Steven L. Sivak, MD

Albert Einstein Medical Center, originally known as The Jewish Hospital for the Aged, Infirm and Destitute, opened its doors in 1865. The suffering he witnessed in the wake of the Civil War moved Abraham Sulzberger, the hospital's founder, to open a hospital that cared for all persons in need regardless of their race, nationality or creed. While the hospital has grown from its original 20-bed facility into a major full-service, academic healthcare network, our mission remains as important today as it was in 1865. Each Einstein Medical Center patient is treated with respect and compassion, regardless of his or her background. Then as now, the hospital's mission emphasized the Medical Center's commitment to education and research. The first resident physician came to Einstein Medical Center in 1865 and that tradition continues today. As a major affiliate of Thomas Jefferson Medical School, we continuously train second-year, third-year and fourth-year Jefferson medical students.

Our residency curriculum is uniquely structured to allow residents to participate in meaningful scholarly activity during their residencies. The Department of Medicine's 63 full-time faculty members are highly committed to the education of residents and students. The department leadership understands the needs of the residents and is directly involved in the educational programs. Should you decide to obtain training in our  Internal Medicine or Medicine-Pediatrics Programs you will receive outstanding training. You will be well prepared for a career in primary care or to go on to subspecialty training. Residents in our Preliminary Medicine and Transitional Year Programs have the flexibility in their curriculum to accommodate training in other specialty areas.

Please take a moment to review our residency programs and feel free to call, write or send e-mail if you have any questions. Information on how to contact our program may be found in our application information section.

Steven L. Sivak, MD, is the Paul J. Johnson Chairman of Medicine at Albert Einstein Medical Center. He 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 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.

Department of Pediatrics: Allan M. Arbeter, MD

The Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine of the Albert Einstein Medical Center is committed to providing excellent care for the infants, children and adolescents in need of primary, subspecialty, inpatient or outpatient care. The department’s focus of patient services is largely primary care for those in the surrounding neighborhoods and subspecialty care throughout North, Northeast and Northwest Philadelphia. Patient care service is contemporary in technical expertise, provided through a compassionate family-oriented model. The department continues a long tradition of over 50 years of teaching medical students; pediatric, medicine/pediatric, pediatric/PM&R residents; nurse practitioner students and neonatal intensive care fellows. The department regularly contributes to new medical knowledge through research sponsored from varied sources including Albert Einstein Society and federal government agencies. The department makes a strong commitment to the communities it serves through close collaboration with the Einstein Community Health Associates, a primary care network, and graduating pediatric residents for employment opportunities in pediatrics.

The department has developed a collaborative patient care model for clinical services with subspecialty physicians from A.I. duPont Hospital for Children that complement the department’s array of subspecialties. The combination of clinical resources from the Albert Einstein Medical Center, Einstein Community Health Associates and A.I. duPont Hospital provides the resident physicians with rich opportunities for clinical experience and education.

Allan M. Arbeter, MD, is Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. Dr Arbeter is Acting Chairman of Albert Einstein Society’s Research Subcommittee, past chairman from 1989 through 1994, and a member of the subcommittee since 1986.

Dr. Arbeter has been recognized repeatedly for excellence in research and education. In 1983, he was cited in Newsweek Magazine for his contributions to the development of the chicken pox vaccine. In 1992 and again in 2001, Dr. Arbeter was featured in the “Top Docs for Kids” issue of Philadelphia Magazine. He is the recipient of the 1995 J. Stanely Cohen, MD, Research Career Award and both the 1986 and 1987 Resident Teacher of the Year Award from the Department of Pediatrics at Albert Einstein Medical Center. In addition, Dr. Arbeter has received Teacher of the Year awards from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and from the Naval Regional Medical Center

Dr. Arbeter is a graduate of Jefferson Medical College. He completed his residency at Tufts New England Medical Center in Boston and a fellowship in Infectious Disease at the University of Colorado Medical Center. His interests continue to be in the areas of infectious disease and the control of childhood asthma.