Stony Brook Medicine-University Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

Stony Brook is a university-based, academically-oriented three-year Emergency Medicine program anchored in a Level-1 regional trauma and tertiary referral center serving Suffolk County, with a distinctive Long Island catchment producing a mix of high-speed MVCs, water/boating injuries, farm and industrial trauma, and marine environmental exposures. Research is structurally embedded rather than optional: a dedicated Emergency Medicine Research Center with a full-time nurse coordinator, PhD statistician, undergraduate extern support, and animal-model laboratory infrastructure sustains 10-15 concurrent projects, and every resident completes an original research project as a graduation requirement. The program supports non-ACGME fellowships in Research (with MPH pathway) and International Emergency Medicine (Diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene plus a second credential), signaling explicit investment in academic and global-health leadership tracks alongside core clinical training. Progressive clinical autonomy by training year, ultrasound-focused scholarship, and a stated mission around academic leadership, health equity, and global engagement indicate the program values residents oriented toward scholarship, education, and system-level or international impact rather than purely community clinical practice.