Pediatric Residency Program at NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst

Welcome to the pediatrics residency program at NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, also known as Elmhurst Hospital Center. Located in one of the most ethnically diverse neighborhoods in the entire country, it is a reflection of the city around it. Our program is made up of trainees from more than 21 countries with a wide variety of backgrounds. Our goal is to train pediatric residents to provide compassionate and effective quality care to patients of all ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds.

Through its partnership with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the Elmhurst Pediatrics Residency Program combines exposure to a large urban community hospital with the opportunities and enrichment offered by training at a tertiary-care center.

As a resident in our program, you are welcomed into a professional family that provides support and encouragement. You will receive guidance and mentorship from faculty who take the time to get to know you on a personal level. Our faculty is fully invested in making sure you get the most out of your training. You will train under top clinicians, researchers, and educators.

Our graduates go on to practice all over the country in primary care, subspecialties, and academic medicine.

Curriculum

Our curriculum has been developed to maximize exposure to primary and subspecialty care. Training takes place both at our home institution, Elmhurst Hospital Center, and at Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital. Our academic year is structured in 13 four-week blocks.

PGY-1 Curriculum and Responsibilities

PGY-1 trainees rotate through the inpatient units at Elmhurst and Mount Sinai, the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), the Well Baby Nursery, and the Emergency Department, combined with outpatient exposure to Development and Adolescent clinics.

As a first-year resident, you will be carrying patients supervised by second- and third-years, and by the attendings in the different units.

PGY-2 Curriculum and Responsibilities

PGY-2s start to take more leadership and supervisory roles across the inpatient setting. The PGY-2s are exposed to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). In the second year, we encourage our residents to improve their leadership skills, use elective time to explore future career opportunities, and continue to gain pediatric knowledge.

PGY-3 Curriculum and Responsibilities

PGY-3 trainees are encouraged to develop skills for independent practice, sharpen their career focus, and improve their role as educators with a teaching block.

Call Schedule

The schedule complies with both New York State and Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) duty hour rules. Calls are dependent on the rotation. Most inpatient rotations are on call every fourth day. Some rotations are on a night float system.

When on electives, residents will have shifts in the ED and cross-covering duties.

Primary Care Continuity Clinic

Residents will be assigned to a continuity clinic day and a preceptor for all three years.

Our Primary Care Clinic takes care of families presenting for well-child and urgent visits. We strive for continuity between residents and families, so you can learn and grow along with your tiniest patients.

Electives

You will be able to rotate through the different specialties available at Elmhurst Hospital Center and Mount Sinai Hospital including Endocrinology, Cardiology, Pulmonology, Nephrology, Urology, Dermatology, Advocacy, LGBTQ+, Circumcision, Primary Care, and more. 

Educational Conferences and Sessions

Teaching happens daily through structured conferences or workshops, as well as at the bedside in all clinical settings.

Key educational activities:

• Noon conference
• Combined NICU-OB/GYN conference weekly with attendings from both specialties
• Mount Sinai Grand Rounds weekly (Teleconference)
• Morning report 
  • Case presentations
  • Patient safety presentations
  • Healing morning report (health equity, advocacy)
  • Transfer updates 
• Primary Care Curriculum weekly in clinic groups
• Journal club monthly
• Board Review monthly
• Simulation 
  • In situ code simulation in the ED and the inpatient floor
  • Workshops 
    • Airway
    • Code simulation 
    • Procedures
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
• Advancement days for rising second and third years
• Intern advancement lecture series
• Patient Safety and Quality improvement curriculum

How to Apply

Elmhurst Pediatric Residency was established in 1939, and affiliation with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai was begun in 1964. We have 13 residents per year and two chief residents. We do not offer fast-track or preliminary positions.

First-Year Positions

All applications for the 13 first-year positions are reviewed through the Electronic Residency Application System (ERAS). Our program is listed in ERAS as “Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (NYC Health and Hospitals: Elmhurst), Pediatric Residency Program.”

Applicants should submit:

• Personal statement
• Curriculum vitae
• Photograph
• Medical school transcript
• MSPE letter
• Three letters of recommendation
• USMLE scores through ERAS

Interviews are held from November to January.

All 13 positions are offered prematch during the months of December to February. If a position is offered and accepted, it is a requirement to withdraw from the National Residency Matching Program Match. We offer J-1 and H-1B visas for qualified applicants.

Learn about residency life.