Application Process

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center offers three different tracks within the Internal Medicine Residency Program. The large Categorical Program offers the traditional three years of training in the core of internal medicine. The Primary Care Program focuses on ambulatory internal medicine and academic general internal medicine, a veritable launching pad for someone interested in becoming an academic clinician-educator. Finally, the Medical Research Track provides accelerated clinical training for individuals with strong scientific research backgrounds who wish to pursue a career as a physician-scientist.

All of the internal medicine residency programs subscribe to the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) for first-year trainees. Applicants are welcome to apply to as many of the tracks that interest them; application to each track is considered independently. Use the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) through your dean's office and register with the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). We accept intern applicants only through the NRMP Match. Please see below for the items necessary for a complete ERAS application.

The deadline for a complete application is October 6, 2024. 

Virtual Open House

To learn more about our 2024-2025 application season and engage in a Q&A with current residents, we invite you to join our virtual open house on Sept. 5, 2024.

Applicants will be considered for an interview on the basis of their overall record. While we preferentially review applications from those who signal our program, we also consider applicants who do not signal us. Similarly, we utilize geographic preferences as part of a holistic and comprehensive review process of each application. Please understand that the residency program leadership and the Intern Selection Committee respect the review process as fair and balanced. As such, we will not respond to any direct communications (email, phone, etc.) by an applicant prior to our first interview date in November. We anticipate releasing initial interview offers in mid-October 2024.

Interviews will begin in November 2024, continuing through mid-January 2025, and are by invitation only. All interviews will be held virtually.

Please contact with us questions about the application process or the program: NYPCornell-IMResidency@med.cornell.edu.

Please comply with the following guidelines when completing your application:

1. Completed ERAS Application (Be sure to include if you have been elected to AOA or Gold Humanism under the Profile Section.)
2. Medical Student Performance Evaluation or Dean's Letter
3. A Department of Medicine Summary Letter from the Department Chair or Designee
4. At least two Faculty Letters of Recommendation (more than two are acceptable)
5. Medical School Transcript
6. USMLE STEP 1 Transcript (If STEP 2 transcripts are available, please submit them)
7. Personal statement

NOTE: If you are applying for the Medical Research Track, please also include:

1. One letter from your primary research mentor/supervisor (or thesis advisor for those who have completed a Ph.D.), and one other from an individual familiar with your research (more than two are acceptable). If these additional letters put you over the number allowed in ERAS please have them sent to NYPCornell-IMResidency@med.cornell.edu.
2. Complete and return the Supplemental Application ( Word |  PDF) to NYPCornell-IMResidency@med.cornell.edu, including a copy of your relevant publications in one PDF file. The deadline for the supplemental application is October 1st. Please reach out to the email above if you have any questions.

While the Cornell Primary Care program is fully integrated into the Categorical residency program, it has a separate match through its unique NRMP program number. We urge those committed to primary care to apply to this program. Please see above information for deadlines, interview dates, and NRMP match numbers.