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Residency Programs in Internal Medicine

History of The Mount Sinai Hospital

Founded in 1853, the Mount Sinai Hospital is an 1,171-bed major urban hospital. Noted for delivering the most sophisticated and advanced medical care, The Mount Sinai Hospital also delivers primary care to the local neighborhood as well as tertiary care to patients referred from around the world. The physicians at The Mount Sinai Hospital have been responsible for many major discoveries and advances in medicine, such as the relationship between asbestos and lung cancer, establishing the first program to match blood types for transfusion, developing a way to preserve blood for transfusion, developing the first cardiac stress test for heart disease, and performing the first successful liver transplant in New York State. Our physicians are steeped in this tradition of clinical excellence and committed to continuing this record of outstanding individual patient care coupled with advances in clinical and basic investigation.

The Mount Sinai Hospital currently boasts world leadership in a number of major clinical programs. The Transplantation Institute is at the forefront of solid organ and bone marrow transplantation, including one of the busiest liver and small intestine transplant services in the world. This service is supported by an Immunobiology research and clinical care center. The Gastroenterology Medical/Surgical Care Center has one of the largest cohort of inflammatory bowel disease patients in the world. The Emerging Pathogen Center and World Trade Center Screening Project are new programs that afford unique opportunities in Infectious Diseases, International Health, as well as Occupational and Pulmonary Medicine. The Cardiovascular Institute leads the region in invasive and non-invasive cardiology, as well as research in basic vascular biology. The Oncology Care Center is one of the busiest in the region. This is supplemented by world-renowned programs in head and neck surgery, geriatrics, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, and gene therapy. The Jack Martin Fund Clinic provides cutting-edge experiences in HIV treatment and research.

The Department of Medicine teaching services reside in the Guggenheim Pavilion designed by the renowned architect I.M. Pei. This hospital, a true architectural masterpiece, includes three hospital towers in one grand pavilion with 625 patient care beds. The Intensive Care Unit, Coronary Care Unit, operating rooms, and emergency department are also located in this facility.
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