Flushing Hospital Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

Flushing Hospital's General Surgery Residency is a five-year, community-based ACGME program in Queens that pairs core clinical training with mandatory scholarly output, producing roughly 20-30 posters/publications annually through a dedicated research infrastructure (REI). Residents rotate through subspecialty affiliate sites for exposure beyond the home institution's scope, including trauma/burns/transplant at Westchester Medical Center, pediatric surgery at Cohen's Children's Hospital, and surgical oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering. Graduate outcomes split between fellowship pathways (critical care, MIS/bariatrics, surgical oncology, vascular, cosmetic) and direct entry into general surgery group practice, reflecting a program that prepares residents for both routes rather than steering exclusively toward academia. The explicit emphasis on a "familial atmosphere," faculty mentorship matched to resident specialty interest, and wellness programming alongside mandatory research suggests the program values well-rounded residents who will engage seriously with scholarly activity while functioning in a high-volume, culturally diverse safety-net-adjacent community setting.