Overview
The General Internal Medicine Fellowship at Albert Einstein College of
Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center is a two-year fellowship that
provides education and training and experience in mentored research
projects to prepare general internists for an academic research
career.
General Internal Medicine Fellowship applicants are physicians who
have completed a three-year internal medicine residency program in the
U.S., and are board-eligible or board-certified in internal medicine.
The GIM fellowship is situated within the highly regarded and
experienced Montefiore Einstein
Division of General Internal Medicine.
During the General Internal Medicine Fellowship, physicians
participate in activities focused on research education and training,
research implementation, and clinical care and content expertise.
Because much of the clinical research is among underrepresented
minority populations living in the Bronx, the General Internal
Medicine Fellowship Program is particularly interested in receiving
applications from physicians from underrepresented minority groups.
Program Goals
- To provide General Internal Medicine fellows with education and
training in clinical research methods, focusing on vulnerable
populations and urban health.
- To provide fellows with experiential learning in research
implementation.
- To prepare fellows for successful careers in academic medicine as
clinician investigators.
Research Education & Training
- Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP) at
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University - The CRTP
is a two-year program consisting of a didactic curriculum and a
mentored research experience leading to a Master of Science Degree
in Clinical Research Methods. The CRTP is funded by the NIH and
Einstein.
- Weekly Research-in-Progress Meetings – Fellows present their
research projects (at inception and completion) and receive critical
review from peers and faculty. In addition, fellows critically
review others’ research projects.
- Affinity Group Meetings – Fellows present various aspects of their
ongoing research projects (e.g. research protocols, data collection
instruments, manuscripts) for critical review by their peers and
faculty. Additionally, fellows provide similar critical review of
others’ work.
Affinity Groups include:
- Substance Abuse (weekly)
- HIV (weekly)
- Quality and Comparative Effectiveness (monthly)
- Medical Education (monthly)
- Career Development Seminars – Career Development Seminars occur
every 2 weeks and focus on topics related to developing a career as
a clinician investigator. Seminars focus on topics such as:
negotiating a job, giving a job talk, mentoring up, securing
funding, writing an abstract, presenting an abstract, presenting a
poster, writing a CV, attending a national conference, careers in
academic medicine.
Research Implementation
General internal medicine fellows work closely with mentors inside and
outside of Einstein and Montefiore to develop and implement research
projects. Fellows are provided with seed funding for research projects
and have opportunities to apply for small pilot/micro grants from
several of Einstein’s
NIH-designated Centers for Research, including the Center
for AIDS Research, Diabetes
Research Center, and Institute for Clinical and
Translational Research. GIM fellows are expected to conduct at
least one hypothesis-driven research project, with findings presented at
a national conference and submitted to a peer-reviewed journal.
Clinical Care and Content Expertise
General Medicine fellows provide direct primary care one day per week in
one of Montefiore Einstein's clinical
sites. Potential sites of clinical care include federally
qualified community health centers, hospital-based clinics, substance
abuse treatment programs, homeless shelters, or hospital-based care.
Clinical/Content Seminars: Depending on interests, GIM fellows have the
opportunity to participate in conferences and seminars that focus on
their research content areas. A wide variety of these conferences
regularly occur at Einstein and Montefiore.
Faculty
General Internal Medicine Fellowship Program Director
Associate Chief of General Internal Medicine
Director of Research Resources
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General Internal Medicine Fellowship Program Co-Director
Associate Professor of the Division of General Internal Medicine
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Additional faculty include those in the
Division of General Internal Medicine, and faculty from other
Divisions and Departments at Montefiore Einstein.
Salary and Benefits
General Medicine fellows’ salaries are approximately $65,000-70,000 per
year. Fellows also receive seed funds to carry out research projects and
attend a national conference.
Many General Internal Medicine fellows at Montefiore Einstein have
been successful in receiving NIH loan repayment awards. In exchange for
a 2-year commitment to a clinical research career, the NIH will repay up
to $35,000 per year of qualified student loan debt. For more information
see the NIH
Division of Loan Repayment website.
Application Requirements
- Completed application (PDF) (Word)
- Curriculum vitae
- Three letters of recommendation (one from the Residency Program
Director)
Application materials should be emailed to:
Shadi Nahvi, MD, MS
Associate Professor, Division of General Internal
Medicine
snahvi@montefiore.org
General Internal Medicine Fellowship
Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street
Bronx, NY 10467
Phone: 718-920-5379
Fax: 718-561-5165
