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About The Fellowship
An ACGME-accredited two-year medical genetics residency training program is offered jointly by the NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center (NYP/WCMC) and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC). The program is designed to train physicians in the comprehensive diagnosis, management, treatment, risk assessment and counseling of patients who have or are at risk for having genetic disorders or disorders with a genetic component. Both NYP/WCMC and Memorial Sloan Kettering are affiliated with the Weill Cornell Medicine Graduate School of Medical Sciences.
The Division of Medical Genetics in the Department of Pediatrics at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, affiliated with the NYP Phyllis and David Komansky Children's Hospital, provides adult, pediatric and prenatal consultations for a full range of inherited disorders and chromosomal abnormalities. MSK is a comprehensive cancer center consisting of Memorial Hospital and the Sloan Kettering Institute. The Clinical Genetics Service at MSK sees a high volume of patients who have or may have an inherited predisposition to cancer.
Curriculum
Our joint training program includes rotations at a general genetics clinic, cancer predisposition clinic, craniofacial clinic, neurogenetics clinic, prenatal diagnosis clinic and preimplantation genetic diagnosis clinic, and at biochemical genetics clinics in two partner institutions. Laboratory rotations include cytogenetics, biochemical genetics and molecular genetics.
Research
At NYP and WCM, research interests relevant to pediatric medical genetics include syndrome recognition, clinical delineation, neurogenetics and cancer predisposition. At MSK, relevant research is active in four major areas: oncogenesis, genetic susceptibility to cancer, animal modes of human cancer, and gene transfer for gene therapy.
Our Faculty
Dr. Christopher Cunniff
Chief, Medical Genetics
Interim Chief, Child Neurology
Director, Medical Genetics Fellowship Program
Professor of Pediatrics
Attending Pediatrician
Interim Chief, Child Neurology
Director, Medical Genetics Fellowship Program
Professor of Pediatrics
Attending Pediatrician
Dr. Jennifer Bassetti
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Assistant Attending Pediatrician
Assistant Attending Pediatrician
Dr. Lilian Cohen
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Assistant Attending Pediatrician
Assistant Attending Pediatrician
How to Apply
Eligibility
- M.D. or M.D./Ph.D.
- A minimum of one completed year of ACGME-accredited residency training in the U.S. or Canada
Number of Positions
Two
Applications
National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) – Medical Genetics
Contact Information
Christopher Cunniff, M.D.
Division of Pediatric Medical Genetics
505 E. 70th St., Third Floor, Box 128
New York, NY 10021
(646) 962-2205