New York Presbyterian Hospital Cornell Campus Program

Preventative Medicine (Gen Prev Med, Occ Med, Aer Med, & Pub Hlth) Analyst Verified · Dec 6, 2021

New York Presbyterian Hospital Cornell Campus Program

New York Presbyterian Hospital Cornell Campus 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 Alvin Mushlin and coordinated by Esther Rodriguez. The program accepts applications through January 29, 2027. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at [email protected] or (646) 962-8013. 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 ACGME-accredited Public Health and General Preventive Medicine residency housed within Weill Cornell Medicine's Department of Population Health Sciences, designed explicitly for physicians who have already completed clinical residency (in fields such as Pediatrics, Medicine, or Surgery) and seek additional formal training in public health leadership. The program is structurally research- and academia-oriented: residents complete a funded master's degree (Health Policy & Economics, Biostatistics & Data Science, or Health Informatics & AI) alongside clinical and educational activities, embedded in a department with extensive comparative-effectiveness, health-services-research, and health-economics infrastructure, active NIH/industry collaborations, and a large dedicated research staff. Its identity centers on producing physician-leaders for academic medicine, health policy, and advocacy rather than clinical preventive-medicine practice, leveraging Cornell/Cornell Tech ties and hospital-wide interventional and outcomes-research programs. The department clearly values applicants with demonstrable interest in equity-focused, informatics-driven, or policy-oriented population health work, evidenced by resident spotlights pursuing informatics/AI master's tracks alongside residency.

Who it fits

A physician who has completed a categorical residency (e.g., internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery) and now seeks to pivot toward population health leadership, pairing clinical training with a rigorous master's-level research or informatics credential en route to academic medicine, policy, or public health leadership roles.

Research intensity

Central - the program is embedded in a research-intensive department and requires concurrent completion of a master's degree with a mentored research/capstone project.

Career orientation

Academic Medicine

Important

The program states its ideal candidate is a graduate of a prior clinical residency (in Pediatrics, Medicine, or Surgery) seeking additional preventive medicine training, and requires Program Director letters from each prior residency training program attended plus a detailed statement of interest in public health/preventive medicine.

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