Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Program

Preventative Medicine (Gen Prev Med, Occ Med, Aer Med, & Pub Hlth) Analyst Verified · Jul 1, 2022

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Program

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Program is a residency program specializing in Preventative Medicine (Gen Prev Med, Occ Med, Aer Med, & Pub Hlth), located in New York, New York, directed by Kristin Oliver and coordinated by Erika Molina. The program accepts applications through December 31, 2026. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at [email protected] or (212) 824-7348. 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

This is a two-year academic Public Health and General Preventive Medicine residency built around a mandatory MPH at the Icahn School of Medicine, combining population health coursework with rotations spanning a longitudinal VA-based preventive medicine practice (tobacco cessation, weight management, PrEP, quality improvement), a two-month NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene practicum, and a health equity/health literacy rotation at Federally Qualified Health Centers. The program is explicitly individualized, requiring residents to develop a personal educational plan with the director while also mandating rotational diversity across clinical, governmental, and community-health settings. Its structure signals value for applicants oriented toward systems-level public health work, health equity, and quality improvement rather than traditional inpatient clinical practice, with graduates dispersing into city/state/federal health agencies, academic preventive medicine, and lifestyle/clinical practice roles. Scholarly output centers on applied population health topics (vaccine hesitancy, COVID exposure risk, cancer screening access, immigrant health access) rather than bench or translational science.

Who it fits

A physician with prior clinical residency training who has pivoted toward population-level health systems work, evidenced by ERAS experiences in public health practicum, health department fieldwork, community health equity initiatives, or health policy/QI projects, and who is seeking board eligibility in Preventive Medicine alongside an MPH.

Research intensity

Moderate - applied population health scholarship (publications, national conference presentations) is expected and integrated into rotations, but the program is not laboratory or grant-driven.

Career orientation

Mixed - Academic Medicine, Community Practice, Other (public health agency/government leadership roles)

Important

Applicants must have completed at least one full year in an ACGME-accredited clinical program with 10 months of direct patient care, and the program states it prefers applicants who have completed full residency training in a clinical field.

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