Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai-Morningside-West Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a university-affiliated, four-year categorical anesthesiology program based at two Mount Sinai teaching hospitals (Morningside and West) in New York City, with an identity built around regional anesthesiology strength, graduated clinical autonomy, and a deliberately supportive, mentorship-heavy culture. Residents rotate through subspecialty-dense sites in CA-2/CA-3 (Mount Sinai Hospital, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, Memorial Sloan Kettering) for pediatric, cardiac, thoracic, and liver transplant exposure, and the program maintains four structured, elective specialty tracks (Eliasberg Research, Clinician Educator, Global Health, Advocacy) that let residents shape a scholarly, teaching, international, or policy identity alongside core clinical training. Research is resourced and mentored but not obligatory, positioning the program to produce both community/fellowship-bound clinicians and academically-oriented anesthesiologists depending on track choice. The program explicitly values resident well-being, longitudinal relationships with faculty, and self-directed pursuit of individual interests (union involvement, legislative advocacy, global health missions), signaling a preference for residents who will actively engage with and shape the program rather than passively complete requirements.