Before Surgery/Procedure
- Pre op lab tests will be done within 30 days
- COVID rapid test at home to be performed within 24 hr of surgery
- IF YOU ARE TO STAY OVERNITE, PCR COVID test within 5 days of surgery
- List of blood Thinners needed to be held for Surgery/Procedure
- Prasugrel (Effient): Must stop 7 days prior
- Brilinta(Ticagrelor): Must stop 5 days prior
- Coumadin (warfarin): Must stop 5 days prior
- Plavix (Clopidogrel): Must stop 5 days prior
- Eliquis (Apixaban): Must stop 3 days prior
- Xarelto(Rivaroxaban): Must stop 3 days prior
- Heparin: Must stop night before
- Lovenox Enoxaparin: No dose morning of surgery
- Day before preparation for Surgery/ Procedure:
- No eating or drinking after midnight the night before surgery. This is very important. If you eat after midnite, anesthesia will not be performed and your procedure will be cancelled.
- If needed to take your medication please take it with a tablespoon of water just to wash down medication.
- You must have someone available to pick you up once surgery is completed.
- You will be contacted by my office or the ambulatory nurses to confirm details, timing and answer any questions you may have
Location of Your Surgery
Mount Sinai Morningside: 1111 Amsterdam Ave, New York, N. Y 10025
Report to 3rd floor Ambulatory Surgery
Directions to Mount Sinai Morningside with public transportation:
- By Subway
- #1 (Broadway Local) to West 116th Street. Or, B or C train to West 110th Street and Central Park West.
- By Bus
- M11 to Amsterdam Avenue and West 114th Street. M4 (crosstown) to Amsterdam Avenue and West 110th Street. M104 (Broadway line) to Broadway and West 114th Street.
Mount Sinai West
You can enter at 428 West 59th Street
Report to 5th floor ambulatory surgery
Directions to Mount Sinai West with public transportation:
- By Subway
- Take an A, B, C, D, #1 train to Columbus Circle – 59th Street at the intersection of Broadway and 8th Avenue.
- By Bus
- M11 (uptown) to 10th Avenue and West 59th Street. M11 (downtown) to 9th Avenue and West 59th Street. M57 (crosstown) to 10th Avenue and West 57th Street. M104 (Broadway line) to Columbus Circle (Broadway between West 58th Street and West 60th Street).
Mount Sinai Main Hospital 1468 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10029
Report to 2nd floor Ambulatory Surgery
Directions to Mount Sinai Main Hospital with public transportation:
- By Subway
- Take #6 train to 96th Street and Lexington Avenue. Walk west on 96th Street to Madison Avenue. Turn right and walk to 100th Street. Entrance to Mount Sinai Hospital is on left side of
Madison Avenue. - By Bus
- Take M1, M2, M3 or M4 Bus (Fifth Avenue Buses) traveling south to 99th Street Stop. Mount Sinai Hospital (Fifth Avenue Entrance) is located on 99th and Fifth Avenue.
- Take M1, M2, M3.or M4 Bus (Madison Avenue Buses) traveling North to 98th Street Stop. Mount Sinai Hospital (Madison Avenue Entrance) is located at 100th Street and Madison Avenue.
If you have any questions or concerns please reach out to my Administrative Assistant Isabel Harrell Phone: Office Number (212)523-4706 Email: juanita.harrell@mountsinai.org
You can message me on e-mail alan.benvenisty@mountsinai.org as well. I check my e-mail frequently.
