Welcome to Maimonides Internal Medicine Residency -
The World in a Borough

An outstanding opportunity to train simultaneously in both a dynamic, tertiary care referral center and a community hospital, exposed to a unique, highly diverse patient population. We strive to provide the best educational experience in an environment that assures a balance between academic and clinical activities. We take pride in preparing residents to become the next generation of expert practitioners.

Welcome to Maimonides Internal Medicine Residency -
The World in a Borough

An outstanding opportunity to train simultaneously in both a dynamic, tertiary care referral center and a community hospital, exposed to a unique, highly diverse patient population. We strive to provide the best educational experience in an environment that assures a balance between academic and clinical activities. We take pride in preparing residents to become the next generation of expert practitioners.
"The strength of Maimonides was and is always the people. We have been lucky to recruit residents that work together like family. Being a busy program in the heart of Brooklyn, there is clinical exposure to a wide spectrum and acuity of disease processes."
Dr. Shyam Shankar 
"Maimonides is all about its community. I have developed friendships which I know are going to last a lifetime. I am proud to be part of the residency family where we have learnt to grow continuously and collectively."
Dr. Krishna Sai Kommineni
"Working at MMC both as a former resident and now as a primary care attending (at our brand new faculty practice center) has been an amazing experience. The hospital provides varied clinical environments with exposure to a multicultural patient population. "
Dr. Vivian Zhu
"A melting pot of culture, unique pathologies, hip-hop, food-stops and scenery. Maimonides affords me the luxury of learning medicine from a diverse demographic of teachers, colleagues & patients while exploring one of the greatest cities in the world - Brooklyn!"
Dr. Emeka “Cece” Ibeson
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Subspecialty Fellowships

Graduates from our residency program go on to fellowships, primary care, and hospitalist positions around the country

  • Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, TX
  • Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
  • Mount Sinai Beth Israel, NY
  • NYU Winthrop Hospital, NY
  • Rutgers University, NJ
  • SUNY Downstate, NY
  • Tulane University, NO
  • University of Hawaii, HI
  • University of Massachusetts Baystate Medical Center, MA
  • Westchester Medical Center, NY
  • Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
  • SUNY Downstate, NY (Infectious Disease/Critical Care)
  • SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, NY
  • University of Massachusetts, MA
  • Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
  • NYU Winthrop Medical Center, NY
  • University of New Mexico, NM
  • University of Toronto, Canada
  • SUNY Downstate, NY
  • Boston, MA
  • Maimonides Medical Center, NY
  • Private Practice, France
  • Private Practice, Long Island, NY
  • NYP Weill Cornell Medical Center, NY
  • Oregon Health Sciences University, OR
  • Maimonides Medical Center, NY
  • Northwell Health, NY (Translational Research Fellowship)
  • NYU Winthrop University, NY
  • Oregon Health Sciences University, OR
  • University of California at Irvine, CA
  • Apogee Physicians, PA
  • Ascension Borgess Hospital, MI
  • Avera McKennan Hospital, SD
  • Bayhealth Kent General Hospital, DE
  • Brigham and Women’s Hospital, MA
  • Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, CT
  • CHI Franciscan Health System, WA
  • Cleveland Clinic, OH
  • Decatur Memorial Hospital, IL
  • Essentia Health, ND
  • Florida Flagler Hospital, FL
  • Good Samaritan Hospital, IL
  • Havasu Regional Medical Center, AZ
  • Henry Ford Allegiance Health, MI
  • Henry Mayo Hospital, CA
  • HSHS St. John’s Hospital, IL
  • Long Island Jewish Hospital, NY
  • Maimonides Medical Center, NY
  • Montefiore Medical Center, NY
  • Montefiore Wakefield, NY
  • Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY
  • NYP Lower Manhattan, NY
  • NYU Lutheran, NY
  • Porter Regional Hospital, IN
  • Premier Health, OH
  • Redington Fairview, ME
  • Rhode Island Hospital, RI
  • Spartanburg Regional M.C., SC
  • St. Joseph’s Hospital, ME
  • Stonybrook University, NY
  • Summit Medical Group, NJ
  • Trinitas Regional Medical Center, NJ
  • University of Maryland, MD
  • University of Toronto, Canada
  • Vidant Medical Center, NC
  • Washington Hospital Center, DC
  • Wright State University, OH
  • Yale New Haven Hospital, CT
  • Brown University, RI
  • Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
  • Northwell Health, NY
  • Northwell Lenox Hill Hospital, NY
  • University of Pittsburgh, PA
  • Washington University, St. Louis, MI
  • NYP Columbia and Cornell, NY
  • University of Alabama, AL
  • University of California at Irvine, CA
  • Maimonides Medical Center, NY
  • Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
  • SUNY Downstate, NY
  • University of Buffalo, NY
  • University of Miami, FL
  • University of Missouri, MI
  • Wayne State University, MI
  • Westchester Medical Center, NY
  • Winthrop University, NY
  • SUNY Downstate Brooklyn NY
  • University of Tennessee, TN
  • Anesthesiology, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
  • Cardiology Metabolism/Lipids, Mount Sinai, NY
  • Cardiac Critical Care, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, MA
  • Cardiology Hypertension, VAMC Bronx, NY
  • Dermatology Residency, Rutgers RWJ, NJ
  • Hepatology, Montefiore Medical Center, NY
  • Hepatology, SUNY Downstate, NY
  • Neurology, University of Chicago, IL
  • Physician Administration Fellowship Northwell, NY
  • NYU Medical Center, NY (Transplant Hepatology)
  • University of Toronto, Canada (GI Research)
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Residency Overview

