Why Choose Lincoln

What residents and applicants tell us sets the program apart.

How to apply

Twelve reasons

What sets Lincoln apart

A well-established, ACGME-accredited program with no citations

Continued accreditation from the ACGME with no citations, and a GME office with full accreditation.

A legacy of outstanding physicians since the 1970s

Decades of graduates practicing as hospitalists, primary care physicians, and subspecialists across the country.

24/7 on-site hospitalist and ICU attending support

A hospitalist and an intensivist are in the building every hour of every day.

Board pass rates above the national average

Recent first-time ABIM pass rates have reached 100%, with rolling three-year rates above the national average.

A growing list of in-house fellowships

Pulmonary/Critical Care, Critical Care, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Endocrinology, and Infectious Disease fellowships, all here at Lincoln.

HASP training

The Hospital Administration Scholars Program is offered to interested residents as an additional certification or degree after graduation.

Diverse patient pathology

A Level 1 trauma center with one of the busiest emergency departments in the country, in a community with a wide range of acute and chronic disease.

Investment in career advancement

Structured support for fellowship applications and a strong record of fellowship matches.

Research in collaboration with leading institutions

A dedicated research director, an in-house IRB, research assistants, and participation in national trials.

Wellness curriculum and support exceeding ACGME standards

Twice-yearly confidential burnout screening, a wellness room, and a calendar of wellness events.

A mentor for every resident

An established mentoring system pairs every resident with a faculty mentor.

Unique rotations

Ventilator management, POCUS, addiction medicine, social medicine, junior hospitalist, and junior attending rotations.

We are an acute care hospital in the South Bronx, minutes from Manhattan, with 362 inpatient beds — about 120 of them allocated to Internal Medicine — and roughly 12,000 medicine discharges a year. Our Emergency Department’s Level 1 trauma center is one of the busiest in the United States, and we are a designated stroke center. Our residents are exposed to a vast range of pathology that prepares them for whatever path they choose.

The residency is the largest program in the hospital, with about 125 residents, 100 of them categorical. Floor teams are led by an attending with one PGY-2 and three PGY-1s, supported by medical students from St. George’s University. Nights are two-week rotations covering the floors or the ICU. Our 40-bed telemetry unit acts as an ICU step-down and, unusually, cares for ventilated patients outside the ICU; our medical ICU has been recognized for acute stroke management.

Beyond the core rotations in cardiology, critical care, nephrology, endocrinology, geriatrics, gastroenterology, infectious disease, pulmonary medicine, palliative care, rheumatology, and neurology — led by attendings from all over the world — we offer a ventilator rotation covering non-invasive and invasive mechanical ventilation and extubations on the telemetry unit; dedicated research and peer-based learning rotations; a practice-based learning rotation that develops residents as teachers; and a clinic rotation through non-medical specialties such as orthopedics and gynecology, plus dermatology and anesthesia electives.

Our graduates have recently matched into fellowships in cardiology, endocrinology, geriatrics, hepatology, infectious disease, rheumatology, pulmonary/critical care, nephrology, and palliative care, and many go on to become hospitalists and primary care physicians. See the full list of fellowship matches.

Good luck — we look forward to seeing you during interview season!