NYC Health & Hospitals-South Brooklyn Health Program

Program Identity & Fit

South Brooklyn Health's General Surgery Residency is a small (3 categorical/year), safety-net public hospital program serving as a primary, secondary, and tertiary surgical care site for the Brooklyn community, with progressive resident autonomy culminating in chief residents running independent services. The curriculum is broadened through structured away rotations at high-volume subspecialty centers - Memorial Sloan Kettering (oncology), Montefiore Einstein (transplant), Cohen Children's/Northwell (pediatric surgery), and the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center - giving residents exposure well beyond typical community-hospital scope. A mandatory resident research project and explicit stated goal of developing "future leaders of academic surgery" signal that scholarly output is woven into training rather than optional, even though the base site is a public NYC Health + Hospitals facility. The program frames itself around technical independence, broad clinical exposure across socioeconomically diverse patients, and a stated commitment to work-life balance alongside rigorous training.