healthcare leaders. Dr. Carr leads as a physician-scientist with more than 20 years of emergency medicine experience, having completed his residency in emergency medicine and fellowships in trauma and surgical critical care and in health policy research, and he remains clinically active in Mount Sinai’s emergency department. Prior to joining Mount Sinai, he served in multiple policy roles within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where he strengthened the U.S. healthcare system’s ability to respond to large-scale public health threats and improve health outcomes. He has also held faculty roles at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, and Thomas Jefferson University’s Sidney Kimmel Medical College.
