$1 Million Donation Expands Mount Sinai South Nassau Cancer Research

OCEANSIDE, NY — Mount Sinai South Nassau received a $1 million donation to expand cancer clinical trials and research on Long Island.

"This generous gift will help us give patients with a cancer diagnosis the opportunity to enroll in clinical trials for the latest innovations in cancer therapies, technologies, and treatment protocols," said Adhi Sharma, MD, President of Mount Sinai South Nassau.

This is the second major gift the hospital has received from the Betty Ajces Trust, which donated $200,000 last August to establish the Leon and Betty Ajces Memorial Fund.

Based at the hospital’s Gertrude & Louis Feil Cancer Center in Valley Stream, the Mount Sinai South Nassau Department of Clinical Research is staffed by a clinical research manager, nurse, and coordinator.

As a National Clinical Trial Network affiliate within the Mount Sinai Health System, Mount Sinai South Nassau’s Department of Clinical Research is part of a prestigious collection of organizations and clinicians in the United States, Canada, and around the globe.

"Mount Sinai South Nassau has demonstrated that it is committed to advancing research and access to the latest cancer treatments,” said Alan E. Weiner, CPA, JD, Trustee of the Betty Ajces Trust and a longtime friend of Mr. and Mrs. Ajces.