Unique Experience at a Teaching Hospital
You’ll have the opportunity to learn in our 11 acute care teaching hospitals, nursing facilities, and a vast network of outpatient primary care community health centers. We welcome a range of healthcare learners, including:
- Fellows
- Medical students
- Residents
- Young physicians
Physicians-in-training come to NYC Health + Hospitals from the most prestigious medical schools in the region to benefit from nonstop immersion and hands-on-experience in patient care. Training in our healthcare facilities, you’ll learn to practice with compassion and cultural sensitivity.
Our Residency Program
We are committed to providing residents and fellows with a meaningful experience—and the support you need to make your training valuable.
By apprenticing with seasoned physicians and surgeons, you’ll have the chance to do more than build your medical skills. Our diverse patient population provides you with the opportunity to improve your interpersonal and cross-cultural communications skills—which are fundamental to serving in a safety net healthcare setting.
Our seasoned staff supervisors provide excellent residency education, while ensuring the quality and safety of patient care that residents provide. They work with:
- Residents
- Fellows
- Program directors
- Affiliation partners from prestigious academic medical centers
Medical Specialties for Residency and Clinical Fellowships
We host a large graduate medical education program for nearly 5,000 residents every year. We offer residency and clinical fellowships in dozens of specialty and subspecialty fields, including:
- Anesthesiology
- Cardiology
- Emergency medicine
- Geriatrics
- Internal medicine
- Obstetrics-gynecology
- Pediatrics
- Psychiatry
Medical School Internship Program
If you are a third- or fourth-year medical school student, we also offer medical school internship program. Nearly 2,000 students participate in clinical rotations at our hospitals every year.
Our medical school partners for the internship program include:
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
- Weill Cornell Medical College
- Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- New York Medical College School of Medicine
- New York University School of Medicine
- State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine
Medical School Scholarships for New Yorkers
New York City residents who commit to serving as a primary care physician at NYC Health + Hospitals can receive scholarships through CityDoctors. To learn more about this program and apply for a scholarship, visit the CityDoctors website or contact:
- 631-665-8500, extension 9 1280
- 800-899-6337, extension 9 1280
- CityDoctors@sgu.edu
Apply for Internship, Residency and Fellowship Programs
If you’re interested in applying for a residency position, please contact the academic institution’s residency or fellowship programs directly. See the list of contacts below.
Graduate Medical Education Program Contacts
NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue
Dr. Michael Ambrosino, Assoc Dean, GME and DIO, 212-263-6369
Lauren McGuire GME Administrative Director , 212-263-0368
NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst
Rand David, MD, Director of Graduate Medical Education, 718-334-2490
Rosa Ballas, Regional Asst. Director, Housestaff, ISMMS Administration, 718-334-2127
NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem
Gloria Morales-Ortiz, GME Administrator/DIO, 212-939-4248
Dr. Albert Adu, GME Chair/Surgery Program Director
NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi
Victoria Hibbitt, Assoc. Dir., Medical Staff Affairs/House Staff Affairs, 718-918-5006
Astrid Carl, Director of Medical/House/Allied Health Professional Staff, 718-918-3230
Dr. Auxford Burks, GME Chair/Pediatrics Program Director, 718-918-6315,
Auxford.Burks@NBHN.NET
Brian L. Cohen, MD, FRCOG, FACOG, Assoc. Dean for GME, 718-430-4282
NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County
Ninad Desai , MD, Chief Academic Officer , Office of Academic Affairs, 718-245-4387
Yuliya Melamud, Assoc. Dir. , Office of Academic Affairs, 718-245-4007
AcademicOfficeKings@nychhc.org
NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln
Lisa Garrow, GME Administrator, 718-579-5396
Dr. Tranice Jackson, GME Chair/DIO, 718-579-5584
NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan
Madeline Mendez, GME Coordinator, 212-423-6271
Elizabeth Ramos, GME Administrator, 212-423-6263
NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health
Dr. Robert Cuccu, GME Chair/DIO, 718-616-3786
Sharon Walder, Medicine Residency Coordinator, 718-616-3779
Liz D’Amato, Medical Education Coordinator
NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens
Debra Brennessel, MD, Program Director, Internal Medicine, 718-883-4847
NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull
Chermaine Cross, Assoc. Dir., GME, 718-963-8715
NYC Health + Hospitals’ employees work together to provide comprehensive, personalized care for all New Yorkers. We are committed to providing a person-centered care environment and are looking for individuals that exemplify our ICARE (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) values.