Hackensack Meridian Health-Palisades Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

Palisades Medical Center's Internal Medicine Residency is a community-based, Hackensack Meridian Health-affiliated program in North Bergen, NJ, with 30 residents and a strong history of training international medical graduates alongside US graduates. The program balances hospital medicine and primary care training with a consistent fellowship placement track record, sending graduates into cardiology, gastroenterology, hematology/oncology, endocrinology, geriatrics, addiction medicine, and palliative care. Its culture is described as resident-driven and family-oriented, with faculty mentorship tailored to individual career goals rather than a singular research or academic mandate, and outcomes show graduates moving into academic medicine, hospitalist roles, ambulatory/private practice, and fellowship in roughly even measure. The program appears to value adaptability and collegiality over a narrow research or subspecialty focus, functioning as a broad launching pad for varied IM career paths.