New York- Presbyterian-Queens Program

Program Identity & Fit

NewYork-Presbyterian Queens is a Weill Cornell-affiliated, fellow-free general surgery program in Flushing, serving as one of only three ACS-verified Level 1 Trauma Centers in a borough of over two million people, which gives residents unusually unfiltered ownership of subspecialty operative material across colorectal, breast, endocrine, vascular, surgical oncology, and MIS/bariatric divisions. The absence of fellows is the program's defining structural feature, driving high operative volume and autonomy for residents rather than competing with them for cases. Clinical research is optional rather than mandatory but institutionally supported, and graduates pursue a broad spread of ACGME fellowships (colorectal, vascular, trauma/critical care, breast, MIS, cardiothoracic) as well as direct entry into general surgery practice, reflecting a program oriented toward producing well-rounded operative surgeons rather than a single subspecialty pipeline. Most rotations occur at the single Flushing campus, and the program values residents who thrive on hands-on volume and independent clinical responsibility in a busy, ethnically diverse, urban community-based trauma center rather than a heavily protocol-driven quaternary academic environment.