Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Fellowship Director:
Robin Mendelsohn, MD
Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
1275 York Avenue
212-639-8286
212-717-3113
Email: mendelsr@mskcc.org

Specialty : Internal Medicine

Subspecialty: Nutrition-Gastroenterology

Primary Focus: Nutrition Support- adults and peds

# of Positions: 1

Duration: 12 months

Eligibility Requirements : Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery, or Family Practice

Recruiting for 2023?: Yes

# Fellows being recruited : 1

Positions obtained by fellows in last 10 years
Academic: 6
Private: 4
Industry: 0
Other (Specify):

Certification exams taken by fellows
ABPNS: 2
ASPEN: 8
ACN: 2
Other (specify):

Background of fellows before entering program
Internal Medicine or Pediatrics: 10
Family Medicine:
GI (adult/peds):
Endocrinology:
Nephrology:
Cardiology:
Critical Care Medicine:
PM:
Other (specify):

Faculty

# Directors: 1

Director Fellowship Trained?: Yes

Director time (%): 40

Additional Faculty?: 3

Time (%): 30-40

Other Faculty (#):

Time (%):

Fellow Funding Source :

Extramural:

Hospital:

Practice:

Department:

Other: 100% (endowment)

Fellow Time Allocation
Yr 1
Didactic: 20%
Clinical: 50%
Research: 20%
Teaching: 10%
Yr 2
Didactic:
Clinical:
Research:
Teaching:
Yr 3
Didactic:
Clinical:
Research:
Teaching:

Program Content Taught Through:
Self: 50%
Supervised Clinical: 5%
Lecture/Academic:
Lecture/Non-academic: 30%
Clinical Conference: 5%
Research Seminar: 10%
Journal:
Other:

Courses
Biochemistry:
Clinical Nutrition: 1
Biostatistics: 1
Other:

% Fellowship Devoted to Nutrition: 80-100%

% Fellowship Devoted to Nutrition Support:

# of Educational Conferences per Month :

Clinical: 4

Clinical Nutrition: 4

Fellows expected: 4

Basic: 2

Basic Nutrition: 2

Fellows expected: 2

Journal: 1

Journal Nutrition: 1

Fellows expected: 1

Research: 1

Research Nutrition: 1
Fellows expected: 1

Lab: 4

Lab Nutrition: 0

Fellows expected: 4