Stella Rubina, DO

Dr. Stella Rubina provides palliative and geriatric clinical care to acutely hospitalized patients, administrative leadership and medical oversight to an interdisciplinary staff, and educational leadership to doctors and nurses in training. She received her BS in Psychology from CUNY Brooklyn College and her DO degree from NYITCOM. She completed her Primary Care Family Medicine residency at the Palmetto General Hospital and Palliative Care Fellowship training at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center. 

In July 2015 she joined Mount Sinai School of Medicine as the Director of Palliative Care Department at Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens. She currently serves as Assistant Professor for the Departments of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine and as Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at NYITCOM. She works collaboratively with hospital leadership and community agencies to optimize palliative care and transitional care for patients with serious illnesses.

Dr. Rubina is a two times recipient of New York City based The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation Grant Award for “Healthy Aging Program” initiative with the mission targeted to improve the health care and overall quality of life for New York City’s older adults.