Stony Brook University Hospital
(SBUH) is a tertiary care hospital serving Long Island with over 600 beds. The "parent" teaching hospital of our program, SBUH provides the academic base for our surgical residency training. The members of our surgical staff all serve as full-time faculty in the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University and are strongly committed to the resident training program. At SBUH, residents have the opportunity not only to rotate on the general surgery service, but also gain experience on cardiothoracic, pediatric, colorectal, surgical oncology, breast, plastic, trauma, transplantation, ENT and vascular surgical services. In addition, surgical residents gain an extensive experience in surgical critical care during rotations in the surgical intensive care unit, cardiovascular intensive care unit, and the Burn Center. As a premier academic medical center, Stony Brook Medicine is responsible for healing the sick, educating skilled healthcare professionals, uncovering the complexities of disease, discovering new treatments, and reaching out to the community to inform and educate.
Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center
While SBUH is the primary center of residency training, the Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center (NVAMC) plays an invaluable role as a major teaching affiliate for resident training. Attended by full-time Stony Brook Medicine and NVAMC affiliated surgical faculty, residents gain experience during their time at NVAMC in general surgery, vascular surgery, thoracic surgery, and plastic surgery. Junior residents are also exposed to practice in surgical intensive care at the NVAMC.
Stony Brook Southampton Hospital
Southampton Hospital (SHH) is a 125 bed community hospital that was established in 1913 and joined the Stony Brook Medicine system in 2017. Centrally located in the village of Southampton, two hours from New York City, the Hospital is the healthcare hub for an ethnically and financially diverse population of year-round residents, second homeowners and vacationers. With ACGME accreditation merging the Stony Brook University Hospital and Stony Brook Southampton general surgery training programs, there will be increasing opportunities and exposures for training in this unique community hospital serving the eastern end of Long Island.
Good Samaritan Hospital
Good Samaritan Hospital, a member of Catholic Health Services of Long Island health system, is a 537-bed not-for-profit hospital serving communities along the south shore of Long Island. This experience provides residents (PGY-3/4/5) a broad exposure and experience in general surgery that includes minimally invasive surgery, vascular surgery, trauma, and other surgical sub-specialties within a busy regional community hospital affiliate.
Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital
Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital (SBELIH) is an acute care community hospital committed to delivering excellence in patient care and meeting the current and emerging health needs of the Northeast end of Long Island. A campus of Stony Brook University Hospital and with a Stony Brook University Hospital faculty (Dr. Melany Hughes) serving as both the Vice-Chief of Surgery and as our training site director, this rotation provides an elective experience of community based surgical care that includes elective and emergency general surgical exposures as well as endoscopic experience.
Life As A General Surgery Resident
First and second-year residents gain a comprehensive experience focused on acquiring the necessary foundational surgical knowledge and early operative skills to manage and care for the surgical perioperative patient.
During the third year of residency training, residents begin learning how to direct and be responsible for the junior residents with whom they work. Third-year residents rotate on the general, vascular, trauma, and cardiothoracic surgery services at the SBUH and NVAMC hospitals.
Our general surgery residency program is organized so that the fourth-year resident rotations consists of ongoing general and vascular surgery experiences with increasing exposure to specialty services at SBUH and NVAMC (including, but not limited to: cardiothoracic, plastic, vascular, pediatric, and trauma rotations) With transition to senior resident, training is focused on development of deeper understanding of the pathophysiology of surgical diseases and their surgical management while enhancing professional and early leadership skills.
Chief residents spend time at both of the teaching hospitals. At SBUH, chief residents rotate on the surgical oncology and general surgery services. At NVAMC, they gain increased supervisory experience on the general and vascular surgery services. The administrative chief resident is responsible for the activities of all residents at each of the teaching hospitals. The chief residents on individual services also coordinate, direct, and supervise those residents who are on his or her service.
