Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai-Mount Sinai Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a large academic, tertiary/quaternary pathology program within the Mount Sinai Health System, structured around a subspecialty sign-out model in surgical pathology with supplemental general pathology exposure at the VA and forensic training through the NYC Medical Examiner's Office. The program offers unusual track flexibility (AP/CP, AP-only, CP-only, AP/NP, and a dedicated physician-scientist track, PSTEP) and has built distinctive infrastructure around digital pathology/AI, a rapid autopsy program that fed directly into COVID-19 research, and new test development in clinical laboratories. Research is deeply embedded rather than peripheral: PSTEP offers up to a year of protected time, guaranteed lab access across the Icahn School's research enterprise, K-award mentoring support, and preference for internal fellowship placement, while even standard-track residents are expected to complete scholarly activity. Graduate outcomes skew heavily toward subspecialty fellowship training (about half pursue general/oncologic surgical pathology fellowships, with GI/liver, cytopathology, dermpath, and hematopathology also common) at top-tier academic centers, indicating the program values residents oriented toward subspecialization and academic pathology careers rather than community generalist practice.