The Emergency Medicine Residency Program at SBH

• 28 weeks of emergency medicine
• 4 weeks of pediatric emergency medicine at SBH
• 2 weeks of ultrasound
• 4 weeks of medical ICU
• 4 weeks of internal medicine
• 4 weeks of trauma
• 2 weeks of labor and delivery
• 4 weeks of vacation (divided into two-week periods)

The first year of training provides you with the skills and knowledge you need to become a well-rounded physician. You begin with a one-week orientation program, focused on basic communication skills, procedural skills, team-building activities, a scavenger hunt, using the EMR and more.

After orientation, first-year residents start together in the Emergency Department for the first block of residency to work directly with senior residents and faculty members to develop foundational skills in clinical decision-making, patient stabilization and resuscitation. While assuming primary responsibility for patient care, you receive close supervision and clinical teaching.

• 28 weeks of emergency medicine
• 4 weeks of pediatric emergency medicine at SBH
• 2 weeks of ultrasound
• 4 weeks of medical ICU
• 4 weeks of trauma
• 2 weeks of EMS at Fire Department of New York (FDNY)
• 2 weeks of anesthesia
• 2 weeks of elective
• 2 weeks of pediatric emergency medicine at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM)
• 4 weeks of vacation (divided into two-week periods)

The second year of training builds on the foundations established during the first year. Your responsibility increases as you gain more experience in caring for critically ill patients. During your second year, you also begin to assume responsibility for teaching medical students and working closely with first-year residents.

• 26 weeks of emergency medicine
• 4 weeks of medical ICU
• 4 weeks of pediatric ICU at CHAM
• 4 weeks of ED administration
• 4 weeks of toxicology (at NYC Poison Control Center)
• 2 weeks of specialty track
• 4 weeks of vacation (divided into two-week periods)

During your third year, you hone your clinical skills and continue the training needed to become a qualified emergency medicine specialist. Additional elective and track time is provided for further pursuit of clinical or research interests, which lay the foundation for the fourth-year track time. As a third-year resident, you train as an on-shift resuscitation team leader.

• 28 weeks of emergency medicine
• 4 weeks of pediatric emergency medicine at SBH
• 10 weeks of specialty track
• 2 weeks of pediatric emergency medicine at CHAM
• 2 weeks of cardiology
• 2 weeks of any elective
• 4 weeks of vacation (divided into two-week periods)

The final year of residency, also known as the “mock attending year,” is individualized based on your interests and what track you’ve chosen. You serve as a mock attending and play a more supervisory and teaching role in the department. During your fourth year, you also explore your specific niche interests in the field with extensive and dedicated track and elective time.

Our didactic curriculum includes:

• Morning reports
• Weekly conferences
• Simulation training
• Morbidity and Mortality Conferences
• Journal club
• Resident “shout-outs” and “good saves” presentations (recognize residents and their achievements
  in the department)

Critical Care/Resuscitation Track
The critical care track is designed to provide additional training and exposure to critical care resuscitation and ICU patient management. This covers more than three months of rotations over the third and fourth years of residency, under the preceptorship of both emergency and critical care-trained attendings.

Global and Local Social Emergency Medicine
The purpose of this track is to provide more extensive experience and education in the role emergency medicine physicians can play in the promoting health equity and the eliminating health disparities. You gain an increased understanding of and appreciation for the nascent field of social emergency medicine. You also learn how social determinants of health impact public health and emergency medicine, both at home and abroad.

EMS/Disaster Medicine
This subspecialty encompasses the required training and knowledge necessary to provide medical oversight and directorship in a variety of prehospital environments, including EMS, disaster, event medicine and tactical operations. You receive the training required to assume leadership roles in EMS. You also receive medical oversight of prehospital care specialty training, so you can become a competitive EMS fellowship applicant and graduate prepared to lead in EMS medical oversight.

Medical Education
This track is an area of interest for emergency medicine residents who want to pursue careers in academics. The focus is to provide niche development through specialized training, as well as the study, practice and honing of education skills as well as specialized skills for academic leadership during residency so you’re better prepared for your future career.

Ultrasound
This track provides senior residents with advanced training in osteopathic neuromusculoskeletal medicine (ONMM) through working with the SBH ONMM inpatient team. In this track, you work closely with ONMM attendings to perform inpatient consults, newborn examinations and outpatient clinical visits. Prior osteopathy training is not a requirement. Also, if you’re an allopathic graduate, you may complete prerequisite osteopathic coursework to qualify as a candidate for this track.

