Designation recognizes the highest level of stroke care and arrives during National Stroke Awareness Month
May 25, 2026 — Mount Sinai Medical Center has been awarded Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification by DNV for the stroke program at its Harvey R. Chaplin Family Stroke & Chest Pain Center, building on the medical center’s established record as a nationally recognized stroke center and affirming its capacity to deliver the highest level of competence for the treatment of serious and complex stroke events.
Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification is the highest tier of stroke care recognition available, signaling that an institution has the personnel, infrastructure, protocols, and clinical outcomes required to manage the most complex stroke cases, including those requiring advanced neuro- interventional procedures, around the clock.
“This certification reaffirms the standard we hold across every service line at Mount Sinai. Stroke care has long been a cornerstone of our clinical programs, and this latest recognition confirms what our patients can count on: care at the highest national level, without leaving South Florida,” said Gino R. Santorio, President and CEO of Mount Sinai Medical Center.
DNV’s Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification is built on standards from the Brain Attack Coalition and the American Stroke Association® and affirms that a medical center delivers the full spectrum of stroke care, from diagnosis and treatment to rehabilitation and education, with clear metrics to evaluate outcomes.
“Achieving certification shows commitment to excellence,” said Kelly Proctor, President of DNV Healthcare USA Inc. “It helps demonstrate to your community that you are performing at the highest level.”
Mount Sinai Medical Center’s stroke program operates from The Harvey R. Chaplin Family Stroke and Chest Pain Center and is supported by a multidisciplinary team of vascular neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuro-interventional radiologists, neuro-critical care specialists, emergency medicine physicians, rehabilitation specialists, and dedicated nursing staff. The program offers advanced therapies including intravenous thrombolytic treatment, mechanical thrombectomy, and complex cerebrovascular interventions.
The recognition arrives during National Stroke Awareness Month, observed every May, when the American Stroke Association calls attention to stroke as a leading cause of serious long-term disability in the United States.
For more information about stroke care at Mount Sinai Medical Center, visit The Harvey R. Chaplin Family Stroke & Chest Pain Center.
About Mount Sinai Medical Center
Founded in 1949, Mount Sinai Medical Center is the largest independent, private, not-for-profit teaching hospital in South Florida. Mount Sinai’s mission is to provide quality health care to a diverse community enhanced through teaching, research, charity care, and financial responsibility. Mount Sinai’s Centers of Excellence combine technology, research, and academics to provide innovative and comprehensive care in cardiology, neuroscience, oncology, urology, and orthopedics. One of the original statutory teaching hospitals in the state of Florida, Mount Sinai is the hospital of choice for those who seek the level of expertise and care that only a teaching hospital can offer. Mount Sinai currently offers ten convenient locations in Miami-Dade County, including three emergency centers, and four specialty care offices in Monroe County.
About DNV
DNV is a global independent certification, assurance and risk management provider, operating in more than 100 countries. Through its broad experience and deep expertise, DNV advances safety and sustainable performance, sets industry benchmarks, and drives innovative solutions. Whether certifying a company’s management system or products, accrediting hospitals, providing training, assessing supply chains or digital assets, DNV enables customers and stakeholders to make critical decisions with confidence, continually improve, and realize long-term strategic goals sustainably. DNV draws on its wide technical and industry expertise to help companies worldwide build consumer and stakeholder trust. Driven by its purpose, to safeguard life, property, and the environment, DNV helps tackle the challenges and global transformations facing its customers and the world today and is a trusted voice for many of the world’s most successful and forward-thinking companies.
For more information, visit www.dnvcert.com/healthcare.
