Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai president salary and executive pay
Icahn School of Medicine paid its CEO, Brendan G Carr MD, $5,489,914 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. On the return for the fiscal year ending December 2023, the CEO was KENNETH DAVIS MD, paid $7,199,726. Icahn School of Medicine ranks 8th of 100 universities on this site by CEO pay. $3,486,428 of Brendan G Carr MD's pay came from related organizations (column E). Icahn School of Medicine has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. Also known as Icahn Mount Sinai or Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
See also: Mount Sinai Health System, which files its own return; Brendan Carr, chief executive officer of both, is listed on each return with part of his pay.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 13-6171197, New York, NY.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$5,489,914
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending December 2024
$7,503,060KENNETH DAVIS MDTrustee and Former Officer
- Total revenue
- $4,488,369,634
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 47%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202513199349302216.View the filing
Peers: the 94 other universities on this site. Ranked 50th of 95 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.12% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
The Icahn School of Medicine is the medical school of the Mount Sinai Health System and files its own return. Its lead is the health system's CEO, who is also listed on The Mount Sinai Hospital's return.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 22 people were paid more than $500,000, 16 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| KENNETH DAVIS MDTrustee and Former Officer | $7,503,060 |
| HANI SBITANY MDPROFESSOR SURGERY | $6,790,337 |
| ANDREW HECHT MDPROFESSOR ORTHO NEURO SURG | $6,184,907 |
| MARK SULTAN MDPROFESSOR, SURGERY | $6,147,619 |
| DAVID ADAMS MDCHAIRMAN CARDIOVASCULAR SURG | $6,050,056 |
President's pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2024 | Brendan G Carr MD CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (START 1/1/24) | $5,489,914 | $4,488,369,634 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | KENNETH DAVIS MD CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $7,199,726 | $4,161,269,921 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | KENNETH DAVIS MD CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $6,896,381 | $3,782,773,835 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending December 2024.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202513199349302216.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| KENNETH DAVIS MD*Trustee and Former Officer | $2,661,354 | $4,743,637 | $98,069 | $0 | $0 | $2,661,354 | $12,399 | $22,847 | $2,696,600 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $4,743,637 | $22,101 | $40,722 | $4,806,460 | |||
| HANI SBITANY MDPROFESSOR SURGERY | $6,747,094 | $0 | $43,243 | $89,752 | $0 | $6,657,342 | $8,975 | $34,268 | $6,790,337 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| ANDREW HECHT MDPROFESSOR ORTHO NEURO SURG | $6,135,998 | $0 | $48,909 | $159,561 | $0 | $5,976,437 | $15,956 | $32,953 | $6,184,907 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| MARK SULTAN MDPROFESSOR, SURGERY | $6,112,341 | $0 | $35,278 | $139,615 | $0 | $5,972,726 | $13,961 | $21,317 | $6,147,619 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| DAVID ADAMS MDCHAIRMAN CARDIOVASCULAR SURG | $5,995,071 | $0 | $54,985 | $212,097 | $0 | $5,782,974 | $21,209 | $33,776 | $6,050,056 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Brendan G Carr MDCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (START 1/1/24) | $1,956,013 | $3,486,428 | $47,473 | $1,441,213 | $384,558 | $130,242 | $12,399 | $4,662 | $1,973,074 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $2,568,840 | $685,442 | $232,146 | $22,101 | $8,311 | $3,516,840 | |||
These figures come from Icahn School of Medicine's Form 990 returns, as the IRS publishes them. The methodology page explains how they're chosen. To report an error, email corrections@ceopaycheck.com.
How Icahn School of Medicine compares
Ranked 8th of 100 universities by CEO pay.
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Duke University$2,200,045 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Northwestern University$2,085,890 (President), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
University of Chicago$2,082,741 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of Pittsburgh$1,241,200 (Chancellor), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Caltech$1,753,140 (President), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Common questions
Brendan G Carr MD (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (START 1/1/24)) was paid $5,489,914 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $1,956,013 from Icahn School of Medicine, $3,486,428 from related organizations and $47,473 in other compensation (Part VII columns D, E and F). Icahn School of Medicine ranks 8th of 100 universities on this site by CEO pay.
The highest-paid person on the latest return was KENNETH DAVIS MD (Trustee and Former Officer), at $7,503,060. That is $2,013,146 more than the CEO, Brendan G Carr MD. Next was HANI SBITANY MD (PROFESSOR SURGERY), at $6,790,337. On the latest return, 22 people were paid more than $500,000, 16 of them more than $1 million.
The Icahn School of Medicine is the medical school of the Mount Sinai Health System and files its own return. Its lead is the health system's CEO, who is also listed on The Mount Sinai Hospital's return.
Icahn School of Medicine paid its CEO, Brendan G Carr MD, $5,489,914 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. On the return for the fiscal year ending December 2023, the CEO was KENNETH DAVIS MD, paid $7,199,726. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was KENNETH DAVIS MD, paid $6,896,381. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $6,896,381 (KENNETH DAVIS MD); December 2023, $7,199,726; December 2024, $5,489,914 (Brendan G Carr MD).
From the 3 Form 990 returns Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 6 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.