Einstein Residencies and Education

Internal Medicine - Program Info
The Department of Medicine, Einstein Medical Center's largest and most comprehensive department, offers its residents a rich array of educational opportunities in settings ranging from office practices to critical care units.
Residents can count on personal attention and guidance from the Department of Medicine's distinguished faculty. More than 90 full-time, salaried faculty members are outstanding physicians who are dedicated to resident education and patient care.
Graduates who pursue careers in primary care are rewarded with abundant practice opportunities, while those interested in subspecialty training compete successfully for distinguished fellowship positions.
Mission:
The mission of the Einstein Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program is to ensure that each resident acquires the knowledge, skills and attitudes to become a proficient general internist or skilled subspecialist.
Residency Program Objectives:
To educate residents to become competent physicians who can effectively and efficiently evaluate and manage both ambulatory and hospitalized patients
To prepare residents for generalist practice, focusing on preventive, comprehensive and continuous care
To provide residents with experience in all internal medicine subspecialties in order to ensure breadth of training and fulfillment of individual learning goals
To train residents to function competently as consultants in internal medicine
To foster an atmosphere which supports self-directed, self-motivated learning and teaching
To ensure that residents develop expertise in applying computer-based information systems to patient care and continuing medical education
To emphasize a cost-conscious approach to patient care and encourage judicious use of diagnostic tests, medications and consultants
To foster the unwavering application of humanism to all encounters with patients, families and colleagues
To encourage residents to develop an understanding of allied health fields and complementary medical practices
To prepare residents to pass the certification and recertification examinations of the American Board of Internal Medicine.
The Simulation Center
The Department of Medicine has had its own Simulation Center located in the Korman Research Building. These simulators provide a hands on experience which will challenge and test residents’ clinical and decision-making skills during realistic patient-care scenarios.
Click here to visit the Simulation Center page within Educational Resources.

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Leadership

Steven L. Sivak

Title: Chairman, Internal Medicine

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Dr. Sivak is a graduate of New York Medical College and completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at the Metropolitan Hospital Center in New York City. He then served as chief resident at Westchester County Medical Center. Over the last 20 years, Dr. Sivak’s career has been dedicated to the education of medical students and residents in internal medicine. He was the director of the third-year course in internal medicine at New York Medical College for 10 years and later led two internal medicine residencies, a medicine/pediatrics program and one transitional year residency as program director. Dr. Sivak has developed and implemented many innovative curricula during this time. His research interests include decision analytical techniques and medical informatics. Dr. Sivak is a fellow of the American College of Physicians as well as a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha. He is also the recipient of numerous teaching awards from students and residents.

Philip O. Katz, MD

Title: Gastroenterology Chairman, Internal Medicine Associate Program Director

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Dr. Katz received his medical degree from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He served his residency and chief residency in internal medicine, followed by a fellowship in gastroenterology at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine. He is board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology. Dr. Katz has brought his state-of-the-art esophageal testing laboratory to Einstein and is developing an active clinical and research practice in this area. His research interests include all aspects of gastroesophageal reflux disease, including nocturnal recovery of gastric acid secretion during proton pump inhibitor therapy and esophageal pain perception. Dr. Katz is a practicing clinician with active teaching and editorial positions. In addition to lecturing on many gastroenterology-related topics, Dr. Katz is an editorial reviewer for Annals of Internal Medicine, American Journal of Gastroenterology, Gastroenterology, Journal of the American Geriatric Association, and Digestive Diseases and Sciences. He has contributed to the publication of over 120 peer-reviewed papers, numerous abstracts, books, book chapters, and monographs.
He is the incoming President of the American College of Gastroenterology. Dr. Katz is board certified in both internal medicine and gastroenterology.

Glenn Eiger, MD

Title: Program Director, Internal Medicine

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Glenn Eiger, MD, is Program Director of the Internal Medicine and Transitional Year Residency Programs. He is the Associate Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Einstein Medical Center and Associate Professor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College. Dr. Eiger is a member of the Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine. He is the recipient of the 1996, 1997 and 1998 Chief Residents' Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching. In 1998, Dr. Eiger received the Temple University School of Medicine Blockley-Osler Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching.
Dr. Eiger completed his residency and chief residency at Beth Israel Medical Center and his fellowship in pulmonary disease and critical care medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Chest Physicians.

Nina Mingioni, MD

Title: Associate Program Director

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Dr. Mingioni received her medical degree from New York University School of Medicine and completed her internal medicine residency training and served as Chief Medical Resident at Einstein Medical Center. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College and is interested in undergraduate and graduate medical education. Dr. Mingioni is board certified in internal medicine and has special interest in providing comprehensive care to patients with multiple medical conditions.

Richard Allman, MD

Title: Associate Program Director

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Dr. Allman is President, Einstein Medical Center Medical Staff, Chairman of the MossRehab Ethics Committee and a member of the Einstein Institutional Ethics Committee. He is a graduate of Jefferson Medical College and the Allentown Hospital (now Lehigh Valley Affiliated Program) Internal Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Allman completed a rheumatology fellowship at Boston University Hospital and his rheumatology fellowship at Temple University Hospital. He is board certified in internal medicine and rheumatology and is an Associate Professor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College and Affiliate Scholar, Center for Clinical Bioethics, Georgetown University School of Medicine. Dr. Allman is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the recipient of a 1998 Faculty Council Teaching Award.

Matthew Behme, MD

Title: Associate Program Director

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Dr. Behme is a graduate of University Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He completed his internal medicine residency training at Einstein. Dr. Behme jointed the faculty in 2008.

Program Info

Internal Medicine - Program Info

Mission:

Residency Program Objectives:

The Simulation Center

Leadership