The Chief of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes is Robert Rapaport, M.D. Dr. Rapaport is the Emma Elizabeth Sullivan Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes and Director of the Hall Family Center for Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes. The Division recruits two fellows per year into ACGME-approved three-year (straight Pediatrics) and/or four-year (Medicine-Pediatrics) fellowship programs.

Mission Statement

It is the mission of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes of Mount Sinai School of Medicine to train this specialty's future leaders in clinical care, clinical research, and laboratory investigation.

ACGME-Certified Fellowships in Pediatric Endocrinology

The Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes is composed of two pathways. Each pathway has a faculty and a clinical service with discrete groups of patients. Though both clinical services practice general pediatric endocrinology, each has a distinct clinical and academic focus. Each pathway recruits one of the two first-year fellows. The pathways are:

• Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
  coordinated by Robert Rapaport, M.D.
• Endocrine Genetics and Adrenal Steroid Disorders
  coordinated by Maria I. New, M.D.

The Division's fellowship educational experience is integrated so that our trainees benefit from exposure to all faculty members' areas of expertise and both pathways' patient populations. Invited applicants will be interviewed by Dr. Rapaport and Dr. New and have the opportunity to meet with Division faculty and current fellows.

First Year

The first year is designed to provide a robust clinical experience in Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes. The two first-year fellows alternate between the two pathways and become integrated into each group's academic activities, research activities, specialized clinics, and Faculty Practice sessions. The fellows share in Division on-call responsibilities, cover both services' patients, and participate in both services' post-clinic teaching, patient management, and journal club sessions. In the first year, each fellow must complete two mini research projects, one within each of the Division's two pathways. A Medicine-Pediatrics Endocrinology fellow will spend an additional first year in the Division of Endocrinology of the Department of Medicine.

Second and Third Years

By the end of their first or beginning of their second year, each fellow will have chosen a specific project and a mentor with whom the fellow will do ACGME-required research. This research can be either clinic or laboratory based. During their second and third years, all fellows will continue to share in the Division's on-call schedules and attend both pathways' specialty clinics and teaching sessions.

This fellowship experience provides trainees with an individualized research experience tailored to his or her strengths and career objectives and the comprehensive clinical background in Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes necessary to become board certified pediatric endocrinologists. Depending upon the research experience chosen, a fellow can prepare for a career in academic research as a competitive, grant-funded, independent researcher.