Brendan G. Carr

Chief Executive Officer
Professor and Kenneth L. Davis, MD, Distinguished Chair
Mount Sinai Health System

Brendan G. Carr, MD, MA, MS, Chief Executive Officer, and the Kenneth L. Davis, MD, Distinguished Chair, Mount Sinai Health System, is a nationally recognized leader in academic medicine and health policy. His leadership is grounded in driving innovation; developing the most cutting-edge cures, data-driven treatments, and compassionate support; and delivering them for all New Yorkers.

With the Boards of Trustees, Dr. Carr is advancing Mount Sinai’s capacity to conduct groundbreaking research, pioneer innovative care, and provide a world-leading education to future health care leaders. He guides the Health System’s strategy, operations, and business development, including the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and its Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing, Mount Sinai’s nationally and regionally ranked hospitals, and more than 400 ambulatory locations and physician practices.

Dr. Carr leads as a physician-scientist. He completed his residency in emergency medicine, as well as fellowships in trauma and surgical critical care and in health policy research. With more than 20 years of emergency medicine experience, he is a renowned physician, care delivery system strategist, empathetic teacher, and health policy researcher. Today, in addition to his role as CEO, Dr. Carr remains clinically active in Mount Sinai’s Emergency Department.

Dr. Carr previously served in multiple policy roles within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services where he strengthened the U.S. health care system’s ability to respond to large-scale public health threats and improve health outcomes.

Dr. Carr has 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.