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A Safety Net Residency in the Heart of New York City

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Table of Contents

 

Welcome………………………………………………………………………………………………………….….1 

About Our Organization ........................................................................................... 2 

Our Mission .............................................................................................................. 3 

Community Collaboration ........................................................................................ 4 

Innovations .............................................................................................................. 4 

Curriculum and Program Highlights: Fall 2020 ......................................................... 5 

Family Medicine Residency Rotation Schedule ........................................................ 7 

Current Residents .................................................................................................... 8 

Residency Faculty ..................................................................................................... 9 

Leadership and Accomplishments ......................................................................... 11 

Research and Publications ..................................................................................... 14 

Alumni .................................................................................................................... 15 

How to Apply ......................................................................................................... 16 

 

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Welcome! Welcome to the exciting world of Family Medicine in New York City. At the Mount Sinai Downtown Residency 

in Urban Family Medicine, we offer an innovative training program for those who want to make a difference 

for America’s most medically underserved individuals. We are committed to the provision of comprehensive, 

coordinated, and culturally‐competent care to our community, and we are devoted to providing our 

residents with the tools, skills, and vision necessary to become excellent clinicians and patient advocates. 

 

New York City has been a safe harbor for waves of immigrants, creating a rich fabric of diverse 

neighborhoods. We serve a broad array of patients, spanning many cultures, ages, and socioeconomic 

groups, including those who are uninsured. Our residents care for, and act as advocates for, our patients and 

their communities.   

 

Our program trains residents for leadership positions in a complex urban setting. We pride ourselves on the 

breadth of training opportunities we provide. Our health center employs the most innovative health 

information technology available to promote preventive care and health information exchange, including a 

patient portal in English and Spanish. Our advanced technology enabled residents to quickly provide 

telemedicine as an option for serving patients as the Covid‐19 pandemic emerged. 

 

 Our residents are deeply involved in community outreach, and they participate in a grant‐funded school 

health clinic program at a high school just a few blocks away. Residents are also trained to provide 

comprehensive women’s health care, including the provision of a full scope of contraceptive options. In 

addition, Integrative Medicine training is fully incorporated into the curriculum. We offer you the opportunity 

to reinvigorate and reinvent health care in New York City as a resident in our program. Come join us.  

 

Sincerely,  

   

Robert Schiller, MD              Andreas Cohrssen, MD Chair, Alfred and Gail Engelberg            Program Director Department of Family Medicine, Mount Sinai   Senior Vice President, The Institute for Family Health   

Robert Schiller, MD  Andreas Cohrssen, MD 

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About Our Organization

The Mount Sinai Downtown Residency in Urban Family Medicine has long been a vibrant family 

medicine anchor in Manhattan. The program is a collaboration between the Mount Sinai Health System, 

the Alfred and Gail Engelberg Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the Icahn 

School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS), and the Institute for Family Health.  

 

The Program’s home and ambulatory training site is at the Institute for Family Health’s West 17th Street 

Health Center, located in the Chelsea neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. Residents of the ISMMS 

Downtown Residency Program in Urban Family Medicine (formally the Mount Sinai Beth Israel Program) 

complete their inpatient training rotations in pediatrics, obstetrics and adult medicine at The Mount 

Sinai Hospital. This internationally acclaimed tertiary care facility with 1,134 beds provides superb 

training for our inpatient service, which is jointly operated by the Mount Sinai Downtown Residency and 

its sister program, the Harlem Residency in Family Medicine. Residents from both programs share 

inpatient call responsibilities. 

 

In a unique academic partnership, the Institute for Family Health operates Mount Sinai’s Department of 

Family Medicine and Community Health and the Mount Sinai Downtown Residency in Urban Family 

Practice sponsored by ISMMS. The Institute is a non‐profit organization founded in 1983 with a mission 

to increase access to high‐quality primary care services to medically underserved populations, which 

includes training a health care workforce attuned to the needs of these populations.  As a federally 

qualified community health center (FQHC) network, the Institute meets national standards for 

affordable, accessible, and comprehensive health care services. The Institute is accredited by the Joint 

Commission and has been designated a Level 3 patient‐centered medical home by the National 

Committee for Quality Assurance, the highest recognition available. It has also won numerous national 

awards for the innovative use of health information technology in the service of the underserved.   

