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

Pediatrics Analyst Verified · Oct 3, 2026

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

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai-NYC Health and Hospitals Elmhurst Program is a residency program specializing in Pediatrics, located in Elmhurst, New York, directed by Megan Khariton, DO, MSEd and coordinated by Ligia Ruiz. The program accepts applications through December 1, 2026. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at ligia.ruiz@nychhc.org or (718) 334-3380. 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

Elmhurst Pediatrics is a community-hospital-based program serving one of the most ethnically diverse, immigrant-heavy neighborhoods in the country, paired academically with Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital for tertiary-care and subspecialty exposure. The curriculum balances high-volume primary care continuity clinic and ED experience at a safety-net public hospital with structured PICU/NICU rotations at the Sinai tertiary site, and a health-equity/advocacy thread runs through conferences ("Healing morning report"). Research exists as an elective option rather than a required or central component, and graduates disperse broadly into primary care, academic medicine, and subspecialty fellowship, indicating no single dominant career track is enforced. The program explicitly values residents who thrive in a globally diverse, socio-economically varied patient population and who want both community pediatrics grounding and access to an academic subspecialty network, and it notably fills all positions pre-match, signaling it seeks candidates with strong, specific interest in this exact site rather than broad Match-list hedging.

Who it fits
An applicant whose ERAS narrative centers on caring for immigrant, multicultural, or underserved urban pediatric populations and who wants a community-rooted continuity-clinic experience with a credible bridge to subspecialty fellowship or academic pediatrics, rather than a research-heavy or rural-focused trajectory.
Research intensity
Low - Research is offered as one elective option among many rather than an expected or emphasized component of training.
Career orientation
Mixed - Primary Care, Fellowship, Academic Medicine
Important
All 13 first-year positions are filled through a pre-match process, and accepted applicants must withdraw from the NRMP Match rather than matching through the standard process.

Pediatrics

Name/ID

IMG %

Deadline

State

Accreditation Status

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai-NYC Health and Hospitals Elmhurst Program
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IMG % IMG %

12/01/2026
55 days left

NY

N/A

Deadline 12/01/2026 55 days left
Accreditation Status N/A
SCORE
USMLE STEP 1
USMLE STEP 1
USMLE STEP 2
USMLE STEP 2

SCORE NOTES

VISA POLICY

VISA

GRADUATION CUT OFF

GRADUATION CUT OFF

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

ECFMG CERTIFICATE

ECFMG CERTIFICATE

PROGRAM MISSION STATEMENT

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CURRENT RESIDENTS
Program Director
Name: Megan Khariton, DO, MSEd
Program Coordinator
Name: Ligia Ruiz Email: ligia.ruiz@nychhc.org Phone: (718) 334-3380 Address: 79-01 Broadway,Elmhurst
Program Website
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