MD/MSCR PORTAL Program

The Patient-Oriented Research Training and Leadership (PORTAL) program is a highly mentored dual degree program that you may be eligible for if you are experienced in the clinical research environment and want to create a foundation for a career in translational research. PORTAL offers you the unique opportunity to earn a dual MD/MSCR degree.

The program is designed to encourage the career development of medical students who seek to become leaders as physician-scientists in translational clinical research. Through our multidisciplinary approach, as a student in the PORTAL program you obtain rigorous didactic and practical training in the field of clinical investigation from the very beginning.

Program Objectives

The PORTAL program guides you in designing and conducting original research studies, leading to new approaches to the prevention, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of disease. This comprehensive dual degree program prepares you for a future as lifelong learner and for a career     in academia, research institutes, industry, or regulatory agencies.

Admissions Requirements

Applications to PORTAL will be accepted from our first-year students. Successful applicants will begin the program during their second year at ISMMS. Applicants are expected to have substantial clinical or translational research experience. We base all decisions on merit and without discrimination because of race, sex, color, creed, age, national origin, handicap, veteran status, marital status, or sexual orientation.

PORTAL Leadership & Staff

PORTAL leadership and staff include those who work across all of our clinical research programs, as well as those dedicated to PORTAL specifically. Our program provides you with diverse and extraordinary expertise in clinical research.

Director, Medical Student Research
Associate Professor of Medical Education
mary.rojas@mssm.edu

Co-Director, PORTAL Program (MD/MSCR)
Associate Director, Medical Student Research
Associate Professor of Medicine 
keith.sigel@mssm.edu

Director, MSCR Program
Co-Program Director, PORTAL
Professor of Medicine
janice.gabrilove@mssm.edu

Professor and Vice Chair, Population Health Science and Policy
Co-Director, MSCR Program
Co-Director, PORTAL Program
alan.moskowitz@mssm.edu

Program Administrator
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Department of Medical Education, Box 1255
Tel: 212-241-4429
Fax: 212-241-4288
medicalstudentresearch@mssm.edu