MSH Internal Medicine Residency | Icahn School of Medicine

The Mount Sinai Internal Medicine Residency Program trains exceptional physicians and physician-scientists through a curriculum that fosters intellectual curiosity and compassionate patient care, all within a deeply supportive environment. Our goal is to develop doctors who demonstrate clinical excellence, lead in academia, and serve their communities. Whether pursuing fellowship or entering practice, our graduates are fully prepared to meet the challenges of 21st Century medicine.

Three core initiatives anchor the daily training experience as an Internal Medicine resident: Wellness in Medicine, Quality Improvement, and Evidence-Based Medicine.

Wellness in Medicine

Our residency program places a strong emphasis on supporting the wellness of our residents. Our resident-run Wellness Committee and Wellness Champion faculty organize frequent events and host monthly mindfulness conferences. Our residents are also enrolled in a wellness advisor program that provides check-ins and access to mental health resources. Throughout the year, we host an array of social opportunities to further promote collegial connection and well-being.

Quality Improvement

The rapidly evolving landscape of health care requires that we train future leaders who have a firm foundation in the concepts of quality improvement and patient safety. To this end, our residents engage in a monthly conference that examines root cause analyses of medical errors, encouraging open discussion without blame.

Residents also participate in a longitudinal outpatient quality improvement project led by PGY-2s in partnership with ambulatory leadership. As part of their outpatient education, PGY-2s additionally engage in a mortality review curriculum. Other quality improvement and patient safety projects are encouraged and mentored by hospital quality leaders and chief residents, and we host bimonthly resident quality improvement workshops.

Evidence-Based Medicine

Our program emphasizes evidence-based medicine (EBM), and the components of it are woven throughout our residents’ training. Our curriculum emphasizes skills in critical appraisal and evidence summary. It includes journal clubs for interns and residents during inpatient rotations, evidence-based medicine seminars for residents during outpatient rotations, and incorporation of EBM skills into inpatient Morning Report, a collaborative venue where residents discuss general case management and the evidence that supports their clinical decision-making.

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Meet the Director

Sreekala Raghavan, MD

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Medicine, General Internal Medicine

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Medical Education

Discover how Dr. Raghavan combines leadership in medical education with a sustained commitment to evidence-based training, mentorship, and resident development.

Message From the Director

Career Development

At Mount Sinai, many of our residents contribute to scholarly work by the time they leave, and once graduated, enter prestigious fellowship programs across the country and around the world.

Each intern is assigned an advisor within the program who provides them with semi-annual feedback, including a review of faculty and peer evaluations, career goals, and scholarly progress. This advisor serves as a mentor for our residents’ professional development throughout their three years at Mount Sinai. Additional seminars on fellowship applications and future career planning are held regularly for our residents.

Research opportunities with world-renowned faculty are one of the many reasons residency applicants chose Mount Sinai. With more than $150 million in grants, Mount Sinai’s Department of Medicine ranks in the top 15 of National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded academic medicine departments. Our state-of-the-art core facility in genomic and proteomic medicine has facilitated the development of a broad precision medicine program that crosses all subspecialties and is housed within the Department of Medicine.

All internal medicine residents participate in scholarly activity during their training. Our residents become an integral part of the discovery process in areas such as immunology/immunotherapy, fibrosis, inflammation, the study of the microbiome, and how big data can be utilized to produce individualized therapies and treatments for patients suffering from a range of diseases. Starting in their internship year, our residents can meet with our Associate Program Director for Research, who will help connect them to a research mentor who shares similar interests.

Each spring, research efforts culminate in our Department of Medicine Research Day, where residents present their data in oral and poster format. A guest speaker is chosen each year to demonstrate the evolving role of translational science. Many of our residents also go on to present their research at national conferences and publish their work in high-impact journals.

Elective months play a critical role in our residents’ training, as they help residents gain insight into possible future careers. The Department of Medicine offers electives in Cardiology, Clinical Immunology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, Hospital Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Liver Diseases, Medical Genomics, Medical Informatics, Nephrology, Pulmonary Medicine/Critical Care, Rheumatology, Transfusion Medicine, and more. Residents may choose to explore either inpatient consultation or outpatient electives.

We are proud to say that a large majority of our residents successfully compete for elite fellowship positions. In preparation for the fellowship application season, our leadership supports every resident both before and during this process.

For residents choosing to remain in primary care and wishing to gain further expertise, or interested in pursuing a career in academic medicine, we make special efforts to find general medicine fellowships. For residents pursuing a career in hospital medicine, we offer a unique CHAMP (Career Hospitalist Advisement and Mentorship Program) initiative that provides mentorship and job application assistance. The Department of Medicine additionally continues to work with its residents beyond training, assisting them with career decisions after residency.

We accept applications through the Electronic Residency Application Service®. All offers for Internal Medicine residency positions are provided through the NRMP.

Training Sites

The Mount Sinai Hospital

NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst

James J. Peters Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Hear From Our Residency Alumni

Supreet Singh, MD

“At Mount Sinai, the learning opportunities are endless. You receive constant mentorship from leading experts, which has made it the best place to train. I was proud to call Mount Sinai home.”

Supreet Singh, MD

“At Mount Sinai, the learning opportunities are endless. You receive constant mentorship from leading experts, which has made it the best place to train. I was proud to call Mount Sinai home.”

Lodoe Sangmo, MD

“Mount Sinai encompasses everything I would want in an internal medicine residency program—I wouldn’t hesitate to choose it again! My incredible co-residents not only pushed me to become a better doctor but also provided the support so vital during residency.”

Supreet Singh, MD

“At Mount Sinai, the learning opportunities are endless. You receive constant mentorship from leading experts, which has made it the best place to train. I was proud to call Mount Sinai home.”

Lodoe Sangmo, MD

Janhawi Kelkar, MD

“I have always loved medical genetics. But in choosing my specialty, I was torn between genetics and adult medicine. When I learned about the combined Internal Medicine-Medical Genetics residency at Mount Sinai, it felt like a perfect fit.”