Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Submitted by CVelasquez on May 18, 2011 - 11:31am
Medical School Affiliation: 
Mount Sinai Hospital / Elmhurst Hospital Center
Institution Address: 
One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1149
New York, NY 10029
United States
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Website(s): 
http://mssm.edu/departments-and-institutes/emergency-medicine/programs-and-servi...
Program Training Format: 
PGY 1 - 4
List combined programs: 
none
Accreditation: 
ACGME
ACGME Accreditation: 
Continued
Year program began: 
1989
Residency Coordinator
Coordinator First Name: 
Claribel
Coordinator Last Name: 
Velasquez
Coordinator Email: 
Claribel.Velasquez@mssm.edu
Coordinator Phone: 
+1 212 241 0763
Coordinator Fax: 
+1 212 241 4366
Department Chair:
Chair Title: 
Chairman
Chair First Name: 
Andy
Chair Last Name: 
Jagoda ,MD
Program Director
Director Title: 
Residency Director
Director First Name: 
Peter
Director Last Name: 
Shearer, MD
Director Email: 
peter.shearer@mssm.edu
Research Director
First Name: 
Lynne
Last Name: 
Richardson, MD;
Phone: 
+1 212 659 1665
Areas of department research interest: 
Effects of Crowding on Patient Care, Community Based Consent, Neurologic Emergencies.
Number of non-peer-reviewed publications in the last 5 years: 
30
Primary Site
Institution name: 
Mount Sinai Hospital
Number of beds in hospital: 
1100
Number of beds in ED: 
53
Total number of annual ED visits: 
55000
Pediatric visits (%): 
32000
Admission rate (%): 
20
Admission admitted to critical care area (%): 
5
Total Number of EM rotation months: 
14
Second Site
Institution name: 
Elmhurst Hospital Center
Number of beds in hospital: 
600
Number of beds in ED: 
60
Total number of annual ED visits: 
80000
Pediatric visits (%): 
48000
Admission rate (%): 
20
Admission admitted to critical care area( %): 
8
Total Number of EM rotation months: 
13
Miles from primary training institution: 
4
Faculty Attributes
Total number of all faculty: 
38
Female faculty (%): 
22
Block Schedule
PGY-1: 
1 x Orientation
5 x Adult EM
2 x Medicine Ward
1 x Pediatric Ward
1 x SICU
0.5 x OB
0.5 x Anesthesia
0.5 x Ultrasound
0.5 x EMS
1 x vacation
PGY-2: 
6 x Adult EM
1 x Ped ED
1 x Medical ICU
1 x Neonatal ICU
1 x Ortho
1 x Toxicology
1 x Research
1 x vacation
PGY-3: 
7 x Adult and Ped EM
1 x Ped EM
1 x Jersey City Med Center
1 x CCU
1 x Research/Teaching
1 x Elective
1 x vacation
PGY-4: 
9 x Adult and Ped EM
3 x Elective**
1 x vacation
Electives in research admin. edu., with
a focus specialty in US edu., critical
care or peds.
Resident Benefits
Educational materials provided outside allowance per year: 
No
Unique resident benefits not listed above: 
ues: ACEP, EMRA, SAEM Subscriptions: Annals of Emergency Medicine, Academic Emergency Medicine Book allowance: Given 4 books when starting (General EM, Critical Care, Ultrasound and Airway) Conference stipend: $1000. Other: Full funding for residents presenting at scientific meetings or participating in national committees