Mount Sinai Health System CEO salary and executive pay
Mount Sinai paid its CEO, Brendan Carr, $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, paid $7,199,726. Total revenue on that return was $4,653,204,635, up 17.9% from $3,946,842,937 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Mount Sinai ranks 55th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. $3,365,606 of Brendan Carr's pay came from related organizations (column E). Mount Sinai has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. Also known as The Mount Sinai Hospital or Mount Sinai.
See also: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, which reports the same executives on its own return.
See also: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 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 13-1624096, New York, NY.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$5,489,914
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Cameron Hernandez (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & COO MSHQ), $834,327.
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending December 2024
$7,503,060Kenneth DavisTrustee and Former Officer
- Total revenue
- $4,653,204,635
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 40%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202600859349301025.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 110th of 184 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.
This is The Mount Sinai Hospital, the Mount Sinai Health System filer that reports the CEO. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai files its own return, which lists the same CEO.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 20 people were paid more than $500,000, 13 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Kenneth DavisTrustee and Former Officer | $7,503,060 |
| Samin SharmaPROFESSOR, CARDIOLOGY | $5,950,995 |
| Brendan Carr CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (START 1/1/24) | $5,489,914 |
| Dennis Charney 1PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC AFFAIRS | $2,636,248 |
| Margaret PastuszkoSystem President & Chief Operating Officer | $2,362,925 |
Also paid on the latest return: Scott Pittman (SR VP SYS CHIEF INVESTMENT OFF), $2,319,046; David L Reich (PRESIDENT AND SYSTEM CHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER), $2,220,809; Stephen Harvey (EVP, SYSTEM CFO (END 12/31/24)), $2,057,140; Jeremy Boal (FORMER OFFICER), $1,852,841; Beth Essig (EVP, GENERAL COUNSEL), $1,840,832; Jeffrey Silberstein (EVP, SYSTEM CAO), $1,492,681; Michael Pastier (SVP, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER), $1,456,454; Kelly Cassano (EVP, SYS AMBULATORY OPERATION), $1,240,197; Shirish Huprikar (PROFESSOR, INFECTIOUS DISEASE), $870,459; Emma Palmer (EVP, Chief of Staff & External Affairs), $862,567; Jonathan Kyriacou (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER), $862,193; Cameron Hernandez (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & COO MSHQ), $834,327; Frank Cino (SVP, SYSTEM CHIEF RISK OFFICER), $807,419; Vincent Tammaro (EVP, SYSTEM CFO (START 10/1/24)), $689,052; Beth Yagoda (EVP, System Chief Administrative Officer), $582,785; and 1 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Andrew Saul (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), Brad Karp (SECRETARY/TRUSTEE), Donald J Gogel (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), Eric Mindich (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), James Neary (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), James S Tisch (CO-CHAIRMAN OF BOARD/TRUSTEE), Jeff T Blau (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), Joel I Picket (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), Joel S Ehrenkranz (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), John A Levin (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), John B Hess (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), Judith O Rubin (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), Michael Minikes (VICE CHAIR/TREASURER/TRUSTEE), Richard A Friedman (CO-CHAIRMAN OF BOARD/TRUSTEE), Steven Hochberg (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), Susan R Cullman (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), Thomas W Strauss (VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE), Andrew M Alper (TRUSTEE), David Windreich (TRUSTEE), Edgar M Cullman Jr (TRUSTEE), Eric Friedman (TRUSTEE), Frank Bisignano (TRUSTEE), Hon Robert E Rubin (VICE CHAIRMAN), James Kempner (TRUSTEE), Kimberley Harris (TRUSTEE), and 11 more.
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2024 Amended | Brendan Carr CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (START 1/1/24) | $5,489,914 | $4,653,204,635 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | KENNETH DAVIS CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $7,199,726 | $3,946,842,937 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Kenneth Davis MD CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $6,896,381 | $3,709,594,465 | 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 202600859349301025.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Kenneth Davis*Trustee and Former Officer | $2,825,745 | $4,579,246 | $98,069 | $0 | $0 | $2,825,745 | $13,165 | $24,258 | $2,863,168 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $4,579,246 | $21,335 | $39,311 | $4,639,892 | |||
| Samin SharmaPROFESSOR, CARDIOLOGY | $1,139,259 | $4,768,427 | $43,309 | $108,901 | $159,450 | $870,908 | $11,296 | $11,723 | $1,162,278 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $244,181 | $0 | $4,524,246 | $9,957 | $10,333 | $4,788,717 | |||
| Brendan CarrCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (START 1/1/24) | $2,076,835 | $3,365,606 | $47,473 | $1,530,236 | $408,312 | $138,287 | $13,165 | $4,950 | $2,094,950 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $2,479,817 | $661,688 | $224,101 | $21,335 | $8,023 | $3,394,964 | |||
| Dennis Charney 1PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC AFFAIRS | $984,219 | $1,594,972 | $57,057 | $419,760 | $102,269 | $462,190 | $13,165 | $8,608 | $1,005,992 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $680,240 | $165,731 | $749,001 | $21,335 | $13,949 | $1,630,256 | |||
| Margaret PastuszkoSystem President & Chief Operating Officer | $873,895 | $1,416,186 | $72,844 | $667,800 | $156,599 | $49,496 | $13,165 | $14,632 | $901,692 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $1,082,200 | $253,776 | $80,210 | $21,335 | $23,712 | $1,461,233 | |||
These figures come from Mount Sinai'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 Mount Sinai compares
Ranked 55th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 54th, Texas Health Resources, $5,590,405
- Next in this ranking: 56th, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, $5,479,580
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
MaineHealth$2,618,396 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Baptist Health (Kentucky)$5,838,744 (CEO), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Atlantic Health$11,531,308 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Texas Children's Hospital$13,338,019 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Houston Methodist$8,338,578 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Brendan Carr (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (START 1/1/24)) was paid $5,489,914 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $2,076,835 from Mount Sinai, $3,365,606 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 (Trustee and Former Officer), at $7,503,060. That is $2,013,146 more than the CEO, Brendan Carr.
This is The Mount Sinai Hospital, the Mount Sinai Health System filer that reports the CEO. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai files its own return, which lists the same CEO.
Mount Sinai paid its CEO, Brendan Carr, $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, 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 Carr).
Mount Sinai's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $4,538,893,967 and total revenue of $4,653,204,635 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $114,310,668. Expenses were $3,940,977,020 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 15.2%. The CEO's pay of $5,489,914 equals 0.12% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Mount Sinai Health System filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on March 26, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.