INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM
Welcome to the Winthrop Internal Medicine Residency Program Website. Winthrop's Internal Medicine Program provides an optimal academic learning environment for patient care, scholarship, and research in Internal Medicine and its subspecialties. With over 65 full-time faculty, 9 subspecialty Fellowship Programs and outstanding clinical and research facilities, our program provides an excellent training opportunity, just 30 minutes from New York City.
Rich academic and clinical experiences in a safe, nurturing environment.
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Program at a glance
- 591 Bed University Affiliated Teaching Hospital
- 22 Categorical Interns, 15 Preliminary, 2 Chief Residents
- 11 Fellowship Programs, 44 Fellowship Positions
- Academic Affiliation:
Stony Brook School of Medicine, State University of New York
- Clinical Affiliation: New York Presbyterian Health System
- Top Rated by US News World Report, Top 100 Hospitals in Cardiology & Gastroenterology
- Extensive Clinical and Basic Research Opportunities for Residents with nationally recognized faculty.
- Located in Mineola, NY, only 30 minutes from NYC with LIRR train station right at the hospital.
- Diverse and rich case mix from Queens, Brooklyn, and Nassau.
- Generous Benefits including heavily subsidized housing for Interns, Residents, and Fellows.
- Modern information technology provided for housestaff and patient care.
- Faculty-Resident one-on-one Mentoring Program.
- Big Brother/Sister Resident-Intern Program
- Top Rated Preliminary Program
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Michael S. Niederman, MD
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Chairman's Message
As Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Winthrop-University Hospital, and Vice Chairman of Department of Medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, I would like to invite you to explore our Internal Medicine Residency Program and our website. Winthrop-University Hospital is a special place with a unique clinical and academic environment. Our Internal Medicine Residency Program offers the opportunity to learn the clinical and academic aspects of Internal Medicine and its subspecialties in a friendly learning environment. Winthrop provides outstanding primary and tertiary care clinical services with a full-time faculty dedicated to patient care, research, and medical education. We are actively involved in medical education at all levels, from medical students to practitioner, and participate in research at both the basic science and clinical level. We have fellowships in all subspecialties of internal medicine.
As the primary Nassau County campus of SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine, Winthrop is a 591 bed university hospital. Winthrop's Department of Medicine has 11 Divisions with more than 65 full-time faculty, supplemented by a large clinical and basic science research staff. Our faculty includes many with national leadership roles in research, subspecialty professional societies, and medical education. With our high quality Fellowship Programs, the Department provides superior academic, research, and clinical educational opportunities for housestaff. Please see the list of recent publications by our faculty included on the website.
Our faculty sets the highest standards for academic achievement for our housestaff. The faculty is devoted to providing structure and education for our Residency Program while uniformly maintaining cordial and close working relationships with trainees. Selected for their excellence as teachers, researchers, and clinicians, these dedicated faculty serve as role models and mentors, guiding Residents in learning the full spectrum of Internal Medicine with a focus on expert clinical care and academic growth, tailored to the individual needs of the trainee We also offer a Subspecialty Mentoring Program for interested trainees.
Winthrop's clinical affiliation with the New York Presbyterian Health System enhances and enriches the range of the Department's clinical programs, as well as educational and research opportunities for our housestaff. The clinical experiences at Winthrop reflect a broad and diverse group of illnesses in patients from all socioeconomic classes, with clinical material and acuity of illness on a par with major urban centers.
Winthrop's Internal Medicine Training Program has consistently developed superior clinicians and academicians in Internal Medicine and its subspecialties. Our residents are highly productive in their own right in research, publication, and presentation of their work at regional and national meetings. Our graduates pursuing subspecialty training have gone on to top Fellowships throughout the United States. Those opting for academic or private Internal Medicine practice have similarly been highly successful at medical centers throughout the country, particularly in the New York State area.
Students who visit our hospital are impressed with the program's blend of clinical medicine, academic scholarship, and the quality, spirit, and camaraderie of the housestaff and the faculty.
We welcome fourth year students for a variety of quality fourth year electives to experience Winthrop first hand. If interested, you may contact the office of Academic Affairs @ (516) 663-2521 or by emal: jliddell@winthrop.org.
I welcome you to further explore Winthrop's Internal Medicine Program. I am certain you will be impressed!