   

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Our Mission  

The mission of the ISMMS Downtown Residency in Urban Family Medicine is to prepare family 

physicians to serve as leaders in urban health care. The family medicine model of care is based on a 

holistic approach to health that integrates psychological, social, economic, and environmental 

determinants of health with biomedical factors.  

Our residency program builds upon the comprehensive approach of family medicine with an emphasis 

on the particular needs of medically underserved communities. The population we serve is diverse and 

requires a specialized skill set. Cultural competency is crucial to providing optimal care for our patients.  

We are proud of our residents’ skill and professionalism in addressing the challenges of the covid‐19 

pandemic.  As family physician residents, they are learning to provide comprehensive primary care to 

our diverse patients through telehealth and in‐person visits as well as state‐of‐the‐art inpatient care 

supported by advanced clinical and biomedical research.  Our goal is to train our residents to provide 

the best possible care to our community so that our patients can live healthy and productive lives.    

 

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Community Collaboration  

Good Shepherd Services 

Health Care for the Homeless 

Washington Irving High School  

Upper East Side Rehabilitation and Nursing Center 

Planned Parenthood   

 

Innovations       

Advanced use of electronic medical records 

Integrative medicine web‐based training 

Acupuncture/osteopathic manipulation 

Model contraception clinic 

Sonography curriculum 

Cultural competency training 

Motivational interviewing training  

Health disparities teaching      

Health education 

Integrative Medicine consultation clinics  

Interactive conference schedule  

Longitudinal Elective in HIV Primary Care leading to AAHIVM certification  

Care for LGBTQ communities 

Trauma‐informed care 

 

 

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Curriculum and Program Highlights: Fall 2020  

Urban Underserved Medicine 

FQHC training site with diverse patient population from all over NYC with opportunities to care for undocumented and uninsured patients 

Training in homeless shelters 

Prison health 

Work with community organizations 

Suboxone training   

Integrative Medicine (IM): Comprehensive, Nationally‐Recognized Training  

National program in longitudinal training in Integrative Medicine starts in 1st year 

4 full weeks of block training in Integrative Medicine in 2nd year  

Integrative Medicine, Acupuncture, and Nutrition consultations on site Fellowship in Integrative Medicine 

HIV COMPASS Longitudinal Elective 

Opportunity for 2 residents each year to participate in a 2 year longitudinal elective training in HIV care, with training also in Hep B/C 

Work with dedicated HIV care management and behavioral health team (COMPASS)  

Women’s and Reproductive Health: Comprehensive, Nationally‐Recognized Training  

Training in Options Counseling and extensive contraception procedures  

Innovative Group Prenatal Visit training for all residents 

Training at affiliated Planned Parenthood Site  

Trauma‐informed care with victims of sex trafficking  

Adolescent Medicine in the School‐Based Health Center 

Caring for students at an underserved neighboring high school  

Program leadership and faculty have contributed to national residency curriculum on adolescent medicine 

Care for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) youth experiencing homelessness/unstable housing at Ali Forney, a local drop‐in center  

Game coverage at football games 

Special SMART course for training on athletic injuries  

Patient Centered Medical Home  

  Rotation to investigate barriers to excellence of care between inpatient and outpatient  

Chronic Diseases including HIV 

New rotation to investigate management of chronic illnesses with focus on HIV and diabetes 

Option to participate in HIV certification pathway  

Training using Electronic Health Records (EHR)   

Training site uses EPIC, state‐of‐the‐art EHR with a patient portal available in English and Spanish and extensive clinical reports for reviewing and improving practice patterns 

 

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Superior Faculty in Biopsychosocial Training  

Two PhD Psychologists train residents in counseling and complex patient management 

Active Resident and Faculty Balint groups  

Pharmacist Faculty 

Two PharmD faculty from local university: one inpatient, one outpatient actively involved in daily rounds and precepting  

Resident Well‐being  

Resident Support Group   

Buddies/Advisors/Mentors 

Resident Retreats  

Diverse Patient Population at Training Site  

All economic and multiple ethnic backgrounds  

Support from strong social service department  

Work with homeless programs and affiliated community organizations   

Academic/ Research Activities  

Formal research curriculum and opportunities for involvement in a variety of active studies 