The Internal Medicine Residency Program at Maimonides Medical Center strives to provide an outstanding educational experience in an environment that assures a balance between academic and clinical activities. Our unique, highly diverse patient population exposes our residents to varied clinical experiences. Through exposure in the critical care units, the medical floors, and the outpatient setting, our residents become well versed in all aspects of internal medicine, fully prepared to enter any practice setting or fellowship upon graduation.

The Program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). We offer a total of 107 positions in two approved training programs:

  • Categorical three-year residency, leading to certification by the American Board of Internal Medicine, or ABIM (30 positions per year)
  • Preliminary one-year internal medicine program for those pursuing specialty training in other areas (up to 18 positions per year)
Through exposure in the critical care units, the medical floors, and the outpatient setting, our residents become well versed in all aspects of internal medicine, fully prepared to enter any fellowship or practice setting upon graduation.

To augment training, research, and patient care excellence, the Department has divisions in the following specialties:

 

    • Gastroenterology
    • General Internal Medicine
    • Geriatrics
    • Hematology/Oncology
    • Infectious Diseases
    • Endocrinology and Metabolism
    • Nephrology
    • Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
    • Rheumatology and Immunology
    • Supportive Care (Palliative Medicine)

Maimonides offers in-house fellowships in the following medical subspecialties:

    • Cardiovascular Medicine and Interventional Cardiology
    • Gastroenterology
    • Geriatrics
    • Hematology/Oncology
    • Infectious Diseases
    • Nephrology
    • Pulmonary Diseases
    • Critical Care Medicine
All divisions of the Department of Medicine are under the direction of full-time staff who are actively engaged in clinical work, teaching, and research. The Department also works closely with the Departments of Cardiology and Neurology to ensure that our residents receive a well-rounded and robust medicine education.
  • All rotations at one institution
  • Incredibly diverse patient base
  • Enthusiastic and engaged faculty
  • Accessibility to all medicine subspecialties
  • Best outcomes in New York State for MI and PCI
  • Residents graduate with confidence in their skills
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Meet the Internal Medicine Program Director

Lawrence B. Wolf, MD, FACP

Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program at Maimonides Medical Center

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Anthony N. Kalloo

Chair of Medicine at Maimonides Medical Center 

Professor Emeritus of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University

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Curriculum Overview

The internal medicine curriculum at Maimonides fulfills the requirements of the Residency Review Committee for Internal Medicine (RCC-IM) of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). The Internal Medicine Residency Program is a three-year ACGME accredited program based around a 4+1 block system – 4 weeks of inpatient rotations followed by 1 week of ambulatory medicine. Our comprehensive curriculum is focused on engaging residents as adult learners with the aim of producing competent, curious and compassionate internists. The curriculum offers broad and balanced experience in both inpatient and outpatient settings, which prepare the graduate for a career in general internal medicine or further training in any of the medical subspecialties.

By the end of the three-year program, graduating residents leave as expert practitioners in the care and treatment of major acute and chronic diseases.

The Residency Program incorporates training in many areas, including:

  • Preventive medicine
  • High quality, cost-effective patient care
  • Cultural diversity
  • Communication skills
  • Biomedical ethics

Comprehensive Inpatient and Outpatient Experiences

The 4+1 schedule provides for a separation between inpatient and outpatient experiences, enhancing the education in both settings.

Inpatient rotations include the general medical floors, intensive care units (ICUs) and specialty divisions. Under the supervision of the full-time faculty, residents participate in daily rounds on each unit. Responsibilities include:

  • Completing patient evaluations
  • Developing treatment plans
  • Performing procedures
  • Writing all patient orders
  • Responsibility for the ongoing care and monitoring of patients in the 20-bed medical intensive care unit and the 10-bed cardiac intensive care unit
  • Working with an interdisciplinary team including social services, case management, nursing, wound care, and nutritional support staff

The outpatient curriculum offers ambulatory care experiences in the primary care clinic, private office practice settings, and specialty clinics. Categorical Medicine residents have a full week at their longitudinal continuity clinic every fifth week, at which:

  • Every resident is assigned to an outpatient primary care team supervised by attending faculty physicians.
  • Each resident is assigned a panel of patients to carry over the entire residency training period.
  • Residents maintain continuity and establish strong relationships with their patients over the three years of training.

