Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

Lincoln is a public, safety-net, PGY 1-4 Emergency Medicine residency in the South Bronx, functioning as one of the busiest EDs in the US and a Level 1 Trauma Center with roughly 140,000 annual visits and 1,200 trauma admissions (75% blunt, 25% penetrating), giving residents high-acuity, high-volume, resource-limited training with graduated autonomy culminating in a Resident-in-Charge role by PGY-4. Distinctive structural features include a dedicated toxicology month at NYC Poison Control/Bellevue, FDNY EMS weeks, an ED administration/QI rotation, dual MICU and SICU trauma-critical-care exposure, and a structured point-of-care ultrasound curriculum. The program's identity is explicitly built around social emergency medicine - addressing social determinants of health, health equity, and community outreach/advocacy for a predominantly Black and Latin American, immigrant, and underinsured population - supported by a resident-led wellness structure and CIR union benefits. Research exists mainly as an elective, resident-initiated avenue (Patient Care Trust Fund Grants for QI/health equity projects) rather than a core institutional expectation, and the program values residents drawn to high-acuity urban trauma care, advocacy, and service to underserved communities over academic productivity per se.