NYC Health & Hospitals-South Brooklyn Health Program

Program Identity & Fit

South Brooklyn Health (formerly Coney Island Hospital) EM residency is a NYC Health + Hospitals community-based program built around a single 371-bed safety-net hospital serving a linguistically diverse, multi-ethnic South Brooklyn population. The curriculum layers in Level 1 trauma exposure through system rotations at Elmhurst and Harlem, pediatric EM at Jacobi, FDNY EMS ride-alongs, NYC Poison Control, and dedicated addiction medicine and toxicology experiences, reflecting a public-hospital, high-acuity/high-volume training model rather than a quaternary academic center. Research time is built into PGY-2 and PGY-3 but appears modest relative to clinical and administrative/QI training, and alumni outcomes split fairly evenly between community and academic practice, with fellowship placements concentrated in EMS/disaster, addiction medicine, pain, ultrasound, toxicology, and critical care/resuscitation. The program explicitly frames its educational goal as producing a "patient advocate" who drives continuous change in EM practice, and its global health elective options (Haiti, Africa, Panama, Philippines) alongside strong addiction medicine ties suggest a values orientation toward underserved and safety-net populations.