Residents complete 36 months of clinical rotations, spending two months at each of these sites: The Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai-Union Square , The Blavatnik Family Chelsea Medical Center, and the New York Proton Center. These sites offer a high volume of diverse patients and pathology. During these rotations, residents focus on advanced skills such as stereotactic body radiation, proton therapy, brachytherapy, and radiosurgery. Residents can gain additional clinical experience in their electives, which include dosimetry, medical oncology, pathology, radiology, nuclear medicine, and laboratory or clinical research.

In addition to patient care, our didactic education enhances our residents’ research and evidence-based practice, and develops their skills in collaboration, communication, and leadership. Employing oral boards-style learning, we hold two faculty-led clinical conferences, one radiation physics lecture, and one radiation biology lecture every week. In addition, trainees attend several multi-disciplinary tumor boards each week. This time is protected to allow for dedicated focus on education.

We also encourage current medical students to explore radiation oncology by applying for an elective rotation in our Department. We accept applications from students outside of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai through the Visiting Student Learning Opportunities Program.

While applicants do not need prior experience in the field, we give preference to applicants with research and clinical rotations in radiation oncology. We select residents through the Medicine and Pediatrics Specialties Match, which is part of the National Residency Matching Program. We only consider applicants who are registered with the National Residency Matching Program. We accept and review applicants from students of all accredited medical and osteopathic schools, located within the United States and abroad. We accept two or three residents per year.

Applications must be submitted through the Electronic Residency Application System. The requirements include:

• A completed application form
• Curriculum vitae/CV
• Three letters of reference (one must be from a practicing radiation oncologist)
• Dean’s letter
• Medical school transcript
• United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 (required) and Step 2 (if available) scores
  • There is not a minimum USMLE score to be considered for the residency, but please note that most applicants that match with our program frequently score above 200
• A personal statement

We interview about 30 candidates each year and hold interviews in November, December, and January the year before you attend. Interviews take a full day and include one-on-one meetings with various faculty members and lunch with our current residents.

Get to know the Department of Radiation Oncology’s current residents.