The Neurology Residency Program at The Mount Sinai Hospital
Our Residency Program is designed to provide comprehensive neuroscience education and clinical training. As a result, upon graduation, our residents can treat the full spectrum of neurologic diseases. The warm rapport among residents, close communication with faculty, diversity of our patient population, and emphasis on outstanding patient care lies at the heart of our program. We develop our residents’ skills across the full range of ACGME core competencies, including professionalism and interpersonal communication, and we support each resident as they develop maturity, responsibility, and empathy critical to the modern practice of neurology.
Program Highlights:
- 10 Categorical positions per year
- A night float system with no 24-hour calls
- An inpatient/outpatient Block Schedule format
- More than 6 months of electives across years 2-4
- 4 wellness days and 4 weeks of vacation time each year
Our PGY-1 Residents spend most of their year in our highly regarded Department of Internal Medicine to fulfill ACGME requirements. In addition, they rotate for 4 weeks on our neurology service. This rotation offers our interns the opportunity to review the fundamentals of the neurological examination and to connect with senior neurology colleagues. 6 weeks of elective time is also available during the PGY-1 year.
During years 2-4, residents spend 4 to 6 weeks completing successive 2-week inpatient rotations followed by 2 weeks on an outpatient rotation or vacation block. We have found that this block schedule system enables our residents to be more fully present in their roles versus the traditional approach of combining inpatient and outpatient responsibilities in each rotation. During the outpatient blocks, residents work in their general neurology clinic and participate in electives (with select blocks including jeopardy call responsibility to ensure a sick call pool). We offer clinical electives in all our neurological subspecialties. Additionally, there is an option to devote elective time to research.
PGY- 2 residents rotate through all the inpatient neurology services at The Mount Sinai Hospital, and work on the consultation service at the Bronx VA. There is an in-house backup from PGY-4 residents 24 hours per day from July through November, and Senior Residents are available on call 24/7 thereafter. PGY-3 Residents take on team leadership roles on the Elmhurst inpatient Stroke and General Neurology services. PGY-4 residents assume a leadership role at The Mount Sinai Hospital, working as the Senior Resident on the inpatient neurology teams.
We take duty hours seriously and prioritize resident wellness. Our schedules comply with the ACGME work-hours limitations and New York State Bell Commission in rules limiting work hours.