MD PhD Program

The Mount Sinai MD/PhD training program features:

Diverse scientific research and clinical training opportunities in an outstanding and exciting environment, with a major focus in translational medicine
Integration of the graduate school curriculum into the preclinical years with research rotations, special seminars, journal club activities, and opportunities to complete the PhD Core requirement
Innovative MD/PhD-specific educational initiatives (e.g., a course designed to introduce the "nuts and bolts" of clinical investigation)
Strong ethics program
Flexible opportunities for clinical involvement during major research phase
Extensive clinical refresher program for students preparing to re-enter Medical School Year 3 (Clinical Clerkships) after a hiatus
Opportunities to teach or tutor in preclinical courses and journal clubs
Seminars featuring successful clinician-scientists, often program graduates, who represent various professional activities
Annual meetings with program leadership to evaluate the year's successes and failures and to discuss program features that might be further enhanced
Student participation in Graduate School and MD/PhD program steering and curriculum committees
Flexibility with respect to entry into clinical clerkships and the option of condensing the clinical training period to one and one-half years to accommodate completion of the research project.*

*Provided that students will have decided on their postgraduate specialty training and will have had adequate time for sub-internship