Contact us, through our Residency Coordinator Linda Renneberg, at lrenneberg@winthrop.org, or (516)663-2781.
Michael S. Niederman, MD, FACP, FCCP, FCCM
Chairman, Department of Medicine
Professor of Medicine, SUNY at Stony Brook
Vice Chairman, Dept. of Medicine, SUNY at Stony Brook,
222 Station Plaza North, Suite 509
Mineola, NY 11501
mniederman@winthrop.org
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Message from Program Director
Dr. Michael Ammazzalorso, Senior Associate Program Director, and Dr. Mark Corapi, Program Director in the Health Sciences Library
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Choosing the right Residency Program is a key career decision. In my more than 15 years experience as a Residency Program Director, medical students and residents consistently tell me that as a student they want to be sure the training program they select will provide them with excellent clinical teaching, research opportunities, and Fellowship and career support and placement.
I encourage you to consider Winthrop's Residency Training Program. Our philosophy is to set the highest academic standards and expectations while providing the opportunity for residents to learn in a nurturing environment that encourages clinical excellence and scholarship.
With a Chairman dedicated to residency education, scholarship and career advancement, experienced Program Directors directly involved on a daily basis with your education, and a dedicated faculty of teachers, mentors, and supervisors, residents truly find our training program "Welcoming and World Class". The daily interactions that take place provide personal attention, prompt responses to clinical questions, and close professional relationships between residents and faculty.
The program, fully approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, is the major teaching affiliate in Nassau County for the State University of New York-Health Science Center at Stony Brook, and the faculty maintains appointments in the Department of Medicine at Stony Brook. Medical students at every level rotate through the department's high quality physical diagnosis courses, advanced interviewing programs, clerkships, subinternships, and elective rotations. Consistently, our faculty have been the recipients of Stony Brook's most prestigious teaching awards.
Interactive, small group learning opportunities
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The aim of the program is to provide residents with a rich and rewarding educational experience in general internal medicine and its subspecialties in a supportive learning environment. Winthrop's location, 30 minutes by train from NYC with the LIRR station right at the hospital, provides housestaff with a diverse patient population, with a wide range of clinical conditions. Our case mix and severity of illness are comparable to any seen in the NY metropolitan area with patients from NYC, Queens, Brooklyn, Nassau, and Suffolk.
The program emphasizes direct patient care, with residents assuming increasing responsibility for patients as their training progresses. Residents have a leading role in supervising and teaching medical students who are regularly assigned to Winthrop during their clinical years. This experience facilitates the development of leadership and teaching skills.
We've always elicited the feedback of our residents in program planning. Residents are directly involved in the ongoing assessment of the program as participants in our Residency Education and Planning Committees. This ensures regular involvement of the residents in shaping their program.
Our program is recognized for having achieved an optimal environment for academic achievement to assure that our residents reach their full potential in clinical medicine, research, teaching, and team leadership. Graduates of our program are well prepared to pursue fellowship training in top programs, an academic career, or proceed into practice.
We look forward to meeting with you at your interview to discuss opportunities at Winthrop.
Mark J. Corapi, MD, FACP
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Training Program
Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine
Associate Chairman, Medical Education
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, SUNY at Stony Brook
Michael D. Ammazzalorso, MD, FACP
Senior Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Training Program
Associate Chairman, Academic and Clinical Affairs
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, SUNY at Stony Brook
District President, Nassau East, American College of Physicians
Drs. Nicholas Berbari and Shirley Hanna, Associate Program Directors
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Nicholas Berbari, MD
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Training Program
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, SUNY at Stony Brook
Shirley Hanna, MD
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Training Program
Instructor of Clinical Medicine, SUNY @ Stony Brook
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The Schedule
Yearly and monthly schedules may be accessed on the world wide web.
Vacations may be optionally split into 2 week blocks. The Schedule is as follows:
PGY-1
4 months general medicine floors
1.5 months ICU
1.5 months CCU
2-3 months Elective
1 month Night Float
1 month Ambulatory Block
1 ER/Elective
1 month Vacation
PGY-2
2 months general medicine floors
1 month CCU
1 month Night Float
5 months Elective
1 months Ambulatory Block
1 month Community Based Ambulatory Rotation
1 month Vacation
PGY-3
2 months general medicine floors
1 month ICU
1 month Perioperative Consultation
1 month Night Float
3 months Electives
1 months Ambulatory Block
1 month Emergency Room
1 month Community Based Ambulatory Rotation
1 month Vacation
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Families thrive in supportive, welcoming atmosphere
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The Housestaff
The Winthrop housestaff finds the Department of Medicine an ideal place to work and learn during the stressful years of residency training. Families tend to thrive in a supportive Winthrop environment. The composition of the housestaff is as diverse as the community it serves, with the common denominator being an interest in clinical practice and research.
