Our residency program offers concurrent academic and practicum phases throughout both years of training, designed to build expertise progressively while providing hands-on experience.

During the first year, residents evaluate occupational medicine patients and develop a longitudinal patient panel at the Mount Sinai Selikoff Centers for Occupational Health. Through the program’s core clinical rotations, our residents gain experience in diagnosing and treating common occupational conditions, caring for workers with occupational exposures, and conducting workplace suitability assessments. Residents also complete select outpatient electives in other Mount Sinai departments that provide additional clinical experience in managing common occupational illnesses and injuries. Simultaneously, they begin coursework in the Master of Public Health (MPH) program, focusing on epidemiology, biostatistics, health care organization, and behavioral sciences. Residents who already possess an MPH (or comparable degree) will have their coursework transcripts reviewed to ensure that all relevant core competencies have been met and may be asked to audit additional coursework relevant to occupational health.

The second year builds upon these skills with advanced clinical and external practicum rotations at:

• New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (occupational and environmental health)
• New York Occupational Safety and Health Administration (governmental regulations and law)
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (medical center occupational health)
• Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) (clinical occupational medicine)
• BASF and Con Edison (corporate occupational medicine practice)

Residents can also take elective rotations tailored to their interests and career goals at numerous sites in New York. Throughout both years, trainees gain an interdisciplinary understanding of the field by working alongside departmental faculty, clinic staff, social workers, industrial hygienists, and ergonomists in our continuity clinic for injured or ill workers.

Our didactic curriculum emphasizes performance and practice of clinical occupational medicine, hazard identification and mitigation, health care administration, and research. Core didactic components include regular journal club sessions, departmental lectures, and case conferences that address both foundational and innovative topics in occupational and environmental medicine. These educational sessions are complemented by interdisciplinary coursework and site visits with other trainees from the New York and New Jersey Education and Research Center.

Second-year residents assist with teaching first-year Mount Sinai residents, visiting residents from preventive medicine and primary care programs throughout New York City, and medical students interested in occupational and environmental medicine as a specialty.

The research environment at the Department of Environmental Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ensures residents have access to cutting-edge resources and guidance throughout their investigative work.

During their first year, residents initiate research projects related to their interests in occupational and environmental medicine. Residents who already possess an MPH will complete a research project based on their specific interests within the field. The second year culminates in a capstone experience typically related to the research project begun during your first year, allowing trainees to develop and demonstrate their ability to conduct independent, meaningful research in occupational and environmental medicine. All residents must present their research projects during departmental grand rounds at the end of their training.

Through the New York and New Jersey Education and Research Center, competitive funding is available for resident research projects with close mentoring by departmental faculty who are leaders in their respective areas of expertise.

We accept applications through the Electronic Residency Application Service® (ERAS®). Our admissions committee reviews completed applications, invites selected applicants for interviews in the fall, and makes decision announcements in mid-December.

To be eligible for our program, residents must have completed at least one year of an ACGME-approved residency, be a United States citizen or have permanent resident status, and be eligible for a New York State license.

To apply, residents must submit:

• A completed ERAS application
• Curriculum vitae
• Recommendation/assessment letter from your clinical residency program director(s)
• Two additional, recent letters of recommendation
• ACGME Core Competencies Form
• Personal statement outlining your career goals and learning plan
• Final medical school transcript
• United States Medical Licensing Exams (USMLE) Steps I, II, and III scores (Note: Passage of USMLE III prior to the National Resident Matching Program deadline is strongly suggested)
• Original Medical School Performance Evaluation
• If you are a graduate of a foreign medical school, a copy of your Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates certificate

Benefits

As a resident, you receive a competitive salary along with Mount Sinai's comprehensive compensation package, including health insurance, prescription drug coverage, dental and optical benefits, life insurance, disability coverage, and worker's compensation. Additional benefits include a dependent care reimbursement account, discounted automobile insurance, 20 paid vacation days, 12 sick days, and the option to invest a portion of your salary on a tax-deferred basis.