All residents participate in regional and/or national conferences  

Supervision of rotating medical students from medical schools across the nation   

Rural Training  

Opportunities with affiliated program in Mid‐Hudson Residency in Family Medicine, Kingston, NY   

Employment Opportunities  

One‐third of our graduates found employment within the Institute for Family Health, Mount Sinai Medical Center or Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center 

 Integrative Collaborative Care with Behavioral Health  

Mental Health Services  

Elective Opportunities 

International rotations 

Correctional Health  

Advanced OB  

Homeless sites 

Sports Medicine 

Children with Disabilities  

Fellowship Opportunities 

Reproductive Health Care and Advocacy Fellowship 

Integrative Medicine Fellowship 

Clinical Research Fellowship in Family Medicine 

Addiction Medicine Fellowship 

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Family Medicine Residency Rotation Schedule  

SecondYear Weeks

Ambulatory Pediatrics 4 Critical Care Experience 2 Dermatology 2 Elective 4 Geriatrics 2 Gynecology 4 Inpatient Medicine (including Night Float) 8 Integrative Medicine 4 Obstetrics 4 Pediatric Emergency Medicine 2 Psychiatry Psychosomatic Medicine 4 Practice Management 2 Teaching and Transitions 2 Surgery 4 Vacation 4 ThirdYear Weeks

Adolescent Health 4Adult ED 2Ambulatory Surgery 2Chronic Illness 2Dermatology 2Electives 8ENT 2Geriatrics 2Inpatient Medicine (including Night Float) 4Obstetrics 4Ophthalmology 2Orthopedics 2Pediatric Emergency Medicine 4Practice Management 2Sports Medicine 2Teaching and Transitions 2Urology 2Vacation 4

FirstYear Weeks

Cardiology 4 Critical Care Experience 2 Emergency Medicine (Adult) 4 Family/Community Medicine 4 Inpatient Medicine (including Night Float) 14 Inpatient Pediatrics 4 Nursery 2 Obstetrics 4 Orthopedics 2 Pediatric Emergency Medicine 4 Patient Centered Medical Home 2 Psychiatry 2 Vacation 4

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Current Residents PGY3 EmailAddress MedicalSchool

Sophie Gottesman, MD [email protected] Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Teknion Israel Institute of Technology

Theresa Meotti, MD [email protected]

University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Cara Rabin, DO [email protected]

Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine

Manisha Rai, MD [email protected]

University of Michigan Medical School

Geeth Kavya Minama Reddy, MD [email protected] Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

Amy Schlauch, DO [email protected] 

Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine

PGY2 EmailAddress MedicalSchool

Mark Bornstein, DO [email protected] Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Camila Castellanos, MD [email protected] University of Illinois College of Medicine

Yasmin Hashemi, DO [email protected] Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Pomona Campus

Bitika Kaur Kohli, DO [email protected] Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine

Chelsea Recor, MD [email protected] University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Roya Yavari, MD [email protected] New York Medical College

PGY1 EmailAddress MedicalSchool

Julia Eicher, DO [email protected] Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine, California

Alexa Goldstein, MD [email protected]

University of Illinois College of Medicine

Noosheen Javadi, MD [email protected] Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University

Andreas Lazaris, MD [email protected] Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Talia Mariduena-Urdanigo, MD [email protected] SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine

Elaina Ramos, MD [email protected] Boston University School of Medicine

 

 

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Residency Faculty  

 

Andreas Cohrssen, MD; Program Director, Mount Sinai Downtown Residency Johann‐Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, MD Residency: Lutheran Medical Center, Bklyn, NY 

 

Cheryl Clark, MD; Community Medicine Rotation Coordinator, OB/Maternal Health SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn  Residency: St. Clare’s Hospital, Schenectady, NY 

 

Mary Kristine Ellis, MD; Culinary Medicine, Musculoskeletal rotations Ross University School of Medicine Residency: Tulane University‐East Jefferson General Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana 

 

Ginger Gillespie, MD; Medical Director, The Institute for Family Health at 17th Street (main outpatient training site), Repro Health SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn Residency: Beth Israel Residency in Urban Family Medicine, New York, NY 

