The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has launched the Center for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Children’s Health, the first dedicated center of its kind in New York City—a pioneering initiative that aims to improve health care outcomes for children using AI. The Center will develop AI-powered solutions to enhance diagnostics, personalize treatments, and optimize health care delivery for youth and adolescents. Benjamin S. Glicksberg, PhD, an expert in digital health and clinical informatics, will lead the Center.
“The Center for AI in Children’s Health underscores Mount Sinai’s commitment to pioneering AI-driven technologies that will enable Mount Sinai to deliver world-class care to our children,” said Brendan G. Carr, MD, MA, MS, Chief Executive Officer and Professor and Kenneth L. Davis, MD, Distinguished Chair, Mount Sinai Health System. “As one of the first centers of its kind in New York City and nationwide, this unique and groundbreaking initiative positions Mount Sinai at the forefront of innovation in health care. Our kids are our future, and under Dr. Glicksberg’s leadership, the Center for AI in Children’s Health will advance children’s health outcomes for generations to come.”
Dennis S. Charney, MD, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and President for Academic Affairs of the Mount Sinai Health System, said, “The establishment of the Center for Artificial Intelligence in Children’s Health exemplifies Mount Sinai’s dedication to integrating cutting-edge technologies into patient care. By harnessing the power of AI, we are offering more precise diagnostics and personalized treatments for our youngest patients. With Dr. Glicksberg at the helm, this new center will be instrumental in shaping the future of pediatric medicine as we take bold steps toward innovation and excellence in health care for the next generation.”
Dr. Glicksberg, who will also serve as Associate Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Human Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, said, “While AI has advanced at a remarkable pace in many areas of medicine, pediatric medicine has unfortunately lagged due to stricter privacy considerations, more complicated regulatory pathways, and limited data infrastructure. This new Center is dedicated to addressing these challenges by safely developing, testing, and embedding AI directly into child health care—enabling earlier diagnoses, preventive measures, computer-augmented imaging for complex conditions, expedited drug discovery, and highly personalized treatment plans. There’s no better place for this effort than Mount Sinai, or a more talented team of researchers to innovate alongside. I’m thrilled to lead this critical work and confident that we’re shaping a brighter future for child health care.”
AI continues to transform health care, however innovation remains significantly underrepresented in child health due to specific standards necessary, but complex regulatory challenges and limited resources, delaying the benefits these technologies could bring to child health care. The Center hopes to address the current limitations by creating an integrated data infrastructure, advancing multimodal AI research, embracing personalized medicine, and enhancing health economics and care delivery.
The Center will focus on:
- Building an AI-driven Children’s Health Data Hub to unify multi-modal and multi-omic patient data.
- Spearheading clinical trials for AI approaches to enhance diagnostics, predictive modeling, and real-time monitoring at Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital.
- Advancing personalized medicine through multi-omics research, rare disease identification, and pharmacogenomics.
- Optimizing health care delivery with Mount Sinai’s Center for Child Health Services Research to leverage AI for improving efficiency, patient outcomes, and resource allocation.
Dr. Glicksberg joins Mount Sinai with significant academic and industry experience. He previously was an Assistant Professor in Genetics and Genomic Sciences and a member of the Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Health at Mount Sinai. He then served on the leadership team at a genomics-based drug discovery startup targeting progressive diseases of aging. His experience bridging the gap between research and clinical care—including expertise in AI-driven research, health care, biotechnology, and translational science—positions him as a leader in AI innovation.
The Center for Artificial Intelligence in Children’s Health is established under The Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, directed by Bruce D. Gelb, MD, and co-sponsored by the Windreich Department of Artificial Intelligence and Human Health at Mount Sinai, chaired by Girish N. Nadkarni, MD, MPH, CPH.
“As Chair of the Windreich Department of AI and Human Health, I’m proud to co-sponsor the Center for AI in Children’s Health,” Dr. Nadkarni said. “By harnessing the power of advanced data science and clinical expertise, we aim to usher in a new era for child health care—delivering faster diagnoses, personalized treatments, and transformative outcomes. Under Dr. Glicksberg’s leadership, we stand poised to shape a healthier future for children everywhere.”