Jacobi Medical Center/ Albert Einstein College of Medicine (NY)

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Jacobi Medical Center/ Albert Einstein College of Medicine (NY)

Program Type:
General Internal Medicine - Women's Health Residency Track

Date Established: July 1994

Number of Positions: Up to 4 per year

Duration of Program: 3 years

Sponsored by:
Department of Medicine

Co-Sponsoring Institution(s)/Department(s)
Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health

Contact(s)
Lori Lemberg, M.D.
Director of Women's Health Residency Track
Asst Prof of Clinical Medicine
Jacobi Medical Center
1400 Pelham Parkway South
Bronx, NY 10461
Telephone: (718) 918-6085
FAX: (718) 918-7701
E-mail: Lori.Lemberg@nbhn.net

Eligibility Requirement(s)
A medical degree is required.

Required Activities
In addition to the required aspects of the Internal Medicine residency training program, junior/senior residents have weekly gynecology continuity clinic co-supervised by an internist and a gynecologist. They are seeing women for routine gynecological care as well as women for preoperative evaluations prior to surgery. Over their three year training they attend 5 blocks of time devoted to women's health issues. Each "block" lasts approximately one month.

Elective Activities
Elective options include research in issues related to women's health and rotations in Family Planning, Breast clinic, surgical subspecialty clinics, reproductive endocrinology and infertility clinics.

Special Degree(s)/Certificate(s) Offered
Residents are board eligible in Internal Medicine.

Goals of the Program
"Graduates will be board eligible in Internal Medicine and well-qualified to provide primary care to men and women. They will have expertise in the special aspects of women's general and reproductive health. They will be prepared to contribute as educators and researchers in the field of women's health."

Other Program Features
This is a track (Women's Health) within the Internal Medicine residency program. Clinical and educational activities focus on General Internal Medicine, Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and Epidemiology, Primary Gynecology, Psychology and Psychiatry. The mini-courses offered are: "Cardiovascular Disease and Gender", "Cancer and Gender", and "Brain and Gender" and include reading groups supervised by senior faculty. The program emphasizes the importance of gender, race, age, and socioeconomic status in health and disease.

Reason for Initiating Program
"This residency track was developed by the Department of Internal Medicine in cooperation with the Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health. The departments are working together to enrich the education components of their training in the primary care aspects of women's health. Teamwork will lead to further innovations in the care of women."

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