 

Robert Goldberg, DO; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. MSK & Osteopathy faculty, Rutgers University; Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Residency: St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center of New York, NY 

 

Sara Beth Karp, MD; , Associate Program Director, Coordinator for Colposcopy and  Practice Management  University of California, Davis School of Medicine Residency: Lancaster General Hospital Family Practice Residency, Lancaster, PA 

 

Insung Min, MD, MPH; Patient Centered Medical Home Coordinator, HIV Care  Jefferson Medical College; University of Michigan School of Public Health (MPH) Residency: Montefiore Medical Center Residency Program in Family and Social Medicine, Bronx, NY 

 

Robert Murayama‐Greenbaum, MD, MPH, FACP, AAHIVS; HIV Director  SUNY Syracuse School of Medicine and Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health Residency: Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 

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Dan Napolitano, MD, AAHIVS; Director of the Family Medicine Inpatient Service, Department of Family Medicine UMDNJ New Jersey Medical School at Newark Residency: Beth Israel Medical Residency in Urban Family Medicine – New York, NY 

 

Linda Prine, MD; Medical Director, Reproductive Health Access Project; Director, Women's Health, The Institute for Family Health Cornell University Medical College Residency: Montefiore Medical Center – Family Practice Program in Social Medicine 

 

Rachel Roth, MD; Medical Director, School‐Based Health Program, HIV Care, Washington Irving High School  Saba University School of Medicine Residency: Beth Israel Family Medicine Residency Program in Urban Family Medicine 

 

Noreen Singh, MD; OB/Maternal Health, Integrative Medicine Yale University School of Medicine Residency: UCSF‐ Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency Program, San Francisco, CA 

 

Raymond Teets, MD; Fellowship Co‐Director, Integrative Medicine  MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine Residency: Trident Family Medicine, Cypress, CA 

 

Regina Ginzburg, PharmD; Clinical Pharmacy Faculty, Outpatient Pharmacology Curriculum St John's University, BS Pharmacy and PharmD 

 

Elsen C. Jacob, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, CPPS; Clinical Pharmacy Faculty, Inpatient Pharmacology St John's University, PharmD 

 

Goldie Alfasi, PhD; Director of Behavioral Science  PhD in Clinical Psychology, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center  

 

Camila Rivera‐Morales, PhD; Behavioral Scientist MA, Clinical Psychology, The New School for Social Research PhD, Clinical Psychology, The New School for Social Research 

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Robert Schiller, MD; Chairman, Alfred and Gail Engelberg Department of Family Medicine  New York University Residency: Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 

Leadership and Accomplishments  Neil Calman, MD  Co‐Founder, President and CEO, The Institute for Family Health  

Chair,  Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Icahn School of  Medicine at Mount 

Sinai 

Elected Member of the National Academy of Medicine 

Immediate Past Chair, Board of Directors, Community Health Care Association of New York State 

 

Robert Schiller, MD  Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs, The Institute for Family Health 

Chair, Department of Family Medicine,  Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital   

Vice Chair, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Icahn School of Medicine at 

Mount Sinai 

Chair,  Credentialing Committee, Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital 

Ethics Committee, Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital 

Designated Institutional Official (DIO), The Institute for Family Health   

 

Andreas Cohrssen, MD  Program Director, Mount Sinai Downtown Residency in Urban Family Medicine  

Steering Committee, NYC‐RING Practice Based Research Network  

Elsen Jacob, PharmD  Clinical Inpatient Pharmacy Director 

Assistant Professor, St. Johns University School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 

Faculty Liaison, New York City Society of Health System Pharmacists 

 

Sara Beth Karp, MD  Faculty, Mount Sinai Downtown Residency in Urban Family Medicine   

Teaching Excellence Award 2015, Mount Sinai Health Systems  

Robert Murayama‐Greenbaum, MD  HIV Director  

New York State AIDS Institute HIV Quality Advisory Committee 

New York State ADAP Medical Advisory Committee 

Clinical Committee and HIV/AIDS Subcommittee s,  Community Health Care Association of NYS 

LGBT Primary Care Alliance, National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) 

Public Policy Committee, American Academy of HIV Medicine.   

