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. Total revenue on that return was $4,488,369,634, up 7.9% from $4,161,269,921 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. $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 reports the same executives on its own return.
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 36%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202513199349302216.View the filing
Peers: the 132 other universities on this site. Ranked 85th of 133 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 |
Also paid on the latest return: Jordan Jacobs MD (ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, SURGERY), $5,688,037; Brendan G Carr MD (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (START 1/1/24)), $5,489,914; Dennis Charney MD 1 (DEAN), $2,636,248; Margaret Pastuszko (System President & Chief Operating Officer), $2,362,925; David L Reich MD (SYSTEM CHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER), $2,220,809; Stephen Harvey (EVP, SYSTEM CFO (END 12/31/24)), $2,057,140; Beth Essig Esq (EVP, GENERAL COUNSEL), $1,840,832; Jeremy Boal MD (FORMER OFFICER), $1,795,629; Jeffrey Silberstein (EVP, SYSTEM CAO), $1,492,681; Eric Lium (EVP, MS INNOVATION PARTNERS), $1,344,296; Kelly Cassano Do (EVP, SYS AMBULATORY OPERATION), $1,240,197; Emma Palmer (EVP, Chief of Staff & External Affairs), $852,566; Frank Cino (SVP, SYSTEM CHIEF RISK OFFICER), $807,419; Matthew Rosamond (SVP, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER), $797,468; Daniel Katz MD (TRUSTEE EXOFFICIO), $754,738; and 3 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Andrew M Saul (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), Bonnie M Davis MD (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), Brad Karp (SECRETARY/TRUSTEE), Carl C Icahn (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), Donald J Gogel (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), Eric Mindich (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), Glenn Dubin (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), Hamilton James (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), Henry P Kravis (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), James S Tisch (CO-CHAIRMEN), James W Crystal (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), Joel I Picket (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), Joel S Ehrenkranz (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), John A Levin (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), Judith O Rubin (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), Michael Minikes (VICE CHAIRMAN/TREASURER/TRUST), Richard A Friedman (CO-CHAIRMEN/TRUSTEE), Robert E Rubin (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), Steven Hochberg (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), Thomas W Strauss (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), Adam Shapiro (TRUSTEE), Amaziah Howell (TRUSTEE), Amy Schulman (TRUSTEE), Andrew Wallach (TRUSTEE (AS OF 9/24)), Anton Levy (TRUSTEE), and 38 more.
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
Ranking: University president 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).
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.
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).
Icahn School of Medicine's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $4,436,550,676 and total revenue of $4,488,369,634 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $51,818,958. Expenses were $4,160,243,113 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 6.6%. The CEO's pay of $5,489,914 equals 0.12% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 15, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 6 people in the pay breakdown above.