Welcome to the Louis Armstrong Department of Music Therapy at Mount Sinai. Since 1994, our programs have received funding through a generous grant from the Louis Armstrong Foundation. We have been fortunate to receive additional funding from a variety of organizations including: the Gary Dial Fund, NYFE (New York Foundation for Elder Care), Charles Lawrence Keith and Clara Miller Foundation, the Grammy Foundation, the Heather on Earth Music Foundation, the Remo Foundation, the Helen Sawaya Fund, and various estates directed by the late hospital trustee Richard Netter. These donations have enabled us to explore rich, new, and exciting clinical areas and community research endeavors. The music therapists at the Louis Armstrong Department of Music Therapy conduct daily sessions with patients at Mount Sinai receiving care in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit), maternity unit, NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit), pediatric emergency room, respiratory step-down, and at the Peter Kruger Clinic. Additionally, our music therapists work with patients receiving services in departments such as family medicine, oncology, and pain medicine and palliative care (including hospice).
