Program Overview

We are proud to have one of the most highly regarded fellowship programs in geriatric medicine in the country at Mount Sinai, training an average of six physicians each year in a two-year program. The goal of this fellowship is to train future academic leaders. The evolution of our program reflects the changing face of geriatric medicine and the new opportunities available in geriatrics. Our department is training academic leaders for the future. To attain our goals, we follow a quality-improvement model.

The fellowship format allows the fellow to choose one of the following tracks to specialize in during his/her second year: clinician-educator, ethics/palliative care, clinical research, basic science, or health policy and administration. We believe that offering specialized fellowship tracks will allow fellows to better tailor their training program to career goals in a rapidly changing health care environment.

The fellowship received a five-year re-accreditation from the American Board of Internal Medicine Residency Review Committee in 2004. In 2005, US News and World Report ranked our program first in the country for geriatric education.

Rosanne M. Leipzig, M.D., Ph.D., the Gerald and May Ellen Ritter Professor of Geriatrics and the Vice Chair for Education, directs our fellowship program. Dr. Leipzig is a nationally recognized leader in Evidence-Based Geriatrics and Medicine, and her background includes research in clinical pharmacology. Under her leadership, the following innovative programs have been added to the fellowship:

1. Clinical teaching rotations
2. Second-year fellowship tracks, with opportunities to compete for an additional third year of training:
   1. Clinician-educator
   2. Ethics/Palliative Care including a Bioethics and Medical Humanities Certification and a combined geriatrics-palliative care fellowship at the Bronx Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Mount Sinai Medical Center (MSMC)
   3. Clinical Research, including a Masters of Science in Community Medicine
   4. Basic Science Research
   5. Health Policy and Administration, including long-term care
3. New opportunities for academic longitudinal care experiences at multiple sites, including the Bronx VA and Visiting Doctors Program
4. Involvement in an interdisciplinary teaching curriculum with nurses and social workers
5. A formal career mentoring program to enhance successful academic careers
6. Faculty development to enhance effective clinical teaching and teamwork (both professional and clinical)