Flushing Hospital Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

Flushing Hospital Medical Center's Internal Medicine Residency is a New York City community hospital-based program serving a culturally and socioeconomically diverse, underserved Queens population, with an explicit mission oriented toward independent clinical practice and/or fellowship training rather than a research-first identity. The curriculum follows a traditional block structure (general medicine wards, MICU, CCU, geriatrics, ambulatory blocks, night float) with progressive autonomy under faculty and senior-resident supervision, and residents are expected to generate quality improvement initiatives tied to the hospital's community mission. Teaching responsibilities include supervising rotating medical students from SUNY-Downstate, St. George's, and AUC, indicating a program that values residents who can function within a teaching hierarchy. The program explicitly states it seeks applicants whose career goals align with a community hospital model, favoring practical clinical readiness over subspecialty research ambition.