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GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS

ANESTHESIOLOGY

Critical Care
Pain Managment

DENTISTRY
DERMATOLOGY
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
FAMILY PRACTICE
GERIATRIC FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

 

Multidiscplinary Program in Geriatric Medicine, Psychiatry, and Dentistry

INTERNAL MEDICINE 

Allergy and Immunology
Cardiovascular
Critical Care Medicine (one year) and Pulmonary Medicine (two years)
Endocrine/Metabolism
Gastroenterology
Hematology/Oncology
Infectious Diseases
Nephrology
Rheumatology

NEUROLOGY  

Pediatric Neurology
Clinical Neurophysiology

OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
OPHTHALMOLOGY
ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY
OTOLARYNGOLOGY
PATHOLOGY

Neuropathology
Pediatric Pathology

PEDIATRICS

Pediatric Cardiology
Pediatric Endocrinology
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Pediatric Nephrology
Pediatric Pulmonary

PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION
PSYCHIATRY

RADIATION ONCOLOGY
RADIOLOGY
 SURGERY

Thoracic Surgery

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ANESTHESIOLOGY
http://www.downstate.edu/Anesthesiology/default.html

Department Chairperson: James E. Cottrell, MD
GME Program Director: Audrée A. Bendo, MD
GME Coordinator: Marge Auci (718)270-1925

Subspecialty Sections

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Critical Care
GME Program Director: Jean Charchaflieh, MD

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Pain Management
GME Program Director: Joshua Greenspan, MD



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DENTISTRY

Department Chairperson: Julius Berger, DDS
GME Program Director G.P: Alfred Joseph, DDS
GME Director O.M.F.S.: Stewart Lazow, MD, DDS
GME Coordinator: Arlene Resnick / (718)270-1884

The Kings County Hospital/University Hospital at Brooklyn offers outstanding Residency Programs in General Dentistry and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

The quality of all three programs rests on the more than 30 faculty members who are dedicated to teaching Residents. The faculty members represent every specialty in the fields of Dentistry and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Residents in the joint program also benefit from studying at one of the nation's leading medical colleges.

The Residency Program is affiliated with New York City's largest municipal hospital, Kings County Hospital Center, a Level I Trauma Center the Health Science Center's University Hospital, a tertiary-care facility utilizing the largest diagnostic and treatment technologies.

The training program is conducted primarily at Kings County Center, a Level I Trauma Center. The hospital serves more than 23,000 inpatients and more than a million outpatients annually.
The size of the population, coupled with its cultural and ethnic diversity, provides a rich clinical experience. Residents gain enormously from observing and treating an extraordinary range of heterogeneous communities.

The program's location also provides residents with the opportunity to contribute to the health of many people who, with out KCHC, would not have access to quality health care.



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DERMATOLOGY
http://www.downstate.edu/dermatology%20/default.html

Department Chairperson and Program Director: Alan Shalita, MD
Education Director: Elizabeth Carr, MD
GME Coordinator: Nancy Mingoia / (718)270-1229



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EMERGENCY MEDICINE
http://138.5.102.101/emergency_medicine/default.html

Department Chairperson: Michael Lucchesi, MD
GME Program Director: Stephan Rinnert, MD
GME Coordinator: Gladys Ortiz-Blease / (718) 245-3318



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FAMILY PRACTICE
http://www.downstate.edu/familypractice/default.html

Department Chairperson: Miriam Vincent, MD
GME Program Director: Gloria Achara, MD
GME Coordinator: Tony Sanderson / (718)270-2560



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GERIATRICS FELLOWSHIP
http://www.downstate.edu/gme/geriatrics.html

Project Director: Dr. Carl I. Cohen



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INTERNAL MEDICINE
http://www.downstate.edu/medweb/default.html

Interim Department Chairperson: Edmund Bourke, MD
GME Program Director: Jeanne Macrae, MD
GME Coordinator: Myrna Rhodes/ (718)270-2353, Maureen Thompson /(718) 270-1566


Subspecialty Sections

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Allergy and Immunology
http://www.downstate.edu/medweb/fellowships%20list.html

GME Program Director: Alan S. Josephson, MD
GME Coordinator: Mabel E. Fitzjames/ (718)270-2156

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Cardiovascular
http://www.downstate.edu/medweb/fellowships%20list.html

