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Program Director:
  Lisa Dresner, M.D.
Associate Program Director:
  Michael Bernstein, M.D.
Associate Program Director:
  Alexander Schwartzman, M.D.
Surgical Education Manager:
  Jillian Telford, MPA
Surgical Residency Coordinator:
  Natasha Sagal, M.S., MSA

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The Residency Program at Downstate is approved by the Residency Review Committee in Surgery to graduate nine residents each year.
The program has no pyramid. Rotations currently are at :

University Hospital of Brooklyn
Kings County Hospital
Long Island College Hospital
NY-Harbor VA Medical Center- Brooklyn Campus
Richmond University Medical Center

Education


We support the only Cardiothoracic training program serving Brooklyn and Staten Island and a transplant fellowship program which includes kidney and liver transplants, advanced training.

Requirements for Categorical and Preliminary Applicants

The categorical residency in general surgery is a 5-year program.
We are approved for eight (8) Residents.
Applications are through the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP).

Since 1999 all applications are only accepted through the: ELECTRONIC RESIDENCY APPLICATION SERVICE (ERAS).

Our requirements for application include:
  • A Medical School Transcript
  • USMLE (ECFMG) scores
  • Dean's Letter
  • Personal Statement
  • C.V.
  • Three (3) Letters of Recommendation
  • Personal Interview
Potential applicants must be graduates of either of the following:
  • An LCME accredited medical school in the USA or Canada or
  • Graduates of an American Osteopathic Association accredited school of Osteopathy or
  • International Medical Graduates with a valid certificate from the ECFMG or have a full and unrestricted license to practice in a US licensing jurisdiction, or
  • Graduates of an LCME approved 5th Pathway Program
We have several available preliminary positions in the PGY1 and PGY 2 year.Applicants for the former should hold valid visas and go through ERAS as well.

ALL INQUIRES CAN BE MADE to the:

Department of Surgery
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
450 Clarkson Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11203

or by telephone at (718) 270-3302


FOR VERIFICATIONS ONLY
please call: 718-270-8147