Road to Resilience Mount Sinai Health System

An ICU nurse in New York City talks about the experience of treating COVID-19 patients, and explains how nurses in her unit are banding together to meet an unprecedented challenge.

As the number of coronavirus patients in New York City continues to climb, Brendan Carr, MD, Chair of Emergency Medicine for the Mount Sinai Health System, talks about the tough decisions he’s facing, and how he’s coping with enormous pressure to save lives.

Trisha Meili, better known as the "Central Park Jogger," talks about how focusing on the present moment and returning to running helped her bounce back from a traumatic brain injury.

Transgender activist Mahogany Phillips walked away from a successful career as a male model to focus on her transition. Later, she helped win low-income New Yorkers the right to gender-affirming surgery. In this interview, she talks about bullies, gender dysphoria, and how surgery has helped her feel comfortable and safe in her body.

Grievously injured on Sept. 11, 2001, Lauren Manning became a national symbol of resilience as she fought her way back to health. In this special interview, she talks about how pity and pain fueled her determination to heal.

Environmentalist Karenna Gore goes beyond carbon emissions to the root causes of climate change and talks about how framing the crisis as a moral issue can help us adapt and mitigate its worst effects.