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The Preliminary Program
Residents who are completing a single year of education in internal medicine to fulfill requirements of certain residencies such as radiology, ophthalmology, dermatology, emergency medicine, neurology, anesthesiology, and physical medicine and rehab, are offered an outstanding one year program.
The preliminary program provides an extensive educational experience in internal medicine, affording single year program applicants the opportunity to meet their individual educational goals with flexibility to select electives to meet individual educational interests.
Our preliminary program has an outstanding track record in preparing graduates of top US medical schools for their subspecialty training.
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Residents interact on a one-to-one basis with subspecialty attendings
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Electives
The program offers flexibility in elective time. This allows residents, with the aid of a full-time faculty mentor to focus their 10 months of elective time on their own career interests. These elective blocks provide residents with an experience in ambulatory subspecialty medicine, as well as inpatient subspecialty medicine. Protected elective research months allow interested residents to fully focus on their research projects.
Subspecialty rotations are available in:
Allergy / Immunology
Cardiology
Electrophysiologic Studies
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
Geriatrics
Hematology
Hospitalist Medicine
Infectious Diseases
Nephrology
Neurology
Oncology
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Research
Rheumatology
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Primary Care Conference
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Conference
- Morning Report:
Daily conference presided over by the Chief Residents, Chairman of Medicine, Program Directors, and full-time faculty, this interactive conference utilizes newly admitted patients as a means to review principles of clinical decision-making, pharmacology, evidence-based medicine, and geriatric medicine.
- Critical Care Conference:
Current concepts an techniques in the diagnosis and management of the critically ill patient are presented. The seminar format utilizes illustrative case presentations to stimulate audience participation in decision making.
- Subspecialty Conference Series:
Comprehensive review of topics in all the subspecialties with emphasis on board preparation and current developments.
- Advances in Medicine:
"Grand Rounds" conference with national leaders in the field of general and subspecialty medicine. They provide information about advances in basic and clinical science that may influence the practice of medicine in the future.
- Arts & Humanities Series:
This monthly series is designed to provide as humanistic experience for our housestaff. Each session features either a guest speaker or a video presentation on some aspect of the arts or humanities.
- History of Medicine Series:
This monthly series is given by an authority on the "Evolution of Medicine". Issues focusing on the early days of medicine to the present time are discussed.
- Intern Report:
This conference is designed specifically for medical interns. Every other week one of the categorical interns presents a case. A differential diagnosis is developed during discussion by the remainder of the group. Moderators are chosen from a select group of attendings recognized for their outstanding teaching ability.
- Journal Club:
Facilitated by an attending. Residents review current medical literature. With the assistance of a biostatistician, it also provides the basis for learning critical appraisal of medical literature.
- Multicultural Aspects of Medicine:
This monthly conference is primarily for residents. The objective is to sensitize the housestaff to the different ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds of our patient population.
- Chiefs Rounds:
This conference provides junior and senior residents with the opportunity to present well-researched cases to the full-time faculty and housestaff. A formal presentation is followed by a discussion of the decision-making aspects of the case. A didactic presentation of the topic with accompanying slides completes the conference.
- Clinical Ethics Series:
A series of seminars in Medical Ethics precepted by Dr. Jeffrey Berger, Director of Ethics, Department of Medicine.
- Workshops:
There are multiple workshops for residents on teaching skills, team-leader / managerial skills, evaluation and feedback. In addition, the Chairman conducts a seminar on the fellowship application process and the mentoring program.
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Ambulatory Training
Residents interact with faculty and patients in thriving Ambulatory settings.
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A particular strength of the ambulatory training program is the close working relationship that develop between the faculty preceptor, the resident, and their teaching practice clinic team in weekly continuity care clinic. For categorical residents, block rotations in ambulatory care provide increased ambulatory training experience in general and subspecialty medicine, as well as hands-on experience. Incorporated into the block rotation are experiences for the internist in ophthalmology, office gynecology, otolaryngology, dermatology, adolescent medicine, orthopaedics and psychiatry.
