Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai-NYC Health and Hospitals Queens Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a municipal, safety-net internal medicine program at NYC Health+Hospitals/Queens, academically sponsored and staffed by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, serving a culturally and economically diverse borough population with high inpatient, ED, and clinic volumes (16,000+ admissions, 90,000+ ED visits, 300,000+ clinic visits annually). The program emphasizes structured, longitudinal career mentorship beginning in PGY-1 to guide residents toward fellowship, hospitalist, or primary care paths, supported by full-time academic faculty, a simulation lab, and Mount Sinai teleconferencing. Research and scholarly output are integrated and expected rather than incidental, with residents regularly presenting and publishing, though the program's stated outcomes emphasize board pass rates and career placement (hospital medicine, primary care, fellowship) over a dominant academic/physician-scientist identity. The program values collegiality, resident retention (graduates returning as faculty), and a balance of supervision with autonomy in a high-volume, underserved clinical environment.