Internal Medicine

Thank you for your interest in the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Mount Sinai Medical Center.

As the largest private, independent, not-for-profit teaching hospital in South Florida, our 672-bed facility delivers the most advanced and highest quality care in the region. Our attending physicians share a passion for academic internal medicine and medical education. We provide a strong academic foundation for resident training in a supportive learning environment. Our residents’ experiences are supplemented by a strong community base of subspecialty physicians who further augment residency training at Mount Sinai Medical Center through electives, hospital-based clinics, consultations, and research mentorship. Residents also have the opportunity to broaden their clinical experience through rotations at the nearby Jackson Memorial Hospital.

As an academic training site, there are numerous opportunities for our residents to develop their aptitude for teaching. Mount Sinai has a longstanding tradition of medical education excellence. With an education program founded in 1953, the medical center is one of Florida’s original statutory teaching hospitals. Mount Sinai has academic affiliations with the University of Miami, Florida International University’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Nova Southeastern University’s Dr. Kiran C. Patel Colleges of Osteopathic and Allopathic Medicine and medical students from all these schools rotate through our internal medicine program. Our residents also interact with other residents from different specialties, including radiology, pathology, urology, anesthesia, surgery, podiatry, gynecology, psychiatry, as well as fellows in cardiology, infectious diseases, and pulmonary/critical care.

Our residents are exposed to a great variety of patients and pathology during their training. As the only hospital in Miami Beach, with a network of physician offices and freestanding emergency departments throughout Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties, we serve residents from all over the region as well and great number of visitors from South America and overseas. Residents are exposed to the common internal medicine pathology and to unique pathology from other countries, including malaria, leishmaniasis, dengue, zika, HIV, and tuberculosis. Additionally, our hospital is home to one of the most advanced and highest volume heart programs in South Florida.

Residents progressively advance through their internal medicine rotations during their three years of training, and are capable of practicing independently by the end of training. They also have exposure to a very active critical care service over the course of training, with increasing responsibility over the three years. Residents are exposed to all core internal medicine rotations during their training. We have a strong outpatient department, and all residents develop a continuity clinic over the three years, as well as participate in QI projects.

Our program boasts a board pass rate of over 94%, which is above the national average, and an acceptance rate of over 90% to fellowship programs. Each year, we graduate 14 residents plus three residents that stay as 4th year chief resident/junior attending. Every year an average of 60% of our graduating residents continue their training in subspecialty fellowships.

At Mount Sinai Medical Center, we are committed to providing excellence in patient care and physician training and education. Our role is to provide you with the best possible environment to allow you to grow as an individual and to acquire the information necessary to become an exemplary physician. We have adapted our academic and rotation infrastructure post-COVID-19 to incorporate safe and effective means to care for patients while protecting your health and maintaining a strong academic curriculum.

You are about to begin one of the most exciting and rewarding chapters of your career as a physician. We believe that Mount Sinai Medical Center is the ideal environment to allow you to become the best you can be, and we look forward to helping you achieve your professional goals.

Sincerely,

Claudio Tuda, MD, FACP
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency

The Internal Medicine Residency Program at Mount Sinai Medical Center is committed to excellence in the training and education of physicians for the practice of primary care, general internal medicine and its subspecialties. When residents graduate from this three-year program, they can transition into clinical practice or fellowship training with competency, confidence and success.

Teaching Philosophy

At Mount Sinai Medical Center, we stress the physician’s primary obligation to patient care and patient advocacy. Residents accept progressive responsibility in an environment that is dedicated to their supervision and support.

Our program maintains an atmosphere that is supportive and conducive to learning, ensuring that each resident has the opportunity to develop the skills to achieve his or her individual career goals. Residents are allowed the opportunity to plan their schedules so that their specific needs and interests are met. Our excellent 24-hour ancillary support services ensure that residents may focus their time on patient care and formal learning activities. Our commitment to hands-on and didactic instruction is reflected in our superb American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) examination pass rate.

Residency Management Team

The program director and faculty maintain an open door policy to address any issues. The Residency Management Team (RMT), comprised of the program director, associate program directors, program coordinators, chief residents and core faculty, meet every three weeks to address all aspects of the program. A clinical competency committee composed of select faculty members meet quarterly to review the progress of house staff and to identify any resident performance issues or unmet needs.

