Adrian Majid, MD
About Me
Dr. Adrian Majid is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, and Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program at The Mount Sinai Hospital. He comes to us from Weill Cornell Medicine, where he has served as Attending Physician and Assistant Professor of Medicine. In 2019, he became Senior Associate Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program. In this role, he helped develop numerous initiatives in residency training and education and assisted in leading the program through the COVID pandemic while playing a critical role in curriculum development, recruitment, and residency assessment. He is an outstanding educator and valued mentor to all his residents and many junior faculty.
He completed his undergraduate degree at Amherst College in Massachusetts, medical degree at New York University School of Medicine; residency in internal medicine at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; and fellowship in infectious diseases at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Over the course of his career, Dr. Majid has been recipient of multiple extraordinary teaching and clinical honors, including “Physician of the Year” at New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell in 2017, and has twice been honored with the James J Smith Memorial Award (2020, 2023) from his former Internal Medicine resident for excellence as a clinician, scholar and teacher.
Throughout his tenure at New York Presbyterian, Dr. Majid developed a simulation training program for new graduates to hone their critical thinking skills in real-world clinical scenarios; implemented a quality improvement project centered around daily antimicrobial checklists and pharmacy-led education aimed at improving proper use of antibiotics; and was instrumental in the planning and implementation of orientation programs for trainees in fast-paced step-down units. He is a staunch advocate for quality improvement initiatives that benefit both the delivery of care and the patient experience. His clinical interests include infectious diseases, internal medicine, and hospital medicine.
Language
English
Industry Relationships
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Dr. Majid has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.
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