Mount Sinai WTC program's to discuss health care of first responders affected by 9/11

WHO: Philip Landrigan MD, Principal Investigator of the Mount Sinai WTC Program's Data and Coordination Center.

Michael Crane, MD, Medical Director of the Mount Sinai WTC Clinical Center of Excellence.

Fatih Ozbay, MD, Associate Medical Director of the WTC Mental Health Program. Dr. Ozbay provides assessment and treatment to the men and women whose mental health was affected by 9/11. He specializes in stress resilience and post-traumatic stress disorder.

WHAT: The Mount Sinai Medical Center has taken the lead in developing the largest treatment and monitoring program for emergency responders, recovery workers, residents, and area workers who were affected by the terrorist attacks in New York City on September 11, 2001. Since the program's inception under Dr. Landrigan, the Mount Sinai-coordinated Consortium of Clinical Centers of Excellence have medically screened more than 30,000 WTC rescue and recovery workers and volunteers from all 50 states. The Consortium has also provided more than 66,000 medical monitoring exams.

The WTC Clinical Center of Excellence at Mount Sinai identifies mental and physical health problems needing timely treatment; evaluates the health of first responders; monitors the development of symptoms; and researches the effects of 9/11 through data collection and analysis.