House Staff Benefits

Residents are provided with

• 21 days paid vacation as PGY-1, 28 days paid vacation as PGY-2 & 3
• 14 paid sick days
• Academic Stipend: $2,500
• Meal Stipend: $1,500
• Conference Stipend: $2,000 – Can be utilized for three conferences yearly
• Two white coats PGY-1 year. One white coat annually thereafter
• On-call rooms for overnight shifts
• Covered parking
• House staff lounge with TV, refrigerator, and computer stations
• Professional liability insurance

Residents are eligible for:

• Health insurance for residents and dependents
• Dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability insurance

Education and Teaching Conferences

Our program organizes a variety of lectures, conferences, and experiences for the benefit of our residents. Each month is dedicated to specific medicine subspecialties with lectures organized by a combination of senior residents and faculty.

Morning Report – 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

• Intern Morning Report: Tuesday & Thursday
  • Hosted every Tuesday and Thursday. Review of fundamental internal
    medicine topics and basic skills interns must develop in their first year.
• Resident Morning Report: Wednesday

  • Small group discussion format for PGY-2s and PGY-3s under the direct supervision of the
    program director reviewing the management of difficult cases and advanced differential diagnoses.

Noon conference: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

• Program Director Report: Monday
  • Case Presentation to the program director with accompanying group discussion
• Tuesday – Thursday
  • Resident-led board review, journal club, and/or guideline update reviews
• Wednesday
  • Weekly Grand Rounds are held by attendings, specialists, guest speakers, except for the last Wednesday of every month, which hosts the monthly M&M conference.
• Recurring monthly conferences
  • ECG conference
  • M&M
  • ID Conference
  • Ultrasound Conference

Sim lab

• Recurring sessions Friday afternoons under the direction of sim lab coordinator with a progressive curriculum.

Ultrasound Curriculum

• Monthly didactic conferences by associate program director related to subspecialty block
• Weekly skills sessions in small group format during ambulatory block
• Handheld ultrasound device available to all residents
• Access to dedicated ICU ultrasounds
• Opportunity to create POCUS portfolio
• Optional electives rotation in partnership with ultrasound fellowship

PGY-1 Year

During their first year, residents will establish the foundation of their clinical knowledge and practice. Most of the intern year will be dedicated to the management of patients on the inpatient teaching service wards where they will be exposed to a wide range of pathologies and work with a team consisting of a co-intern and senior resident. The remainder of the schedule is divided into night rotations, MICU, continuity clinic, selective rotations, and electives.

• Wards: 15 Weeks
• Clinic 10-11 Weeks
• Medical ICU: 4 Weeks
• Wards Night Float: 4-5 Weeks
• Emergency Department: 4 Weeks
• Endocrinology: 2 Weeks
• Hematology/Oncology: 2 Weeks
• Pathology: 1 Week
• Elective: 5-6 weeks
• Vacation: 3 Weeks

PGY-2 Year

In their second year, residents will transition to a leadership and teaching role. As seniors on the wards, they will be in charge of leading the team and supervising interns. Senior residents are additionally expected to contribute to our didactic education by leading various conferences throughout the year. Second years will spend less time on the wards service and instead gain experience in various internal medicine subspecialties through selective rotations including:

• Cardiology
• Rheumatology
• Gastroenterology
• Infectious Disease

Second year residents will additionally have the opportunity to augment their outpatient education by participating in optional subspecialty clinic half-days.

Second year residents are expected to lead quality improvement projects which they will present at grand rounds at the end of the academic year

PGY-3 Year

During third year, residents will continue to solidify their knowledge and role as leaders within the program. Additional subspecialty exposure will continue through selective rotations:

• Geriatrics
• Cardiac Critical Care
• Outpatient gastroenterology
• Cardiology

Preliminary Medicine Internship Year

Mount Sinai Medical Center offers four positions to those who are seeking a preliminary medicine year. We offer our preliminary year residents the tools to excel in their eventual career goals, with a strong foundation in Internal Medicine. Admission into our program is extremely competitive and draws the strongest of candidates. If you have excelled thus far and are looking for a challenging program in a fantastic setting, we encourage you to apply.

Preliminary year residents participate in the same curriculum as our categorical residents.