An advanced interviewing skills course is scheduled into the curricula, and is a popular component of the ambulatory training block. Areas such as practice management, clinical decision-making, continuous quality improvement, patient education, and ethics are equally built into the curricula.
All residents complete an innovative four week structured training program in perioperative medical consultation. During this outstanding rotation, residents work one-on-one under the supervision of a senior faculty preceptor to learn the role of the internist as consultant.
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Research
Winthrop's residents have a long tradition of achievement and accomplishment in research. Residents have presented their work at regional and national meetings such as the American College of Physicians (ACP), the American Thoracic Society (ATS), American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), Academy of Allergy & Immunology, and the American Society of Hematology.
In addition to clinical and basic research experiences at Winthrop, our residents and subspecialty residents have pursued electives at the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the Cold Spring Harbor Research Laboratory Our clinical affiliation with the New York Presbyterian Health System and our academic affiliation with SUNY at Stony Brook provide additional opportunities for research experiences.
Nationally recognized and funded basic science and clinical research programs in all of the divisions of the Department of Medicine are ongoing, and Housestaff are actively involved in this research and publication effort.
All Residents receive a series of workshops in critical appraisal of the literature and a course in the basics of statistics and medical analysis. These skills are then applied to the residents' own research projects as well as a critical appraisal of study design of literature in Journal Club and in the study of evidence based medicine at Morning Report.
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Department of Internal Medicine graduates at black tie graduation reception
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Fellowship Placement
Graduates of our program have been selected for a variety of prestigious fellowship programs across the United States, as shown by the list below, compiled from recent graduating classes. Supported by our Chairman, Program Director, mentors, and faculty, all with outstanding research and clinical credentials, our graduating housestaff have achieved great success in fellowship placements as well as in securing group, private practice, and academic career opportunities.
Representative Fellowship Placements of our Graduates (by specialty):
Allergy & Immunology:
Louisiana State University
Univ. California at San Diego
University of Alabama
Cardiology:
University of Vermont
St. Vincent's, Manhattan
Albany Medical Center
Stony Brook University Hospital
Winthrop-University Hospital
North Shore University Hospital
Columbia Presbyterian
Deborah Heart and Lung Institute
Clinical Epidemiology:
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Endocrinology:
New York Hospital
Westchester Medical Center
Winthrop-University Hospital
Gastroenterology:
Emory
St. Vincent's, Manhattan
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Iowa
University of Chicago
Winthrop-University Hospital
Geriatrics:
Mt. Sinai
Winthrop-University Hospital
New York University
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Hematology-Oncology:
Mt. Sinai
New York University
Stony Brook University Hospital
Winthrop-University Hospital
Infectious Disease:
Winthrop-University Hospital
Palliative Care:
Bronx VA
Pulmonary:
Cleveland Clinic
Lenox Hill Hospital, Manhattan
Stony Brook University
Winthrop-University Hospital
North Shore University Hospital
Nephrology:
New York Hospital-Cornell
Lenox Hill Hospital
SUNY Downstate
Winthrop-University Hospital
Rheumatology:
Brigham & Womens
University of Pennsylvania
New York Hospital
SUNY Downstate
Winthrop-University Hospital
Sports Medicine:
Indiana University
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Medical Student Electives
Winthrop offers 4th year electives to medical students in all the subspecialties of Internal Medicine.
The electives afford candidates a superior educational experience as well as an excellent opportunity to get to know the hospital faculty, fellows, and housestaff.
To schedule a 4th year elective contact our Academic Affairs Department through Winthrop's website (www.winthrop.org), or call at (516)663-2521.
Dr. Ralph Della Ratta, Clerkship Preceptor, enjoying a proud moment with some of his former students.
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Fourth year electives are offered in:
Allergy / Immunology
Cardiology
Electrophysiologic Studies
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
Geriatrics
Hematology
Hospitalist Medicine
Infectious Diseases
Nephrology
Neurology
Oncology
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Research
Rheumatology.
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Professional & Social Environment
The Residency Program is well known for combining high academic standards with a professional and congenial atmosphere for housestaff, nurses, ancillary staff, attendings, and administration.