GME Program Director: Luther Clark, MD
GME Coordinator: Janet G. McKenzie (718)270-1568

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Critical Care Medicine
Pulmonary Medicine
http://www.downstate.edu/medweb/fellowships%20list.html

GME Program Director: A. Ross Hill, MD (718)270-1770

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Endocrine/Metabolism
http://www.downstate.edu/medweb/fellowships%20list.html

GME Program Director: Samy McFarlane, MD
GME Coordinator: Paddy McGowan / (718)270-1698

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Gastroenterology
http://www.downstate.edu/medweb/fellowships%20list.html

GME Program Director: Swaminath Iyer, MD
GME Coordinator: Arma Hagood / (718) 270-1112

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Hematology/Oncology
http://www.downstate.edu/medweb/fellowships%20list.html

GME Program Director: William Solomon, MD
GME Coordinator: Bertha Wallace / (718)270-2785

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Infectious Diseases
http://www.downstate.edu/medweb/fellowships%20list.html

GME Program Director: William McCormack, MD
GME Coordinator: Cathy Cuches / (718)270-1432

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Nephrology
http://www.downstate.edu/medweb/fellowships%20list.html

GME Program Director: Eli Friedman, MD
GME Coordinator: Judy Columbo / (718)270-1584

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Rheumatology
http://www.downstate.edu/medweb/fellowships%20list.html

GME Program Director: Deana Lazaro, MD
GME Coordinator: Zeena Zohman / (718)270-1662



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NEUROLOGY
http://www.hscbklyn.edu/Neurology/default.html

Chairperson: Roger Q. Cracco, M.D.
Adult Neurology Director: Lisa R. Merlin, M.D.
Contact Person: Marian James \ 270-2945



Subspecialty Sections

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Pediatric Neurology
GME Program Director: Joan Cracco, M.D. /(718)270-2042

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Neurophysiology
GME Program Director: George Vas, M.D. (718)270-2959



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OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
http://138.5.102.101/obgyn/Default.html

Interim Chairperson & GME Program Director: Ovadia Abulafia, MD
Education Director: Naragaj Gabbur, MD
GME Coordinator: Stephanie Washington-Goeloe / (718)270-3320



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OPHTHALMOLOGY
http://www.downstate.edu/ophthalmology/default.html

Department Chairperson: Kevin Greenidge, MD
GME Program Director: Monica Dweck, MD
GME Coordinator: (718) 270-1961



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ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY

Interim Department Chairperson & GME Program Director: William Urban, MD
GME Coordinator: Joyce Hayes / 270-2179



The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at SUNY Downstate is affiliated with the Kings County Hospital Center, Long Island College Hospital, Veterans Administration Hospital, and the Brookdale Medical Center.

Because of the size and diversity of the population at these hospitals we can offer a comprehensive training program with a broad exposure to all types of diseases of the musculoskeletal system.

A complete five year program affiliated with the National Interns and Residents Matching Plan (NRMP) Orthopaedic Residency Training is presently divided into sixteen months of surgery and allied specialties including experience in primary trauma, pediatric surgery, vascular surgery, emergency and intensive care and transplant and forty six months of Orthopaedic surgery with subspecialties.

Staff physicians with advanced training and skills in hand and microvascular surgery, reconstructive surgery, arthroscopic surgery, spine surgery, pediatric Orthopaedic, foot and ankle surgery as well as orthopaedic oncology and sports medicine are available. A close working relationship has been established with an active and sizable rheumatology group.

Educational conferences on fractures, anatomy, biomechanics and journal clubs are conducted during the academic year. A close working research relationship exists with the Cooper-Union School of engineering in Manhattan. During residency training a clinical or laboratory research project must be completed.



