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How to edit academic office information for an online profile
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- Before We Get Started
- Use the General Contact tool to
- Log into Sinai Central and Navigate to the General Contact Info tool
- Modifying Your Information
- Name Section
- Email Section
- On Campus Section
- Off Campus Section
- Submit Your Request
Before We Get Started
Prerequisites to working with the General Contact Info tool are:
- you will need access to the Dept EDIR Admin tools.
- you will need to know what you want to modify or add to the employee profiles that are available on the Mount Sinai Medical Center website.
Use the table below (or the tabbed preview information available on Sinai Central) to map out what form section needs to be worked with and submitted.
Use the General Contact tool to
| Modify information found in this search on http://www.mountsinai.org | IF the information is found in this section or tab... | THEN I need to modify or add to this section in the General Contact Information form. |
|---|---|---|
| Find A Person | Middle section (Addresses, Phone, Fax) |
On Campus (Address, Phone) |
| Find A Person | Middle section (Emails) |
Email Address |
| Find A Faculty | Overview Tab (Email) |
Email Address |
| Find A Faculty, Find A Doctor | Left-hand column (Business Office Address, Phone, Fax) |
Off Campus (Address, Phone) |
Log into Sinai Central and Navigate to the General Contact Info tool
- Log into Sinai Central. You can do this from http://sinaicentral.mssm.edu.
Take a look at this document if you are having issues with your login. - From the left hand menu , select EDir > Dept EDIR Admin.
- You may need to select the Home link from the top right hand side of the window to expose the highest level sections of the left hand menu.
- If you cannot find the EDir service, then you may not have been assigned the role. All users that have the ADMINISTRATOR role will have access to this service.
Other users can be explicitly assigned the role to have access to the service. Review this document for instructions on how to be assigned the role.

- Select your department from the drop down menu. Click on the Select button.

- Click on SELECT USER in the left hand menu.
- Enter the employee's name and / or lifenumber into the search tool. Click on the Search button.
- Select the employees name from the search results.


- The left hand menu will expand and the employees profile will appear. Click on GENERAL.
Modifying Your Information
The update general contact info tool is now available on the screen.
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The requester and status information is available at the top of the tool.
Name Section

- The name section cannot be modified from this form. We gather information about your name from your Human Resources record.
A middle initial can be added via the Personal Profile menu.
| If a change happens to your name, please reach out to Human Resources for more information about changing your name in Sinai Central. |
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Email Section

- Modify the email address in the field provided.
- To Add another email address, click on the Add Email link. (Another field will appear).
- To remove an email address, click on the trash can
icon.
On Campus Section

- Add in your address information.
- Select a Building from the available drop-down list.
- Type in a Floor and Room number.
Please do not enter the terms floor and room. - To delete a currently available on campus address, you can click on the trash can
icon.
Any address listed here is available from the Sinai Central personal profile.
- Add some phone information.
- Enter the type of phone number.
- Enter the phone number.
- Enter an extension.
- Click on the Add Phone link to add another phone number. Click on the trash can
icon to remove a phone number.
The phone numbers entered here is related to the address provided in the above subsection.
You can enter another On Campus address by clicking on the Add Address link.
Off Campus Section

To add an off campus address you will need to click on the Add Address link in this section.
The section for Faculty and Physicians creates a Business Office section in the person's online profile.
- Add in your address information.
- Enter a street address (2nd line optional), City, State, and Zip Code .
- To delete a currently available off campus address, you can click on the trash can
icon.
- Add some phone information.
- Enter the type of phone number.
- Enter the phone number.
- Enter an extension.
- Click on the Add Phone link to add another phone number. Click on the trash can
icon.
Submit Your Request
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- Down at the bottom of the form, click on the SUBMIT REQUEST button. You can choose to also save a draft (with the SAVE DRAFT button) for later editing or cancel the request with the CANCEL REQUEST button.

