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Program Director: | Michael E. Zenilman, M.D. |
Associate Program Director: | Alexander Schwartzman, M.D. |
Surgical Residency Coordinator: |
Natasha Stepanets, M.S. |
Surgical Education Manager : |
Jillian Telford, MPA |
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| Description:
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 :
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Education:
We support the only Cardiothoracic training program serving Brooklyn and Staten Island, a transplant fellowship program which includes kidney and liver transplants, advanced training, and a laparoscopic surgery fellowship. |
| 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
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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
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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) 270-1982
FOR VERIFICATIONS ONLY
please call: 718-270-8147
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