Why Choose Mount Sinai?
Let’s face it – trying to decide where to spend your residency can be complicated and numerous factors play a role in that decision. However, at Mount Sinai, we offer a robust combination of a top-notch medical education, the opportunity to work with some of the world’s best clinicians and researchers, and a wide range of career development and mentoring opportunities. And we are based in the greatest, most culturally-vibrant city in the world.
Reputation
The Icahn School of Medicine has historically ranked in the top 20 of all accredited U.S. Medical Schools in the U.S. News & World Report annual survey on “America’s Best Graduate Schools.” The Department of Medicine is ranked 11th in NIH funding nationwide, with over $120 million in grants.
In its “Best Hospitals” issue for 2024-2025, U.S. News & World Report ranked multiple divisions in the Department of Medicine as leading locations for sub-specialty care, including Geriatrics, Gastroenterology, Cancer, Cardiology, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Pulmonology. These rankings exemplify our commitment to patient care and the education of our trainees.
But these numbers don't tell the whole story. Our program is considered by national leaders in medical education to be highly rigorous, providing excellent foundational training for any subspecialty in a highly supportive environment.
Location
Mount Sinai is unique because it is located at the crossroads of one of the richest areas in the United States and one of the poorest. This nexus allows for an amazingly diverse patient population that is both highly demanding and highly in need of medical services. And this offers you a unique opportunity for your training—one that most physicians don't get in their entire careers.
And of course, as a resident at Mount Sinai you will live in New York City—one of the greatest, most diverse, and exciting cities in the world. Physically, our main campus is right next to Central Park, which provides a quick escape into natural beauty for runs, walks, bike rides or just relaxation. Residents can participate in all the cultural and recreational activities that New York City can offer: theater, museums, music, restaurants, and sporting events.
Diversity of Experience
With three main training locations, you will be exposed to a wide array of patients that most trainees don’t see until later in their careers.
The Mount Sinai Hospital
Founded in 1852, The Mount Sinai Hospital is a 1,139-bed urban hospital known internationally for delivering the most sophisticated and advanced medical care available. The Mount Sinai Hospital provides primary and secondary care to local residents, as well as tertiary care to patients referred from around the world. Located on the borders of East Harlem, one of the poorest communities in the nation, and the Upper East Side, one of the wealthiest, Mount Sinai attracts an incredibly diverse patient population.
Elmhurst Hospital Center
Elmhurst Hospital is a 618-bed municipal hospital located in Queens. It maintains a close affiliation with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and is located in the most ethnically diverse square mile in the world. There are over 100 translators on staff at Elmhurst for nearly 85 different languages. Because of this unique patient population, Elmhurst offers a very special opportunity to care for patients with diseases rarely seen in other hospitals in the United States. The hospital provides all levels of care to over one million residents of Western Queens. The emergency room and outpatient clinics are among the busiest in New York City.
James J. Peters Veterans Administration Medical Center
The VA Medical Center in the Bronx is the oldest VA facility in New York City, celebrating over 75 years of service to those who have served our country. Today the VAMC has 311 hospital beds and 120 nursing home beds and operates several regional referral points including a Spinal Cord Injury Unit. The rotation experience at the VAMC offers an opportunity for teaching particularly in the fields of psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, oncology, and geriatrics and palliative care. It also offers our trainees an extensive simulation experience.
Career Development
At Mount Sinai, we provide a well-rounded and comprehensive training program that encompasses all aspects of academic medicine. We consider it a point of pride that so many of our residents have not only published major papers by the time they leave us, but also end up in prestigious fellowship programs throughout the country and around the world.
Unique Curriculum
As a member of Mount Sinai's Internal Medicine Residency Program, you will have the chance to take part in unique medical curricula, which will further enhance your education. We have three main programs that are woven into your day-to-day training: Wellness in Medicine, Quality Improvement, and Evidence-Based Medicine.
Wellness in Medicine
Our residency program places a strong value on the wellness of our residents. Led by our resident-run Wellness Committee and Dr. Aveena Kochar, the Wellness Champion for our internal medicine residency program, we organize frequent wellness events to improve the well-being of our residents. We host mindfulness and meditation conferences, and inpatient visits from our hospital dog, Moby! Every resident is automatically enrolled in an "opt-out" wellness advisor program to check in and to offer mental health resources. We host an array of social events throughout the year, including ice-cream socials, Friday happy hours, a Halloween party, a holiday party, and a graduation party. We also plan barbecues to support our top-notch residency softball team!
Quality Improvement
The ever-changing landscape in American health care requires that we train future leaders who have a firm foundation in the concepts of quality improvement and patient safety. Housestaff officers are exposed to the following throughout their training:
● A monthly conference to highlight medical errors and discuss them openly and without blame, while performing a root cause analysis;
● A PGY-2 led outpatient quality improvement project run by residents in conjunction with their outpatient education. Projects in the past have included increasing healthcare proxy documentation and colon cancer screening with stool DNA testing.
● Other quality improvement and patient safety projects are actively encouraged and mentored in the housestaff quality committee — grant funding is available for quality-related research projects.
Evidence-Based Medicine
Our training program emphasizes evidence-based medicine (EBM). The multiple components of our EBM curriculum are woven into the overall residency to optimize learning and retention. The EBM curriculum emphasizes skills in critical appraisal, filtered resource utilization, and evidence summary. It includes small group journal clubs for interns and residents during outpatient rotations, EBM seminars for residents, small seminars in cost-effectiveness analysis, and incorporation of EBM skills into inpatient morning report.
Contact Us
MSH Internal Medicine Residency Office residency@mssm.edu
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