Our two-year Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at The Mount Sinai Hospital is one of the oldest critical care fellowships in the nation. More than 250 fellows have graduated from the program and have gone on to distinguished careers throughout the world.
Our Location
Mount Sinai is located in the heart of Manhattan and serves a patient population as diverse as the city itself. We see a wide variety of pathology, which provides our fellows with the experience required to practice critical care medicine anywhere in the world. In addition to a diverse patient population, New York City offers a wide range of activities for your off-duty time.
Training
During the two-year training, our fellows rotate through multiple intensive care units (ICUs). You will work alongside advanced care practitioners, nurses, attendings, technicians, residents, and pharmacists as you learn how to approach critically ill patients with a multidisciplinary approach.
Most of the core rotations take place at The Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, though a few take place at other locations (as noted). The core rotations include:
- Neurosciences ICU
- Cardiovascular ICU
- Cardiothoracic ICU
- Transplant ICU
- Surgical ICU
- Surgical/Trauma ICU at Elmhurst Hospital Center (Queens)
- Medical/Surgical ICU at the James J. Peters VAMedical Center (Bronx)
- Rapid response team
In addition to these rotations, you may also elect to participate in rotations such as:
- Airway management
- Bronchoscopy
- Echocardiography
- Neuroradiology
- Ultrasound
We help our fellows prepare for board examinations by providing protected time for board review led by faculty members, as well as conference lectures taught by our own faculty and invited faculty members from around the world.
In addition, we train our fellows in writing your own PPN/TPN orders while working with ICU dietitians and pharmacists. You will gain extensive experience with continuous veno-venous hemofiltration (CVVH) as a temporary treatment for patients with acute renal failure. You will serve as the primary manager of CVVH for your patients.
Research is also a focus of our training. We encourage and support our fellows in asking research questions, developing scientific studies, and producing high-quality scientific writing either for scientific journals or for chapters in books written by our faculty members.
We also enable fellows interested in academia to develop their teaching skills. In our program, you will have the opportunity to teach co-fellows, residents, and medical students through their own presentations, at our Simulation lab, and via hands-on training.
Career development
At Mount Sinai, we pride ourselves on preparing our fellows for their careers, including extensive focus on career development. Each fellow receives a mentor within the program; that mentor and other faculty members work closely with you to help you develop your career, whether your focus is clinical work, research, or a combination of the two. We emphasize the importance of both arenas in becoming a well-rounded critical care physician.
Diversity
The Mount Sinai Health System stands firmly for diversity, equity, and inclusion, and against all forms of bias, discrimination, and hatred. Our United in Solidarity website seeks to connect, inform, and engage the Mount Sinai community on issues pertaining to Black Lives Matter and efforts to instill an anti-racist culture.
How to Apply
We accept applications from people who have completed or are in the process of completing a three-year program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Internal Medicine residency program or a U.S.-accredited emergency medicine residency program. The program offers a one-year training track for those in the process of or who have completed an internal medicine subspecialty training.
We accept applications through the Electronic Residency Application Service. Please submit the following:
- United States Medical Licensing Examination or Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination scores
- Three letters of reference (one from your program director, even if you have already completed your residency)
- Personal statement
- Medical school transcripts (international transcripts must be translated into English)
- Medical Student Performance Evaluation (dean’s letter)
- Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates certificate, if applicable
- Curriculum vitae, with no gaps in training or work since graduation
- Recent photo
International applicants must meet these additional requirements:
- Report scores for United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1, USMLE Step 2, USMLE Step 2CS, and USMLE Step 3
- Verify Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates certification
The program does sponsor J-1 and H1-B visas.