Ambulatory Experience

Residents follow a 4 + 1 schedule, in which 4 weeks are spent on an inpatient service, and the 5th week is spent in one of our outpatient clinics. During this time, residents are provided with 1:1 supervision by an attending while they see and care for their own patients. All of our clinics are located within a 20-minute radius of main campus including Miami Beach, Hialeah, Sunny Isles, Aventura, Coral Gables, Key Biscayne, Midtown and Miami Gardens.

Fundamental Friday

Ambulatory didactics are held weekly on Fridays for those on their clinic blocks. Residents are excused from clinical duties during this academic day.

Sessions Include:

• Ambulatory Morning Report
• POCUS Skills Session
• Wellness/Lifestyle Medicine Curriculum
• Yoga/Sound Meditation
• Integrative Lecture/Guideline Review
• Guided exercises and discussions with mental health professionals
• Art therapy

Lifestyle Medicine Curriculum

We are the only program in South Florida offering access to the American College of Lifestyle Medicine official curriculum. The curriculum includes material related to the treatment of chronic disease through diet, exercise and sleep prescriptions with the opportunity to sit for board certification in lifestyle medicine on completion of a continuous three-year didactic curriculum.

Career Guidance

A priority in our program is to assist residents in choosing the careers they are best suited for and in which they will be happy. Flexibility in elective scheduling permits residents to gain exposure to subspecialties of potential interest as early as the PGY-1 term. Program leadership makes every effort to help residents with the pursuit of their career goals, directing them towards appropriate faculty members to serve as mentors and fellowship advocates. Mentors may be reassigned, as needed, to accommodate residents’ interests if they evolve during the course of training.

Program Leadership

Gervasio Lamas, MD, FACC – Chairman of Medicine

• Chairman of Medicine
• Eugene Sayfie M.D. Chief of Cardiology
• Co-Director, Barry B. Siadat Family Heart Institute
• Medical School: New York University
• Residency: Brigham and Women’s Hospital of Harvard Medical School
• Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center, FL
• Fellowship: Brigham and Women’s Hospital of Harvard Medical School
• Specialty: Cardiology

Clifford Medina, MD, MBA, FACP, FAAPL – Vice Chairman of Medicine

• Vice Chairman of Medicine
• Chief, Division of General Medicine
• Clinical Assistant Professor, Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
• Master’s of Business Administration: Duke University Fuqua School of Business
• Medical School: Harvard Medical School
• Residency: Brigham and Women’s Hospital of Harvard Medical School
• Fellowship: Brigham and Women’s Hospital of Harvard Medical School
• Specialty: Internal Medicine, Concierge Medicine, Sleep Medicine

Claudio Tuda, MD, FACP, FIDSA – Program Director

• Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
• Chief of Infectious Disease
• Hospital Epidemiologist
• Associate Professor of Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic and Allopathic Medicine
• Associate Professor of Florida International University
• Medical School: University of Buenos Aires
• Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center, FL
• Fellowship: University of Miami – Jackson Memorial Hospital
• Specialty: Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases

Cynthia Rivera, MD, FACP – Associate Program Director

• Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
• Program Director, Infectious Disease Fellowship
• President of Medical Staff, Mount Sinai Medical Center
• Director of Internal Medicine GME Wellness Program
• Medical School: University of Nebraska Medical Center
• Residency: Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami
• Fellowship: Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami
• Specialty: Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases

Maykel Trotter, MD, FACP – Associate Program Director

• Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
• Director of Internal Medicine GME POCUS Curriculum
• Medical School: St. Matthews University, Grand Cayman
• University of Havana School of Medicine
• Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center, FL
• Specialty: Internal Medicine, Concierge Medicine

PGY -1

Preliminary Residents

Olivia Burke, MD
University of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

Maria Lalama, MD
University of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

Patrice Nasnas, MD
Lebanese University Faculty of Medical Sciences

Derek Weimer, MD
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine

Categorical

Andrea Abifaraj Daaboul, MD
Univ Católica de Honduras Nuestra Señora Reina de la Paz Facultad en Ciencias de la Salud

Ines Barbagelata, MD
Universidad de Buenos Aires Facultad de Medicina

Eleane Castano, MD
Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine

Francisco Cedeno, MD
Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil Facultad de Ciencias Médicas

Maria Antonia Correa Angel, MD
Universidad CES Escuela de Medicina

Valeria Gutierrez, MD
Universidad del Norte Programa de Medicina

Miles Horton, DO

Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine

Juan Felipe Jimenez Trujillo, MD
Universidad Libre de Cali Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud

