Mount Sinai Medical Center recently welcomed back more than 100 patients for its 16th annual Preemie Party. This year’s “Superhero” themed celebration reunited babies who defied the odds in the Mount Sinai Abess Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), and their parents, with the doctors and nurses who cared for them.Among the returning patients, who ranged in age from 9 months to 18 years, was Michael Tintori and his parents, Veronica and Sergio Tintori. Michael was born in the Mount Sinai NICU on August 24, 2010 after just 24 weeks in the womb, weighing a mere pound and a half. Today, Michael is a healthy and vibrant 11 month old, based on the date that he should have been born.
Pictured is Dr. Ignacio Zabaleta, Mount Sinai neonatologist, with former patient and godson, Michael Tintori.
