The Mount Sinai School of Medicine Consortium for Graduate Medical Education, consisting of 13 institutions located in New York and New Jersey, sponsors more than 140 residency programs in virtually every specialty of medicine, enrolling in the aggregate more than 2,000 house staff. Consortium educational activities provided to all house staff, regardless of home institution or specialty.
PROFESSOR
Viral diseases are a major threat to the pediatric and the adult populations. The rapid emergence and spread of relatively new human pathogens such as HIV; the increasing morbidity and mortality associated with persistent infection with agents such as Hepatitis C; the episodic and often unexplained reemergence of pathogens such as Ebola virus. These all underscore the need for well-trained investigators capable of responding rapidly to such public health problems. The goal of the Mount Sinai Adult and Pediatric Divisions of Infectious Diseases training grant is to prepare physicians (M.D. and M.D./Ph.D.) to pursue careers as independent investigators, specifically in the area of viral pathogenesis with a primary focus on virus/host interactions.
The program is designed to expand the training of candidates who are training in related clinical fields from both within and outside our institutions. The candidate can apply for support for training grant funding for their third (PGY6) and fourth year (PGY7) years of fellowship. The major activity during these years will be mentored laboratory investigation. This experience will be complemented by participation in the core course of the multidisciplinary Ph.D. program Molecular Basis of Diseases, weekly journal club, weekly laboratory data sessions and divisional, departmental and institutional research conferences. The goal of this program is to provide the trainees with the necessary skills and training to effectively compete for young scientist awards as the next step in their transition to independent careers as infectious diseases physician-scientists.
Candidates will have the opportunity to train directly with one of thirteen faculty members from both Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MSSM) as well as New York University School of Medicine (see below). Each training faculty member has a strong track record in the area of virus-host interaction, has demonstrated the ability to bridge clinical and basic arenas, and has a genuine commitment to training future physician-scientists. Each of the investigators plays a major role in the graduate school as well as in his or her respective clinical and basic science departments and has developed extensive collaborative interactions that will provide the trainees a critical and accessible network of expertise.
All trainees will have completed an approved residency in Internal Medicine or Pediatrics and will have completed at least one year of fellowship in an accredited adult or pediatric training program prior to initiating laboratory training. All candidates will hold a M.D. or M.D./Ph.D. degree and will be U.S. citizens or have permanent residence status. Candidates can apply for the program internally during the first year of their clinical adult or pediatric infectious diseases training, or as part of their application to the research residency program at MSSM. Candidates completing their clinical infectious diseases training elsewhere are also eligible. Completion of an application and three letters of recommendation are required for consideration and should be submitted by December 1, 2002 to be considered for July 1, 2003.
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Contact(s):
Mary E. Klotman, M.D.
Location:
Annenberg 23-16
One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1090, New York , NY 10029
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