 

Daniel Napolitano, MD  Inpatient Director, Family Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital 

Co‐chair, Community Health Center Division, Citywide Colon Cancer Control Coalition 

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Linda Prine, MD  Director of Women’s Health, The Institute for Family Health  

President, New York County Chapter, New York State Academy of Family Physicians  

STFM Educator of the Year Award 2018 

Society of Family Planning Mentoring Award 2016 

Medical Director, Reproductive Health Access Project  

 

Ray Teets, MD  Faculty and Co‐Director, Integrative Medicine Fellowship Program 

Secretary of the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine 

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Research and Publications

The Institute faculty and staff engage in clinical and health services research in support of its core mission to provide access to superior primary care, especially to those who are medically underserved. Our research enables us to continually improve the care we offer and to contribute to the advancement of primary care knowledge and practices. Institute research projects have received support from the National Institutes of Health, Agency for Health Care Quality and Research, New York State Department of Health, and a variety of private foundations and have resulted in publications in a wide range of journals. 

Key areas of research focus and publication for the faculty of the Mount Sinai Downtown Residency in Urban Family Medicine are listed below. 

Women’s Health 

Hendricks E, Rosenberg, R, Prine L.  Ectopic Pregnancy: Diagnosis and Management. Am Fam Physician. 2020 May 15;101(10):599‐606.  

Srinivasulu S, Maldonado L, Prine L, Rubin SE. Intention to provide abortion upon completing family medicine residency and subsequent abortion provision: a 5‐year follow‐up survey. Contraception. 2019 May 29.  

Shah SD, Prine L, Waltermaurer E, Rubin SE.  Feasibility study of family planning services screening as clinical decision support at an urban Federally Qualified Health Center network. Contraception. 2019 Jan;99(1):27‐31.  

Prine L, Shah M. Long‐Acting Reversible Contraception: Difficult Insertions and Removals.  Am Fam Physician. 2018 Sep 1;98(5):304‐309. 

Rubin SE, Maldonado L, Fox K, Rosenberg R, Wall J, Prine L. Establishing and Conducting a Regional, Hands‐on Long‐Acting Reversible Contraception Training Center in Primary Care. Womens Health Issues. 2018 Sep ‐ Oct;28(5):375‐378.  

Rubin SE, Maldonado L, Fox K, Rosenberg R, Wall J, Prine L.  Establishing and Conducting a Regional, Hands‐on Long‐Acting Reversible Contraception Training Center in Primary Care. Womens Health Issues. 2018 Sep ‐ Oct;28(5):375‐378.  

Baird S, Gagnon MD, deFiebre G, Briglia E, Crowder R, Prine L. Women's experiences with early 

pregnancy loss in the emergency room: A qualitative study. Sex Reprod Healthc. 2018 Jun;16:113‐117. doi: 10.1016/j.srhc.2018.03.001. Epub 2018 Mar 8. 

Ravi A, Prine L, Waltermaurer E, Miller N, Rubin SE. Cohrssen A, Aslam U, Karasz A, Anderson M. Are unexplained vaginal symptoms associated with psychosocial distress?  J Primary Health Care 2010: 2(2): 150‐154.  

Cohrssen A, Anderson M, Merrill A, McKee D. Reliability of the whiff test in clinical practice. Journal of the American Board of Family Practice. 2005 Nov‐Dec;18(6):561‐2.  

Anderson MR, Klink K, Cohrssen A. Evaluation of vaginal complaints. JAMA. 2004 Mar 17;291(11):1368‐79.  

Integrative Medicine 

Cohrssen A. Echinacea's immune effects‐possibilities and pitfalls‐two cases. Explore (NY). 2006 May;2(3):232‐3.  

Kligler B, Teets R, Quick M.Kligler B, et al.  Complementary/Integrative Therapies That Work: A Review of the Evidence.  Am Fam Physician. 2016 Sep 1;94(5):369‐74.  Lebensohn P, Kligler B, Brooks AJ, Teets R, Birch M, Cook P, Maizes V. Integrative Medicine in Residency: Feasibility and Effectiveness of an Online Program. Fam Med. 2017 Jul;49(7):514‐521.   