This experience provides residents with an understanding of the full range of care and support services available to patients. Our program prepares residents for the complexities of healthcare delivery in today’s world.

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Resident Stories

Maimonides is great because working here feels like a family. It’s a diverse, friendly, supportive, and nurturing environment!
Dr. Karina Lochan
Training at Maimonides Medical Center for the past three years has been a wonderful clinical experience. I have developed important assessment skills, while learning how to function as part of a cohesive medical team. The varied patient population at Maimonides offers residents the opportunity to develop into independent and experienced clinicians. But what truly sets Maimonides apart is the supportive and friendly community of people who work here. 
Dr. Varun Tej Gonuguntla
During residency at Maimonides, there is a constant feeling that you have support everywhere you turn— from co-interns, senior residents, and attendings. Starting out as a nervous intern, you never feel alone, especially with the large team structure of 5 interns and 3 seniors at a time. After treating a broad array of conditions and meeting an extremely diverse patient population, you’re more than equipped for fellowship or working as an attending after 3 years.
Dr. Carolyn Bendor-Grynbaum
My years in residency at Maimonides have been some of my most memorable. At Maimonides, I made friends for life not just among fellow residents but attendings as well. As an attending myself, I am grateful for the foundation I had during residency. Very few things cause me great consternation and I can attribute that to the great hands-on learning and the support I received.
Dr. Olaoluwatomi (Tomi) Lamikanra
I really enjoy working at Maimonides, I did my sub-I here and I loved the camaraderie and support that all the residents were getting. Being a resident here has not been different, the attendings and the other residents are extremely supportive. The patient population is challenging and interesting, which keeps us on our toes and makes us think outside the box to do the best for our patients.
Dr. Suhali Kundu
Once you join the Maimonides IM Program you are a member of a big family – camaraderie among residents and faculty is respectful and supportive. Even rotating students were taken as an important part of the team. Attendings are genuinely goodhearted people and among the best professionals in their fields. The program prepared us well to practice independently.  I feel lucky and honored to have graduated from this program!
Dr. Madina Ray
The medical and technical training is exceptional.  What sets the program apart is the leadership opportunities, diversity, and culture of mutual respect. The program and hospital leadership are exceptionally approachable and willing to incorporate suggestions from all levels to improve.  They taught me as much about medicine as about health care administration, policies and teamwork. The skills I developed have been an invaluable asset throughout my career.
Dr. Zain Sobani
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How To Apply

All applications are accepted only through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) and are then reviewed by our Selection Committee.  The Department of Medicine offers all of its residency positions through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP).

The review of your application and the scheduling of interviews requires you’ve completed the ERAS application, including the following components:

  • Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE – Dean’s Letter)
  • Medical school transcript(s)
  • USMLE/COMLEX transcripts
  • Three (3) letters of recommendation (at least one of which should be from a member of a department of medicine)
  • Personal statement
  • Curriculum Vitae

Maimonides Medical Center complies with federal and city laws and orders prohibiting discrimination in employment. Such discrimination includes race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, handicap, marital status or sexual orientation.

Program Requirements

  1. We sponsor H1B and J1 visas if necessary. No visa type is guaranteed. We require your Step 3 results by the NRMP Match date to ensure an H1B visa can be issued in time for a July 1 start date. 
  2. We do not have strict minimum USMLE/COMLEX score requirements; however, we do consider both scores and number of attempts.
  3. For international graduates, we do not require U.S. clinical experience, but it is strongly favored.
  4. We prefer candidates who have graduated from medical school within the last three years, but we will consider more than three years from date of graduation with commensurate clinical experience in the intervening time.
  5. Applicants must designate their interest in either the Preliminary or the Categorical Internal Medicine Program, as we do not accept applications to both programs from the same candidate.

 Important Dates for 2021-2022

  1. Applications are accepted from September 29 to December 31, 2021.
  2. Invitations to interview will be sent in October 2021 through December 2021 via email.
  3. Interviews will be scheduled for October 2021 through January 2022.

Interview Day
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this interview season will be entirely virtual. Your session will typically include presentations from the Program Director and the Chief Residents, greeting from the Chair of Medicine, interviews with faculty members, as well as with Chief and current medicine residents. Each prospective applicant will have time to meet virtually with the Program Director. There will also be virtual gatherings with our current residents (both preliminary and categorical) so candidates can learn more about our residents’ experiences at Maimonides. Depending upon the state of the ongoing pandemic, the Program may offer optional in-person open houses for candidates to see the facility and meet with residents. These sessions, if offered, will not have any bearing on the candidates’ applications or ranking by the Program.


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Harriet James-Johnson

Education Program Administrator

Telephone: 718-283-7040

Email: [email protected]


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Brooklyn, NY 11219

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