Pedro Luis Jimenez Garcia, MD

Universidad Nacional Autonoma De Honduras Facultad De Ciencias Medicas

Noah Krupnick, DO
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine

Alex Lima, MD
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine

Mohsen Moghadami, MD
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

Mai-Linh Nguyen, DO
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine

Angelica Perez Fonte, DO
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine

Octavio Pizarro Guevara, MD
Universidad del Norte Programa de Medicina

Eduardo Ramos Cano, MD
Universidad de Carabobo Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud

Luisa Ramirez Zuluaga, MD
Universidad de Manizales Campo de Ciencias de la Salud

PGY2

Daran Amini, DO
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine

Emilio Acosta, MD
Albany Medical College

Joseph Aguilar, MD
Universidad de San Martin de Porres

Quratulain Amin, DO
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine

Crystal Barroca, DO
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine

William Delladio, DO
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine

Arturo Feraud, MD
Universidad Catolica de Santiago de Guayaquil

Yulio Font, MD
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

Mariam Girgis, D.O.
A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona

Lamys Azanki Hatem, MD
Universidade Luterana do Brasil

Gabriella Morey, MD
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine

Lisbeth Mendez, MD
Universidad Iberoamericana

Veronica Ortigosa Serrano, MD
Universidade Federal de Pelotas Faculdade de Medicina

Andrea Poli de Frias, MD
Universidad Complutense De Madrid

Evan Sarmiento, DO
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine

Sydney Solomon, DO
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine

Cynthia Whuking, MD
Universidad Cientifica del Sur Facultad de Medicina Humana

PGY -3

Elias Akiki, MD
St. George’s, University of London

Vasilis Alexelis, MD
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

Branco Gonzalo Matias Bettinotti, MD
Universidad de Buenos Aires Facultad de Medicina

Mikhail Benhaim, MD
American Medical Program at Tel Aviv University

Eric Gutierrez, DO
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine

Sahil Ghay, DO
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine – Bradenton

Sinan Mert Ince, MD
Istanbul University – Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine

Baneet Kaur, DO
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine

Maria Kolesova, MD
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

Amir Moosa, MD
Rawalpindi Medical University Pakistan

Taniszahera Momin, DO
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine

Cedric Nasnas, MD
Universite Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth – Faculte de Medicine

Agata Piotrowska, DO
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine

Ramya Venkataraman, MD
State University of New York – Upstate Medical University

Juan Armando Talavera, MD
Aquino University Bolivia

Rama Tarakji, MD
University of Aleppo Faculty of Medicine

Wasila Daas, MD
Al-Baath University Faculty of Medicine

PGY-4 Chief Residents

Donna Maria Abboud MD
LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine   

Alex Breslau DO
Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Victor Guillen Rodriguez MD
Universidad de Carabobo Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Aragua

Alumni

2025 – 2026

Donna Maria Abboud, MD
Chief Resident 2026-2027

Daria Bekina, MD
Hospitalist Physician, MedStar Washington Hospital Center – Washington, D.C.

Alex Breslau, DO
Chief Resident 2026-2027

Neil Chokshi, DO
Hospitalist Physician, Mount Sinai Medical Center

Johan Diaz, MD
Primacy Care Physician, Cano Health – Miami, FL

Mohamed Douedari, MD
Gastroenterology Fellowship, University of Miami

Daniel Epstein, DO
Hospitalist Physician, Mount Sinai Medical Center

Matthew Ghermezi, MD
Rheumatology Fellowship, University of Southern California

Victor Guillen Rodriguez, MD
Chief Resident 2026-2027

Alexa Lowe, DO
Primary Care Physician, One Medical – Miami, FL

Florencia Mitchell, MD
Primary Care Physician, Mount Sinai Medical Center

Nico Munley, DO
Primary Care Physician, Munley Medical – Miami, FL

Arnold Ocoro, MD
Hospitalist Physician, Locum Tenens

Vania Rodriguez, MD
Endocrinology Fellowship, University of Miami

Ariel Schneier, MD
Primary Care Physician, One Medical – Miami, FL

Rachel Shatanof, MD
Cardiology Fellowship, Mount Sinai Medical Center

Daniela Whilchy, MD
Primary Care Physician, Mount Sinai Medical Center

2024 – 2025

Alexandra Lyubimova, DO
Hospitalist Physician, Mount Sinai Medical Center

Alexandria Alvarez, MD
Primary Care Physician, Baptist Health Primary Care – Miami, FL

