First Year
Inpatient Consultation Services
During the first year, our fellows receive robust training in the inpatient assessment and care of patients with both routine and complex rheumatic diseases. There are two inpatient rotations, which involve the consultative care of patients at either The Mount Sinai Hospital or Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai Morningside. There is a dedicated on-service fellow at both sites who direct the daily working rounds with the rheumatology team, which includes an attending physician, medicine residents, and medical students. Our hospitals serve as tertiary referral centers for patients with a wide array of complex medical illnesses and provide care for a diverse community in New York City and beyond.
Outpatient Experience
During the first year of training clinical fellows become proficient in the management of outpatient problems through participation in continuity clinics at the Institute for Advanced Medicine. Each fellow will attend three general rheumatology clinics per week. In addition, when off-service, fellows will participate in the faculty practice of Yousaf Ali, MBBS, Chief of the Division of Rheumatology at Mount Sinai West, and Professor of Medicine, Rheumatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. They will also participate in the Lupus Program at Mount Sinai Morningside and rotate in the following specialty and multi-disciplinary practices:
- Dermatology
- Nephrology
- Musculoskeletal Radiology
- Rheumatology-Pulmonology combined Interstitial Lung Disease Clinic
- Rheumatology-Gastroenterology combined Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Arthritis Clinic
- Ultrasound Clinic
Research Preparation
During the first year, fellows will attend core curriculum conferences, which will outline basic concepts in clinical epidemiology, biostatistics, and how these may be applied in clinical investigation. Fellows are encouraged to explore basic science approaches, as well, and during the elective months, to delineate a project with the guidance of a faculty preceptor.
Second Year
Inpatient Consultation Services
Second year fellows provide consultative care during the first block of the academic year in order to ensure a smooth clinical and educational transition for our new fellows; they also participate in weekend coverage for the service throughout the year.
Outpatient Experience
In the second year of training, our fellows continue to participate in continuity clinics, subspecialty clinics, and in Dr. Yousaf Ali’s faculty practice. Through the outpatient experience, there is a strong emphasis on fostering maturation of clinical judgment and preparing the trainee for independent practice.
Research Rotations
In the second year of fellowship, rigorous scientific training in the rheumatic diseases is emphasized. An individualized program of laboratory, clinical, or quality improvement research is devised with the guidance of a mentor from the rheumatology core faculty, along with training in immunology, molecular biology, genetics, clinical trial, biostatistics, and ethical issues through courses or conferences.
The role of cellular therapies in treating rheumatic diseases and functional and quality-based outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are areas of particular interest, given our faculty’s strong representation in these areas. Training opportunities are also available in a range of patient-oriented or translational research focuses, including clinical trials in rheumatic diseases. Notable resources available at Mount Sinai include the BioMe Biobank, which is administered by The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, and numerous opportunities for advanced degrees (master’s and doctoral degrees) offered by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Graduate School Biomedical Sciences.