1. Residencies & Fellowship Programs

Residency Programs

Categorical Residency Program
Primary Care Track and Primary Care/Geriatrics Residency Program
ABIM Research Track
Internal Medicine/Medical Genetics Residency Program

The Department of Medicine’s Internal Residency Program focuses on building the clinical skills, knowledge, leadership, and humanistic qualities of the internist.

Our Educational Approach

Our curriculum emphasizes teaching and leadership development through formal instruction across all rotations. Both inpatient and outpatient experiences feature daily educational activities designed to directly reinforce clinical training. We have built our residency curriculum around weekly interactive seminar series—one tailored for interns and one for residents—ensuring that learning is structured, progressive, and relevant to each resident’s stage of training.

Core Educational Conferences

Every day, Morning Report, led by a faculty facilitator and chief residents, provides a collaborative venue where residents discuss general case management and the evidence that supports their clinical decision-making. Our weekly Medical Grand Rounds addresses major current issues in translational science, clinical practice, ethics, and education, featuring speakers selected from Mount Sinai's faculty and visiting professors.

A weekly Intern Report allows first-year residents to hone their presentation and differential diagnosis skills. Our weekly Resident Report focuses on subspecialty case presentations selected by the residents themselves.

Training Structure: The 6 + 2 Schedule

Our training program is designed as a 6 + 2 inpatient-to-outpatient schedule. On the inpatient side, our wards are made up of eight general medicine teams, with four specialty teams in HIV Medicine/Geriatrics, Oncology, Cardiology, and Liver Medicine. Each team, supervised by an attending physician, is made up of two interns and two residents, who care for a maximum of 20 patients.

This structure ensures that our trainees receive the best educational experience while guaranteeing the highest level of patient safety and care. Additionally, we have an educational night medicine rotation that allows overnight residents to admit patients to each of these teams and provide continuity of care with the day teams the next morning.

On the outpatient side, residents spend a significant part of their training at Mount Sinai-Internal Medicine Associates. This diverse, high-volume outpatient primary care clinic draws its patients from East Harlem and the Upper East Side. We have a preceptor system where residents work with the same two attending physicians for their entire residency, providing superlative continuity of care for patients and longitudinal feedback for our trainees. Our residents also participate in regular outpatient team meetings, giving them the opportunity to contribute directly to improving the overall patient care experience at Internal Medicine Associates.

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Our Residency Programs

Categorical Residency Program

Primary Care Track and Primary Care/Geriatrics Residency Program

Research Track

Internal Medicine/Medical Genetics Residency Program

Program Leadership

Cary Blum, MD, MPA
Cary Blum, MD, MPA

Associate Program Director, Med-Ed Innovations

Michelle S Cespedes, MD
Michelle S Cespedes, MD

Associate Program Director, Specialty Medicine

David Eshak, MD
David Eshak, MD

Associate Program Director, Bronx VA

Kenneth M Fifer, MD
Kenneth M Fifer, MD

Assistant Director, Primary Care Track

Emily J Gallagher, MD, PhD
Emily J Gallagher, MD, PhD

Emily Jane Gallagher (Preferred Name)

Associate Program Director, Research; Director, ABIM Research Track

Michael Herscher, MD
Michael Herscher, MD

Associate Program Director, Inpatient Medicine

Adriana K Malone, MD
Adriana K Malone, MD

System Vice Chair for Education, Department of Medicine

Mayce Mansour, MD
Mayce Mansour, MD

Associate Program Director, Ambulatory Care

Edwardine M Mohanraj, MD
Edwardine M Mohanraj, MD

Mirna Mohanraj (Preferred Name)

Vice Chair, Strategic Community Engagement

Vinh-Tung Nguyen, MD
Vinh-Tung Nguyen, MD

Associate Program Director, Quality and Safety

Yoland F Philpotts, MD
Yoland F Philpotts, MD

Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency at The Mount Sinai Hospital

Sreekala Raghavan, MD
Sreekala Raghavan, MD

Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency at The Mount Sinai Hospital

Jennifer Weintraub, MD
Jennifer Weintraub, MD

Assistant Director, Primary Care Track

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Dina Zaret, MD

Dina Zaret, MD

“At Mount Sinai, I had the opportunity to explore many fields. I was originally thinking about going into HIV primary care but grew more interested in hepatology. I’m so thankful that I received guidance from leaders in both fields, as well as the program directors.”

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Dina Zaret, MD

“At Mount Sinai, I had the opportunity to explore many fields. I was originally thinking about going into HIV primary care but grew more interested in hepatology. I’m so thankful that I received guidance from leaders in both fields, as well as the program directors.”

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Marc Estriplet II, MD, MPH

“At Mount Sinai, you truly get to experience it all. Our patient population encompasses people from myriad ethnicities, religions, races, and socio-economic statuses. This range prepares us to be able to treat each patient as an individual, instead of treating them as a diagnosis.”

Dina Zaret, MD

Dina Zaret, MD

“At Mount Sinai, I had the opportunity to explore many fields. I was originally thinking about going into HIV primary care but grew more interested in hepatology. I’m so thankful that I received guidance from leaders in both fields, as well as the program directors.”

Marc Estriplet II, MD, MPH

Marc Estriplet II, MD, MPH

“At Mount Sinai, you truly get to experience it all. Our patient population encompasses people from myriad ethnicities, religions, races, and socio-economic statuses. This range prepares us to be able to treat each patient as an individual, instead of treating them as a diagnosis.”