Well at the very least, after talking to my program director and a few of the associate directors, it looks like they, and the rest of the medicine department seem to confirm that there won't be a formal integration of the two program classes, so take that for what it's worth. More likely, you will be getting an NYU Lutheran categorical medicine certificate rather than an NYU Categorical medicine one. It's like how Harvard extension grads get a Harvard Extension certificate rather than a Harvard one, at least to my knowledge. It kind of makes sense too, because if you're training mainly at lutheran, it would be unscrupulous to get a Bellevue/Tisch certificate (I mean, residents at Mass Gen don't get a BIDMC certificate so take that fwiw). That being said though, if you know something they don't, or if the program director at Lutheran has been making these promises to you, PLEASE let me know so I can talk about it deeper with leadership.