North Division Geriatric Medicine Fellowship: About the Division

The North Division of Montefiore Medical Center (formerly Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center), located at 600 East 233rd Street in the Bronx, is a 360-bed community hospital serving the northeast Bronx and lower Westchester. The hospital is located in the Woodlawn-Wakefield community of the Bronx, not far from the world-famous Bronx Zoo, New York Botanical Garden and  New York Yankees. It offers the full spectrum of medical and surgical care. 

The Geriatrics Service

The Division of Geriatrics inpatient Acute Care Units (ACE Units), located on the fourth floor of the hospital, is comprised of 69 beds dedicated to the care of acutely ill patients over the age of 60. The units are uniquely designed to meet the needs of geriatric patients. Patients in these units have access to residents in internal medicine, fellows in geriatric medicine and certified faculty geriatricians for 24-hour care.

Ambulatory care is provided in modern outpatient settings at two sites.  Patients are provided care by fellows in geriatric medicine, under the supervision of faculty geriatricians, with back-up specialty and ancillary services. Home care experience is provided, with the opportunity for fellows to work closely with nurses from the home care program.

Long-term care experience (nursing home care) is offered to fellows as a part of training at several locations in the Bronx.  Opportunities for rotations include traditional skilled nursing facilities, sub-acute units and dementia programs. As in all other areas, there is direct  supervision of the trainee by staff faculty.