Reorganizing a Medicine Residency Program in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in New York

The COVID-19 pandemic has been particularly severe in New York City, resulting in a rapid influx of patients into New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. The challenges precipitated by this pandemic have required urgent changes to existing models of care. Internal medicine residents are at the forefront of caring for patients with COVID-19, including the critically ill. This article describes the exigent...