Queens Hospital Center

Internal Medicine Residency Training Program

About the Program

Queens Hospital Center is a 250-bed acute care municipal hospital located in Jamaica, New York, and serves a culturally and economically diverse population with a large spectrum of medical problems.

The new Queens Hospital Center is state of the art with Centers of Excellence in Women’s Health, Cancer Care and Diabetes Care. It is one of 11 New York City Health and Hospital Corporation’s facilities and is the major provider of care for the population of Southeast Queens/-Jamaica for over fifty years. As part of the Queens Health Network, it is the recipient of the CRPI Davies award for computerized medical records. The hospital averages 16,000 admissions per year, 70,000 emergency room visits and 260,000 outpatient visits. Queens Hospital Center has taken the lead in developing a full spectrum of primary care and specialty treatment services.

The Internal Medicine residency training program is an independent program affiliated with Mount Sinai School of Medicine. The program has over 20 years of experience in training Internal Medicine residents through the previous fully integrated accredited affiliation.

Medical residents are trained during acute care and ambulatory rotations with experiences in subspecialties as well as primary care.

There are 15 three-year categorical positions leading to eligibility for certification by the American Board of Internal Medicine. We also offer six preliminary positions [these positions are reserved for individuals who have applied/matched for an advanced programs].

Teaching Program

There are 35 full-time and 11 part-time faculty members in the Department of Medicine with academic appointment at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Faculty is responsible for the teaching, supervision, and evaluation of house staff. The department maintains a faculty-attending physician in the hospital 24 hours a day, seven days a week for on-site supervision and training of house staff.

Teaching programs include:

• in-depth orientation
• daily house staff conferences
• medical emergencies
• case conferences
• radiology conferences
• core lectures
• resident presentations
• daily attending physician rounds
• weekly Medical Grand Rounds
• ambulatory care rounds
• Board Review course
• Subspecialty rounds
• Journal Club
• clinicopathologic conferences
• Morbidity and Mortality conferences

Fellowships

Fellowships are available in Pulmonary/Critical Care and Hematology/Oncology. The Department of Medicine assists residents in obtaining fellowship positions at Queens Hospital Center or elsewhere.

Ambulatory Care

PGY1 residents are assigned 8-weeks “block” rotation in Primary Care per year. In addition, they are assigned at least one half-day ambulatory care clinic session per week and follow patients longitudinally throughout residency training. PGY 2 and 3’s are assigned one full day per week in clinic. Faculty preceptors supervise and teach in the ambulatory setting according to a written curriculum prepared by the Department.

“Block” rotation in Primary Care includes experiences in office gynecology, dermatology and Adolescent Medicine, which rounds out the primary care experience.

Residents rotate through the Emergency Medicine Department in the PGY 2 and 3 years. Emergency Medicine faculty participates in residency training.

Medicine Rotations

Rotations include general medical wards, intensive and cardiac care units, telemetry, oncology unit, geriatrics, neurology, subspecialty electives, and medical consultation.

The Department of Medicine inpatient services consist of four ward teams (Firms) each caring for an average of 22 acute care patients. Each Firm consists of a full-time faculty member, two residents, two interns, and one to two students. In addition, there is an 8-bed medical and pulmonary intensive care unit, a 4-bed cardiac care unit, 10 telemetry beds, and 14 step-down monitored beds.

Internal Medicine Residency Schedule

^HGeriatrics can be taken in the 3^rd year
^*Telemetry and/or CCU

Requirements for Acceptance

Applicants must graduate from an approved medical school and pass USMLE Steps 1 and 2 plus CSA exam. International Medical graduates must have ECFMG certification. Visa sponsorship is available for applicants who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

Applications will only be accepted through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). The following documents are required: Dean’s letter, transcript, USMLE scores report, three letters of recommendation, diploma and CSA (Clinical Skills Assessment). Information as it pertains to ERAS can be obtained either through your medical school or the Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG).

For more information contact:

Debra J. Brennessel M.D., F.A.C.P.
Program Director
Internal Medicine Residency

or

Terry Ishman-Harrison
Residency Affairs Coordinator
Department of Medicine

MSS/Queens Hospital Center
82-68 164th Street
Jamaica, NY 11432

Tel: (718) 883-4080
Fax: (718) 883-6197
E-mail: ishmant@nychhc.org

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