Andres Alvarez, MD
Primary Care Physician, Mount Sinai Medical Center

Awana Chowdhury, DO
Hospitalist Physician, Mount Sinai Medical Center

Christy Sanchez, DO
Cardiology Fellowship, Mount Sinai Medical Center

Fernando Poli de Frias, MD
Chief Resident 2025-2026
Hematology/Medical Oncology Fellowship, Boston University

Francy Vivas, MD
Primary Care Physician, MUSC Health Primary Care – Charleston, South Carolina

Freddie Prieto, DO
PrivaMedis Concierge
Academic Hospitalist, Mount Sinai Medical Center

Lynda Marie Ostermann, MD
Infectious Disease Fellowship, University of Miami

Matthew LeSieur, DO
Hospitalist Physician, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Monica Cabrera, DO
Chief Resident 2025-2026
Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship, Mount Sinai Medical Center

Pallavi Velagapudi, DO
Rheumatology Fellowship, Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital – Philadelphia, PA

Premalkumar Patel, MD
Infectious Disease Physician, Memorial Regional Hospital

Robert Peaden, MD
Hospitalist Physician, New York Medical Physician Associates – Poughkeepsie, NY

Ryan Petit, DO
Chief Resident 2025-2026
Hematology/Medical Oncology Fellowship, Memorial Healthcare System – Hollywood, FL

Steven Hartman, MD
Cardiology Fellowship, Mount Sinai Medical Center

2023– 2024

Carlos Peña, MD
Rheumatology Fellowship, Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital – Philadelphia, PA

Chunnu Li, MD
Hospitalist Physician, Adventist Health Hanford – Hanford, CA

Crystal Acosta, DO
Endocrinology Fellowship
University of Miami

Cynthia Espinosa, DO
Chief Resident 2024-2025
Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship, Florida Atlantic University Schmidt College of Medicine – Boca Raton, FL

Daniela Bignoli, MD
Primary Care Physician
Mount Sinai Medical Center

Esha Vallabhaneni, DO
Chief Resident 2024-2025
Hematology/Medical Oncology Fellowship, Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital

Estefania Cecilio La Riva, MD
Concierge Primary Care Physician, Prevention First Health Program – Miami, FL

Gisel P Urdaneta, MD
Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship, Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital

Hubert Golingan, MD
Hospitalist Physician
Jackson Memorial Hospital

Laura Mendez, MD
Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital – New Brunswick, NJ

Logan Schamber, DO
Nephrology Fellowship, University of Florida – Gainesville, FL

Lorena Rojas Gomez, MD
Hospice & Palliative Care Fellowship, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center – Houston, TX

Niketa Kalara, MD
Endocrinology Fellowship, Baylor University – Houston, TX

Maria A Ibanez, MD
Primary Care Physician, One Medical – Miami, FL

Simon Gaviria, MD
Cardiology Fellowship, Ochsner Medical Center – New Orleans, LA

Tesil Sani, MD
Hospitalist Physician, Mount Sinai Medical Center

Yasmin Alwash, MD
Hospitalist, Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital

2022– 2023

Adam Jacobs DO
Rheumatology, HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital – Hudson, FL

Everett Rogers DO
Cardiology Fellowship, HCA Healthcare/USF Morsani GME – Largo, FL

Douglas Salguero MD
Cardiology Fellowship, Texas Tech University – Lubbock, TX

Juliana Guerra MD
Endocrinology Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic – Cleveland, Ohio

Lee Seifer MD
Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital

Marissa Donatelle MD
Cardiology Fellowship, Mount Sinai Medical Center

Michelle Yousefzadeh DO
Infectious Disease Fellowship, University of California – Los Angeles, CA

Susanna Barreiro Sacco DO
Endocrinology Fellowship, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital

Veronica A Guerra MD
Hematology/Oncology Fellowship, Washington University – St Louis, MO

2021– 2022

Abed Aljamal MD
Hematology/Oncology Fellowship, University of South Carolina

Adolfo Alvarez DO
Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship, Mount Sinai Medical Center

Aliya Rehman DO
Infectious Disease Fellowship, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital

