Mt. Sinai Program(NY)

[byungwooy]

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I'm interested in applying to Mt. Sinai residency program. I couldn't find any recent info. Can anyone share their 2 cents ? Everyone knows that it used to be a great institution in terms of pathology but I don't know how it is doing these days.

Thanks

 

[mlw03]

there was a big ol' nasty thread a few weeks ago where a couple of new york residents debated some of the programs. i can't remember if sinai was part of that discussion, but take a look. presumably you're interested in other manhattan programs also.

 

[paleman]

spell it correctly: "sinai"
have come across many trainees from mount sinai. supposed to be an excellent program in anatomic pathology/surgical pathology not too sure about the rest eg CP etc.
very famous alumni, latest = rosenblum (current chair of memorial sloan kettering). if you ask him he'll say sinai is the best program anywhere (and he sees residents from EVERYWHERE). again this only applies to surgpath though.
hope this helps.

 

[desmangt]

I'm interested in applying to Mt. Sainai residency program. I couldn't find any recent info. Can anyone share their 2 cents ? Everyone knows that it used to be a great institution in terms of pathology but I don't know how it is doing these days.

Thanks

Check out their website: http://www.mssm.edu/path
It pretty much answers most questions you would have about the structure of the program.

Hope this helps!!!!

 

[Matte Kudesai]

Check out their website: http://www.mssm.edu/path
It pretty much answers most questions you would have about the structure of the program.

Hope this helps!!!!

Any surg path fellows from Sinai? How busy is the place with 100K+ surgicals and only two fellows?

Can you please break down your duties.... Is there hot seat? How much scut and grossing? (again at the fellowship level?)

 

[desmangt]

Any surg path fellows from Sinai? How busy is the place with 100K+ surgicals and only two fellows?

Can you please break down your duties.... Is there hot seat? How much scut and grossing? (again at the fellowship level?)

There are 3 surgical fellows right now. I'm not sure if they are keeping that number for good. There is no hot seat. In total, there are 3 surgical fellows, 1 liver, 1 GI, 1 derm, 1 neuro, 1 cyto (maybe 2 spots in future), 1 gyn, and 1 molecular.

As for a working schedule, we have 13 people (residents / fellows) covering all of the surgical services (2 GI IBD [1 resident & 1 fellow] , 2 GYN [1 resident & 1 fellow], 1 Liver fellow [surg resident helps in these cases], 4 General Service [may be residents or surg fellows], 1 Derm/Neuro resident, 1 derm fellow, 1 neuro fellow, and 1 Peds resident).

The fellows do general surgical pathology for six months, then six months of elective. Pretty much a surgical fellowship with a major focus on the organ system of your choice. We have huge volume in pretty much everything. In particular, Breast, GI, GU, Lung, Liver, Bone & Soft tissue, and Head & Neck pathology. GYN and Derm are also very large, but the GYN & Derm fellows usually cover this. I guess the surg fellow could spend their time in GYN or Derm, but I haven't seen this pursued.

The elective time consists of reviewing consults with the division heads, research, and review of interesting cases that day with the resident. The division heads are: Breast (Bleiweiss), Lung (Beasley), GI (Harpaz), Liver (Thung and Fiel), GU (Unger). No grossing on elective time. When covering general surgicals the fellow grosses 2-3 afternoons a week. However, the grossing is very reasonable because we have 3 PAs who gross the vast majority of 2 out of 3 daily shipments (the other residents /subspecialty fellows gross that day as well). The fellow really only grosses the Big Cases (i.e. complicated bone / soft tissue cases, routine mastectomies, complicated facial resections, Whipple's, etc.). Lymph nodes for colon ca are usually taken care of by the PAs.

Its really a great position for those interested in subspecialty pathology who still want to practice general surgical pathology. So its a surgical / (insert subspecialty) fellowship.

If you want more info or are confused about what I posted please feel free to PM me.

 

[superkeith]

Lymph nodes for colon ca are usually taken care of by the PAs.

sweet.

 

[yaah]

I was getting annoyed so I corrected the thread title.