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OTOLARYNGOLOGY
http://138.5.102.101//otolaryngology/default.html

Department Chairperson: Frank E. Lucente, MD
GME Program Director: Gady Har-El, MD
GME Coordinator: Billy Tang (718)270-1638



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PATHOLOGY
http://pathology.hscbklyn.edu/

Department Chairperson: Suzanne S. Mirra, MD
GME Program Director: Peter J. Howanitz, MD
GME Coordinator: Denise Leggard 718- 270-1288



Subspecialty Sections:

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Neuropathology
Core GME Program Director: Chandrakant Rao, MD

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Pediatric Pathology
Core GME Program Director: Virginia Anderson, MD



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PEDIATRICS
http://www.downstate.edu/peds/default.html

Department Chairperson: Stanley Fisher, MD
GME Core Director: Stephen Wadowski, MD
Associate Director: Amy Suss, MD
GME Coordinator: Margherite Rotondi / (718) 270-2078



Subspecialty Sections

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Adolescent Medicine
GME Program Director: Amy Suss, MD

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Pediatric Endocrinology
GME Program Director: Henry Anholt, MD

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Pediatric Gastroenterology
GME Program Acting Director: Barry Wershil, MD

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Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
GME Program Director: Sreedhar P. Rao, MD

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Pediatric Infectious Diseases
GME Program Director: Margaret Hammerschlag, MD

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Pediatric Nephrology
GME Program Acting Director: Noosha Bagi, MD

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Pediatric Pulmonary Division
GME Program Director: Madu Rao, MD



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PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION

Interim Department Chairperson: William Urban, MD
GME Program Director: Tsai C. Chao, MD
GME Coordinator: Ivana Decastro (718) 270-8128



The Rehabilitation Medicine Residency Program at SUNY Downstate, Kings County Hospital Center, Long Island College Hospital, St. Johns Episcopal Hospital, and Staten Island University Hospital offers a three year residency training program fully accredited by ACGME and the RRC.

This training program is designed in such a manner as to afford the residents the opportunity of learning the field of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation by didactic and clinical teaching, and by giving them increasing clinical responsibilities under the direction and supervision of qualified faculty members who are all board certified in this specialty.

The areas to which the residents are assigned include: Acute Comprehensive in-patient Rehabilitation; A broad spectrum of out-patient rehabilitation services including follow up clinics, amputee, brace and wheelchair, spinal cord injury, arthritis, neuromuscular, sports medicine, spine/scoliosis, pain management, hand/trauma, meningomyelocele, pediatric, geriatric and cardiac rehabilitation clinics; In-patient and Out-patient consultation services, and electrodiagnostic laboratory.

  1. First year residents are assigned to Inpatient Services, they also attend didactic teaching activities, Rehab. Follow-up and other rehabilitation clinics.

  2. Second year residents will start consultation, EMG Lab, Multi-specialty Clinics, Out-patient services. Research activities are strongly encouraged.

  3. Third year residents' assignments include pediatric, geriatric, cardiac and community subacute rehabilitation services in addition to consultation and out-patient services. They also assume supervisory responsibilities.

All residents are required to attend twice a week lectures, once a week Journal Club, Medical Seminar, Resident self education programs, and they are strongly encouraged to do clinical research. The Rehabilitation Medicine Residency Program is primarily an education for residents with secondary emphasis on high quality total comprehensive patient care.



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PSYCHIATRY
http://www.downstate.edu/psychiatry/

Department Chairman: Stephen Goldfinger, MD
GME Program Director: Nyapati Rao, MD
Asst. Director of Residency: Ellen Berkowitz, MD
GME Coordinator: Joanne Rotunno / (718) 270-2902



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Child Psychiatry
GME Program Director: Lenore Engel, MD

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Geriatric Psychiatry
GME Program Director: Carl Cohen, MD



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RADIATION ONCOLOGY
http://www.downstate.edu/radiationoncology/default.html

Chairperson and GME Program Director: Marvin Rotman, MD
GME Coordinator: Helen Walker / 270-2181



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RADIOLOGY
http://www.downstate.edu/radiology/default.html

Interim Department Chairperson and Program Director: Sal Sclafani, MD
Education Director: Arnold Strashun, MD
GME Coordinator: Yee Sheung Lau / (718) 270-2909



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SURGERY
http://www.downstate.edu/Urology/default.html

Department Chairman and GME Program Director: Michael Zenilman, MD
Education Director: Alexander Schwartzman, MD
GME Coordinator: Pamela Bowman-Snagg / (718)270-3302



Subspecialty Section:

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Thoracic Surgery
GME Program Director: Joseph N. Cunningham, Jr., MD
GME Coordinator: Am Woloszyn / (718)283-7683



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UROLOGY
http://www.downstate.edu/Urology/default.html

Department Chairperson and GME Program Director: Richard Macchia, MD
GME Coordinator: Wyncelette Knight / 270-2554