Ancillary services are available 24/7 so residents can focus on patient care and education. Experienced teams of physician assistants reduce the workload and of the size of the resident's service.
Dr. Josh DeLeon, Cardiology Program Director giving Noon Conference
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Winthrop has been named as one of US World & News Report's top 100 hospitals in the areas of cardiology and gastroenterology. As a tertiary care center, Winthrop's clinical facilities and programs provide "cutting-edge" medical care to patients. These include a Category 1 Cancer Center, Level 1 Trauma Center, Nationally Accredited Epilepsy and Sleep Disorders Lab, Chronic Dialysis Center, Pulmonary Function Lab, Cardiology Center, Regional Poison Control Center, Ultrasound and Nuclear Medicine, Adult Pulmonary Medical and Cardiac ICU's and a comprehensive Home Care Program.
Housestaff enjoy a true sense of camaraderie and
personal growth.
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Social events enhance the camaraderie of the housestaff and faculty and include:
Annual housestaff picnic
December Holiday Party
Black Tie Graduation End of Year Party
Weekly Sports Events (softball, football, basketball, soccer, etc).
Various social events scheduled throughout the calendar year by the Chief Residents
Housestaff take advantage of the convenient LIRR access to NYC available right from the hospital site, to enjoy the myriad of cultural, social, and professional activities in New York City. Additionally, Winthrop's location in central Nassau County allows easy access to the southshore beaches and the Hamptons.
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Benefits
Winthrop-University Hospital provides its residents with:
Competitive salary.
Free meals, uniforms, and laundry services.
Health club membership reimbursement.
Excellent housing or heavily subsidized stipend.
One week leave with all fees paid for an ACP Board Review course.
Stipends to attend 2 national meeting (PGY-2 year and PGY-3 year).
Hospitalization, major medical, dental, and life insurance.
Full malpractice insurance.
Part III NBME reimbursement.
PDA's provided to all housestaff.
4 weeks vacation that may be split 2 weeks / 2 weeks
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Chief Residents
The Chief Residents are PGY-4 medicine graduates of the program selected for excellence in clinical skills, leadership, and scholarship. Their day-to-day teaching, leadership, and advocacy for the housestaff is a strength of the program. The incoming Chief Residents are available to meet with prospective candidates upon interview.
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Subspecialty Faculty and Fellowship Programs
The full-time faculty is a distinguished group with major leadership achievements in research, academic medicine, and medical education.
What makes our Winthrop faculty unique is that the Chairman, the Program Director, and the Associate Program Directors, as well as all the faculty, take the time to get to know the residents personally. Always available and accessible, the faculty has a genuine interest in the resident's education, career, and quality of life. They develop relationships with residents as colleagues, mentors, and friends. Faculty are mentors on a one-on-one basis for each resident and also develop mentoring relationships in supervising resident's research projects.
With nine fellowship programs, the faculty and fellows provide a rich academic environment for inpatient and ambulatory subspecialty education and research, and extremely strong clinical services for patient care. In addition, over 250 voluntary faculty members of the Department actively participate in the teaching program, thereby providing exposure to a diverse talented group of clinicians and teachers. A large basis science faculty, including 15 PhD investigators, provides support for the basic research laboratories.
Cardiology
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
General Internal Medicine
Geriatrics
Hematology/Oncology
Hospitalists
Infectious Diseases
Nephrology
Neurology
Pulmonology/Critical Care
Rheumatology
For full descriptions of each fellowship program, go to the Fellowship program section of the Winthrop website
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Dr. Burke Cunha, Publisher of Winthrop-University Medical Journal, discussing patient management during daily rounds
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Resident & Faculty Publications
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Application Procedure / Contact Us
Winthrop-University Hospital participates in ERAS (Electronic Residency Application Service), which is sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).
To apply to our Residency Program in Internal Medicine at Winthrop-University Hospital, all domestic candidates must apply via their medical school, and all international candidates must apply via the Educational Commission of Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG).
Residency Program Contact
Linda Renneberg, Residency Coordinator
Department of Medicine
Winthrop-University Hospital
222 Station Plaza North, Suite 509
Mineola, NY 11501
Phone: (516) 663-2381
Fax: (516)663-8796
E-mail: lrenneberg@winthrop.org
