Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at The Mount Sinai Hospital

The Critical Care Medicine fellowship at The Mount Sinai Hospital is a two-year program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) that has trained world-class intensivists for over 40 years. Our fellows learn from faculty and fellows with specialty training in internal medicine, cardiology, infectious diseases, nephrology, pulmonary medicine, emergency medicine, neurology, and anesthesiology. Each fellow is mentored clinically and academically, and our program is designed to help foster future leaders in critical care.

The Mount Sinai Health System is one of the few hospital networks overseen by

a critical care organization, the Institute for Critical Care Medicine, which coordinates critical care services throughout the Health System. In addition to all adult intensive care units (ICU), these services include Rapid Response, the Night Intensive Care, Nutrition Support, Patient Safety and Quality, and Artificial Intelligence and Informatics. This creates outstanding opportunities for fellows to learn about the organization and the administration of critical care and emerging applications of artificial intelligence in critical care.

The Critical Care Medicine fellowship offers 8-15 positions per year to those who have completed an ACGME residency in either internal medicine or emergency medicine. A one-year fellowship is available to internal medicine-trained applicants who have completed a two- or three-year fellowship in an internal medicine subspecialty. Integrated three-year tracks in infectious disease/critical care and nephrology/critical care are also available at The Mount Sinai Hospital. We accept J1 visas and H1-B visas.

Mission Statement:

The critical care medicine fellowship at The Mount Sinai Hospital is committed to providing outstanding clinical and academic training that delivers the highest quality care to critically ill patients across the Mount Sinai Health System. Our multidisciplinary approach to each patient ensures all aspects of the patient care are addressed. We strive to develop future leaders in critical care who constantly strive to improve the quality of patient care and promote education. We encourage fellows to pursue leadership opportunities, provide mentorship, and lifelong career guidance.

How To Apply

Application, Interviews, and Match:

Fellowship applications are accepted through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). Please visit the ERAS website for application requirements and deadlines at here. We participate in the National Resident Matching Program and offer an internal medicine track and emergency medicine track.

Fellows are exposed to medical, surgical, transplant, neurosurgery, cardiac, cardiothoracic, oncology, obstetrical, and trauma patients. The units are closed-type, and fellows either perform or supervise procedures. In addition to intubation, venous and arterial line insertion, chest tubes, and bronchoscopy, fellows also learn percutaneous tracheostomy, transvenous pacemaker placement, and pulmonary artery catheter insertion. Further, they learn about nutrition in critical illness as they write parenteral nutrition orders for ICU and short bowel syndrome patients under the guidance of nutritionists, pharmacists, and a critical care attending. They also learn to manage and write orders for Continuous Veno-Venous Hemofiltration and rotate on the Central Venous Access Service (CVAS) and perform approximately 2000 lines/year on CVAS alone: triple lumen catheter, large bore dual lumen catheters (dialysis, stem cell harvesting, plasmapheresis), and peripherally inserted central catheters on (non-ICU) inpatient and outpatients. Additional rotations include the rapid response team. Rotations occur in a diverse range of health care settings, including quaternary care, veteran’s affair, city, and community hospitals.

Education is extensive and includes an introduction to critical care medicine bootcamp, simulation sessions, and lectures throughout the year. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai offers the state-of-the-art Simulation Teaching and Research (STAR) Center, equipped with multiple high-fidelity simulation manakins, two large critical care simulation bays with full audio/visual equipment, including intracranial pressure monitoring, chest tube insertion, percutaneous tracheostomy, ventilator management, transesophageal echocardiogram, transvenous pacemaker, and pulmonary artery catheter placement\interpretation.

Every month, critical care fellows spend three hours mastering critical care techniques in the STAR Center. Faculty members are available during scheduled training sessions to instruct fellows on critical care procedures. In addition, junior and senior fellows work together in assigned training sessions to enhance collaboration and communication skills. Fellows interested in medical education can help design simulations and learn how to run simulations. We offer a quality improvement rotation that allows fellows to participate in quality improvement initiatives. Both local and Institute for Critical Care Medicine-wide research meetings occur regularly, and all fellows can participate in a number of research projects or design their own projects.

Mount Sinai Health System Health Profession Educator Pathway (HPEP) for Fellows

The Health Profession Educator Pathway is a 12-month course delivered by expert Mount Sinai faculty via virtual, asynchronous, and in-person education modules that prepare fellows for careers as clinician educators. Graduates acquire foundational knowledge, develop experience in the method and practice of teaching health care providers, and secure desired clinician educator faculty positions. Nationwide, this is a unique and rare preparatory opportunity for fellows launching careers in clinician education. Monthly time commitment for education modules is three to four hours. Enrolled scholars will devise and implement a medical education scholarly project in parallel with the course. Scholars are responsible for identifying a local faculty mentor who will oversee the design, implementation, and reporting of their project. Additional mentorship will be provided by the program’s course faculty and mentors.

Graduate Medical Education Leadership Development Program

The Graduate Medical Education Leadership Development Program is a year-long program open to house staff. Endorsed by our education directors, the program underscores Mount Sinai's commitment to providing trainees with a comprehensive learning experience and actionable tools for success. The primary objective of the program is to enhance participants' critical self-awareness of leadership behavior and to further cultivate skills and strategies for more effective engagement in various professional and interprofessional team environments.

The program curriculum addresses topics immediately relevant to your professional life, including leadership skill-building, team effectiveness, conflict management, communication and feedback, diversity and inclusion, as well as personal wellness and development.

Fellow Well-Being

The well-being of our fellows is a foundational priority of the Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at Mount Sinai. Recognizing the intensity and emotional demands of critical care, we have long championed a culture of wellness—well before it became a national focus. Our program includes a dedicated Critical Care Wellness Champion who leads structured initiatives to support emotional resilience, work-life balance, peer connection, and psychological safety. Fellows benefit from regular wellness check-ins, protected time for self-care, and access to institutional mental health resources. We are proud to foster an environment where trainees feel supported, valued, and equipped to thrive both personally and professionally.