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Emergency Medicine Residency Program

Training confident leaders in Brooklyn, NY since 1992.

The Kings County - SUNY Downstate Emergency Medicine Residency

logoOur residency program is one of the most competitive training programs for emergency medicine physicians in the country. We are a diverse program with residents from different personal and professional backgrounds. Our most important goal is to produce residents who are clinically astute and empathetic physicians. After which, we are dedicated to training residents who will be community advocates, leaders in emergency medicine, and academicians. Our residents take on leadership roles in the department, the hospital, and on local, national, and global levels.

Through a residency training that includes clinical rigor, strong academics, cultural diversity, and the delivery of compassionate, patient-centered care, each resident from our program graduates with the confidence to practice emergency medicine in a variety of health care environments. Our residency program and department are dedicated to the patient’s we serve and the communities from which they arise.

Our commitment, as medical educators, is to impact not only one patient, but a population through the training of the future physicians of the world.

Our Program By The Numbers

Combined EM/IM track, extensive hands-on ultrasound training, disaster medicine drills, and an International Division for global health.

1992 Year the training program was established.

Fully ACGME Accreditted and committed to providing medical care to the people in Brooklyn, New York.

77 Number of Categorical EM residents.

Recognized as one of the largest and most diverse emergency medicine training programs in the country.

20 Number of Internal Medicine/EM residents.

The Combined Emergency and Internal Medicine program provides a unique opportunity to train in two specialties.

Exploring Our Program

This is the official site for the Kings County/SUNY Downstate Emergency Medicine Residency Program.

Our Curriculum

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We are continually incorporating new and innovative education techniques into our curriculum each academic year.

Education

Our Residents

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Our large residency is proud to have a diverse group of talented residents from all of the country.

Our Leadership

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Our residency leadership is proud to have world-class faculty, excellent clinicians, and motivated educators.

Faculty & Staff

Our Residency

With one of the most progressive and challenging residency programs in the liveliest city in America, the department of Emergency Medicine offers residents an unparalleled comprehensive education.

We go above and beyond to train the most capable, confident and cultivated leaders in EM.