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Lebensohn P, Dodds S, Brooks AJ, Cook P, Guerrera M, Sierpina V, Teets R, Woytowicz J, Maizes V. Increasing resident recruitment into family medicine: effect of a unique curriculum in integrative medicine.  Explore (NY). 2014 May‐Jun;10(3):187‐92.. 

Lebensohn ,P, Kligler, B, Dodds, S, Schneider, C, Sroka, S, Benn, R, Cook, P, Guerrera, M, Low Dog, T, Sierpina, V, Teets, R, Waxman, D, Woytowicz, J, Weil, A, & Maizes, V. (2012). Integrative Medicine in Residency Education: Developing Competency through Online Curriculum Training. Journal of Graduate Medical Education, March 2012. 

Schiller R. Ask the experts. Viburcol for upper respiratory infection in children.Explore (NY). 2005 Mar;1(2):154.  

See S., Nosal, S., Barr, W., Schiller, R. Implementation of a Symptom Triggered Benzodiazepine Protocol for Alcohol Withdrawal in Family Medicine Inpatients . Hosp Pharm 2009;44:881‐7.  

Health Disparities and Vulnerable Populations 

Dhingra L, Schiller R, Teets R, Nosal S, Rodriguez S, Cruciani G, Barrett M, Ginzburg R, Ahmed E, Wasser T, Chen J, Shuman S, Crump C, Portenoy R.  Race and Ethnicity Do Not Clinically Associate with Quality of Life Among Patients with Chronic Severe Pain in a Federally Qualified Health Center. Pain Med. 2018 Jul 1;19(7):1408‐1418  Min I, Schonberg D, Anderson M. A review of primary care training programs in correctional health for physicians. Teach Learn Med. 2012;24(1):81‐9. 

Lederman S., Alfasi, G., Deckelbaum, RJ. Pregnancy‐associated obesity in black women in New York City. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2002 Mar;6(1):37‐42. 

Pharmacy  Ginzburg R, Conway JJ, Waltermaurer E, Song W, Jellinek‐Cohen SP.  Using Clinical Decision Support Within the Electronic Health Record to Reduce Incorrect Prescribing for Acute Sinusitis.  J Patient Cent Res Rev. 2018 Jul 30;5(3):196‐203. 

Chim C, Dimitropoulos E, Ginzburg R. Implementing a Policy and Protocol on Managing Patients With Hypertensive Urgencies. Ann Pharmacother. 2016 Jul;50(7):548‐54.   Chim C, Dimitropoulos E, Ginzburg R. Implementing a Policy and Protocol on Managing Patients With Hypertensive Urgencies.  Ann Pharmacother. 2016 Jul;50(7):548‐54  Ginzburg R.  Impact of pharmacy student interventions in an urban family medicine clinic. Am J Pharm Educ. 2014 Jun 17;78(5):90. doi:  

 Lesnewski R, Prine L, Ginzburg R.  Preventing gaps when switching contraceptives.  Am Fam Physician. 2011 Mar 1;83(5):567‐70.  Ginzburg R, Barr WB, Harris M, Munshi S. Effect of a weight‐based prescribing method within an electronic health record on  prescribing errors.  Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2009 Nov 15;66(22):2037‐41  Ginzburg R, Rosero E.  Risk of fractures with selective serotonin‐reuptake inhibitors or tricyclic antidepressants.  Ann Pharmacother. 2009 Jan;43(1):98‐103.   See S., Nosal, S., Barr, W., Schiller, R. Implementation of a Symptom Triggered Benzodiazepine Protocol for Alcohol Withdrawal in Family Medicine Inpatients . Hosp Pharm 2009;44:881‐7.   

See S, Ginzburg R. Choosing a skeletal muscle relaxant.  Am Fam Physician. 2008 Aug 1;78(3):365‐70. 

