Division Chief of Adolescent Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine @ Mount Sinai | Director, Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center

Sarah Wood MD, MS is the Division Chief of Adolescent Medicine at the Ichan School of Medicine and Director of the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center. She is a physician scientist with a career mission to improve effective and equitable health care delivery for youth. A former youth community health worker, she completed her undergraduate degree at DePaul University and medical school at Drexel University, where she was awarded a Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship. Dr. Wood completed Pediatrics residency and Adolescent Medicine fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, earning a Masters of Science in Health Policy Research from Penn. She was on faculty at Penn and CHOP as Co-Director of the Clinical Core of the Penn Center for AIDS Research until 2024 when she transitioned to Mount Sinai to lead their Division of Adolescent Medicine.

Dr. Wood has received funding from the National Institute Health and Gilead Sciences for her research which blends data science, human systems engineering, behavioral intervention development, and implementation science to generate, test, and translate innovative strategies to improve the mental and sexual health of adolescents and young adults. Across the clinical and research spheres, she is a passionate mentor and advocate for learners who are traditionally underrepresented in medicine.