Angel Porras MD
Infectious Disease Fellowship, University of Miami/Jackson

Anna Willet MD
Hepatology Fellowship, Nebraska Medical Center

Ephraim Mansour MD
Chief Resident 2022-2023
Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship, University of Florida – Gainesville

Janine Suarez MD
Endocrinology Fellowship, University of Florida – Gainesville

Jonathan Ambut MD
Clinical Informatics Fellowship, Stony Brook Hospital – Stony Brook, NY

Luisa Quesada Arias MD
Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship, Brigham & Women’s Hospital Harvard – Boston, MA

Ruben Porudominksy Rostain
Chief Resident 2022 – 2023
Cardiology Fellowship, Ochsner Medical Center – New Orleans, LA

Sergio Poli de Frias
Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship, Brigham & Women’s Hospital Harvard – Boston, MA

Valentina Celis
Endocrinology Fellowship, University of South Florida

Zuleikha Muzaffar
Chief Resident 2022-2023
Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship, University of Massachusetts Chan School of Medicine

2020– 2021

Julia Bini Viotti, MD
Infectious Disease, University of Miami

Sarah Chhabra, MD
Endocrinology Fellowship, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA

Nathaly Cortez Bazan, MD
Gastroenterology Fellowship, University of Miami/ Jackson Health Care System

Joshua Durbach, MD
Anesthesiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center

Kathrin Dvir, MD
Hematology/ Oncology Fellowship, St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Boston, MA

Anthony Febres Aldana, MD
Infectious Disease Fellowship, Baylor/ MD Anderson, Houston, TX

Gliceida Galarza Fortuna, MD
Hematology/Oncology Fellowship, University of Utah

Medeona Gjergjindreaj, DO
Cardiology Fellowship, Mount Sinai Medical Center

Lizy Paniagua Gonzalez, MD
Infectious Disease Fellowship, University of Miami/ Jackson Healthcare System

Andres Pirela, MD
Nephrology Fellowship, Wake Forest, Winston – Salem, NC

Samuel Rapaka, DO
Infectious Disease Fellowship, MedStar Georgetown University Medical Center

Paola Rios Florez, MD
Endocrinology Fellowship, University of Miami/ Jackson Healthcare System

Anita Singh, DO
Pulmonology/ Critical Care Fellowship, University of Miami/ Jackson Healthcare System

Francisco Ujueta, MD
Cardiology Fellowship, Mount Sinai Medical Center

General

17 categorical and 4 preliminary positions are offered at Mount Sinai Medical Center’s Internal Medicine Residency Program each year.

Mount Sinai Medical Center participates and accepts applications only through ERAS (Electronic Residency Application Service). In addition, your application will only be considered if you are enrolled in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). You must contact your medical school for delivery of your application, transcripts, Dean’s letter, and faculty recommendations to our program, electronically.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DEADLINE FOR APPLYING THROUGH ERAS IS November 1st.

NRMP#:
1105140C0 Categorical Program
1105140P0 Preliminary Program

ACGME Program ID#:
1401112101

Required Documents for Application

Letters of Recommendation:

• Three letters of Recommendation are required to apply. One letter should be from the Internal Medicine clerkship director and/or the chairman of the department of Internal Medicine
• Dean’s Letter / MSPE is a mandatory requirement
• We do not accept H1 Visas at this time

International Medical Graduates: All applicants are required to provide the requirements listed below:

• All applicants MUST apply through ERAS and be in the NRMP Match
• Medical School Transcripts
• Applicants should have graduated from medical school within the past five years.
• Applicants must have passing scores on all USMLE Steps to obtain an interview.
• Applicants must have excellent English comprehension and speaking skills.

Interview Process

Upon receipt of the completed application, our selection committee will review all materials. Invitations for interviews will be offered via e-mail from Carlene Gauntlett-Baroody, Program Coordinator.

All interviews will be conducted virtually with interview dates starting typically in November.

Inquiries may be directed to Carlene Gauntlett-Baroody, Program Coordinator, via e-mail at Carlene.Baroody@msmc.com or by phone at 305.674.2053

Please be aware that Mount Sinai Medical Center has a zero tolerance policy for smoking. Prior to gaining appointment as a resident, all persons will need to undergo testing for non-prescribed substances and nicotine. Offers of appointment to prospective employees who test positive for nicotine will be rescinded.