Ginzburg R, Cohrssen A:  Demonstrating Prescribing Competence:  A Successful Pilot of a Prescription Competency Curriculum for Family Medicine Residents Family Medicine Nov 2007 Vol 39 (10):703‐5

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Alumni

UnderservedSettings:Nicole Neretin, MD, 1997 – Director, Health Care for the Homeless, The Institute for Family Health Eric Gayle, MD, 1998 – Vice President for Medical Services, The Institute for Family Health Amy Pandya, MD, 2006 – Associate Regional Medical Director, The Institute for Family Health - Cadman Family Health Center Sarah Nosal, MD, 2007 – Chief Medical Information Officer, The Institute for Family Health Daniel Napolitano, MD, 2010 –Inpatient Director, Mount Sinai Downtown Amanda Harris, MD, 2015 – Rikers Island Director of Women’s Health Meera Shah, MD, 2015 – Director, Planned Parenthood Hudson Mary Brigid Halloran, DO, 2017 – Physician, The Institute for Family Health - Urban Horizons Family Health Center Margaret Glausser, MD, 2018 – Physician, The Institute for Family Health - Walton Family Health Center  

ClinicalCareSettings:James Nguyen, MD, 2004 – Manhattan Physicians Group Carl Violano, MD, 2008 – Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA Elizabeth Enschede, MD, 2011 – Beth Israel Medical Group Honore Lansen, MD, 2011 – One Medical Group, New York, NY  

AcademicSettings:Adam Szerencsy, DO, 2004 – NYU, Clinical IT Craig Blinderman, MD, 2005 – Columbia University Palliative Care Alina Merril, DO, 2005 – Director of the Medical Clinic at MacNeal Family Medicine Residency Program, and Chicago Faculty (Berwyn) Lauren Oshman, MD, 2007 – University of Chicago Julia Helstrom, DO, 2008 – Pennsylvania College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) Anup Bhandiwad, MD 2020 –University of Michigan Yorgos Strangas, MD, 2016- Center for Family & Community Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center

Fellowships:Craig Blinderman, MD, 2005 – Pain and Palliative Care, Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center Shibani Munshi, MD, 2007 – Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona Noa’a Shimoni, MD, 2007 – Reproductive Health, Columbia University Marissa Harris, MD, 2007 – Reproductive Health, Montefiore Medical Center Elizabeth McCormick, MD, 2009 – Pain and Palliative Care & OB- Oregon Health Science Center, Portland, OR Zehra Siddiqui, MD, 2012 – Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center Katy Mimno, MD, 2013 – Global Health Fellowship, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Melissa Quick, DO, 2014 – Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Institute for Family Health Anita Ravi, MD, 2014 – Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Fellowship, Philadelphia PA Rachel Rosenberg, MD, 2014 – Women’s Health Fellowship, Institute for Family Health Justin Conway, MD, 2015 – Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship, Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Seema Shah, MD, 2015 – Women’s Health Fellowship, Institute for Family Health Alyssa Finn, MD, 2016 – Integrative Medicine Fellowship, Institute for Family Health Alex Ritter, MD, 2016 – Palliative Care Fellowship, Mount Sinai Medical Center Juliana Bennison, MD, 2018 – Addiction Medicine Fellowship, The Institute for Family Health Michele Bejar, MD, 2018 – Clinical Research Fellowship, The Institute for Family Health Anup Bhandiwad, MD, 2019 – Integrative Medicine Fellowship, The Institute for Family Health Andrew Chen, MD, 2019 – Sports Medicine Fellowship, Cleveland, OH Ines Teuma, MD 2019 – OB Fellowship Schenectady, NY Tamra Travers, MD 2019 – Faculty Development Fellowship, Santa Rosa, CA

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How to Apply  

All applications must be submitted via the Electronic 

Residency Application Service (ERAS™). No paper 

applications will be accepted. Applications from 

international medical school graduates (IMGs) must also be 

submitted through ERAS™. We accept applications for PGY1 

positions from September 14th through December 18th. 

 

The Residency Program Director and a selection committee 

composed of faculty and current residents review all 

applications. Of particular interest to our program are 

demonstration of an understanding of the principles of family 

medicine and commitment to working with urban underserved 

communities.  

 

Invitations for interviews are extended on a rolling basis as 

applications are reviewed. For more information, please 

contact the Residency Administrator at 

[email protected].  

 

 

 

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Biopsychosocial Model 

Advanced Collaborative Care   

Correctional Health 

Resident‐centered Electives 

LGBTQ+ Care 

HIV Care 

Integrative Medicine 

Reproductive comprehensive care 

Trauma‐Informed Care 

Diversity 

Employment Opportunities