Holy Name Medical Center Program

Internal Medicine Analyst Verified · Jun 29, 2025

Holy Name Medical Center Program

Holy Name Medical Center Program is a residency program specializing in Internal Medicine, located in Teaneck, New Jersey, directed by Victoria C. Costales, MD, MPH and coordinated by Sherry Williams. The program accepts applications through December 1, 2026. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at [email protected]. IMGPrep analysts have verified and compiled this program’s IMG acceptance rate, USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 score requirements, Visa Sponsorship Policy, graduation year cutoff, and ECFMG certificate requirements — available to IMGPrep subscribers.

Program Identity & Fit

Holy Name is a faith-based, community teaching hospital in Teaneck, NJ whose Internal Medicine Residency is organized around a 4+2 block model that deliberately separates inpatient and continuity-clinic responsibilities to protect resident wellbeing and personal development time. The program frames itself around "Career/Calling" and wellness-oriented curriculum threads, social accountability for underserved patients and health disparities, and a required scholarly activity component (a research abstract or two clinical/QI abstracts) supported financially through mentorship with core faculty. Its identity is explicitly holistic and mission-driven rather than tertiary-research-flagship, emphasizing sustainable, compassionate long-term careers over high-volume subspecialty production, while still maintaining an active Institute for Clinical Research infrastructure across cardiology, oncology, ID, and GI. The program values well-rounded, reflective residents oriented toward lifelong learning, community service, and personal wellbeing alongside clinical competence.

Who it fits

An applicant whose ERAS narrative centers on holistic patient care, community service, and personal/professional wellbeing rather than pure research or subspecialty prestige will find the most natural resonance here.

Research intensity

Moderate - scholarly activity (a research abstract or two clinical/QI abstracts) is required of all residents and financially supported, but the program's identity is not primarily research-driven.

Career orientation

Mixed - Community Practice, Fellowship

Important

The program participates in preference signaling and states it preferentially reviews applications from those who signal the program, while still considering non-signaling applicants.

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