Osteopathic and Manipulative Medicine
This track provides senior residents with advanced training in osteopathic neuromusculoskeletal medicine (ONMM) through working with the SBH ONMM inpatient team. In this track, you work closely with ONMM attendings to perform inpatient consults, newborn examinations and outpatient clinical visits. Prior osteopathy training is not a requirement. Also, if you’re an allopathic graduate, you may complete prerequisite osteopathic coursework to qualify as a candidate for this track.

We are a core rotation site for the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education at City University of New York (CUNY). All of our faculty members, including residents, have faculty positions through the CUNY School of Medicine. All faculty members and residents have access to benefits, including email, UpToDate access, and library and academic support. This includes full-text access to thousands of medical textbooks and journals.

Benefits also include:

• EMRA membership
• 28 days of vacation per year (divided into two-week periods)
• Sick leave accrual (one day per month the first year, then 12 days per year)
• A $650 annual stipend for continuing medical education
• White coats
• Annual scrubs allotment
• Medical, dental, vision and disability insurance
• Maternity/paternity leave
• Life insurance
• Rosetta Stone access
• Rosh Review access
• ACEP conference attendance (for PGY4 residents)

All conditions of employment, including compensation and benefits, are negotiated with the Committee of Interns and Residents SEIU, which represents all interns, residents and fellows.

7-1-2024 Salary (6%) :

• PGY1 – $76, 343
• PGY2 – $80, 757
• PGY3 – $86, 055
• PGY4 – $90, 470

7-1-2025 Salary (5%):

• PGY1 – $80, 160
• PGY2 – $84, 795
• PGY3 – $90, 358
• PGY4 – $94, 994

Submit your application through ResidencyCAS. For more information about applying for our residency program, contact:

Denise Ortiz
Program Coordinator
Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Dortiz3@sbhny.org

I am excited you are considering an emergency medicine rotation at SBH.

As someone who did my residency here, and who has worked here for more than 25 years, I know you will receive an exceptional education experience at SBH Health System. We serve a diverse population, and you will have countless opportunities to be involved in the care of patients with wide-ranging disease states.

The department continues to grow and expand academically, with sections for ultrasound, critical care, research and simulation medicine, but the four-year Emergency Medicine Residency Program is a basic pillar of the hospital. It’s been educating emergency medicine residents for more than 30 years. SBH also hosts a fourth-year elective, with more than 80 students participating each year. It’s a hands-on residency and student rotation.

Through an emergency medicine rotation, you will be involved with all the didactics provided by our residency program, including Wednesday conferences, daily educational morning reports, and weekly faculty-and-student-only sessions that focus on simulation, interactive teaching sessions and case presentations.

I look forward to meeting you.

Sincerely,
Paul Beyer, DO
Director, Medical Student Education

This is a four-week rotation for senior students pursuing an emergency medicine residency. You complete 10 shifts during this rotation. You also participate in emergency medicine residency didactics every Wednesday morning, and attend student-specific education every Wednesday afternoon. As a sub-intern, you are expected to work independently in the emergency department, seeing patients as the primary provider and working directly with the attending physician.

• This offering is open to qualified applicants from any medical school. At this time, we cannot accommodate applicants who require a U.S. visa. We offer rolling start dates each Monday based on your school calendar.
• To apply: Contact Leslie Roderick at (718) 960-6517 or email her at lroderick@sbhny.org.

Our SEMP experience is a six-week educational experience in the field of emergency medicine that’s open to qualified U.S. medical school students from underrepresented populations. Participants attend in the summer between their MS1 and MS2 years.

If you attend the CUNY School of Medicine or NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine, you may choose to fulfill your emergency medicine requirements in the Department of
Emergency Medicine at SBH. This rotation is not open to visiting students.

Our ultrasound elective is a two-week overview of point-of-care ultrasound in the emergency department. Through this elective, you join our resident ultrasound team and participate in all aspects of ultrasound training in our department. You also participate in scanning shifts in the department, as well as quality improvement and didactics. Ultrasound rotators do not participate in direct patient management.

This rotation is open to qualified applicants from any medical school. At this time, we cannot accommodate applicants who require a U.S. visa.

To apply: Send your CV and letter of interest to Leslie Grant at lgrant@sbhny.org.