Stony Brook Medicine-University Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

Stony Brook's integrated five-year vascular surgery residency is one of the first such programs established nationally, based at an academic university hospital that serves as Suffolk County's primary tertiary referral center, with additional rotations at the Northport VA and NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island. The program is structured to produce vascular surgeons equally prepared for academic careers or private practice, reflecting a dual-track philosophy rather than a fellowship-pipeline or research-mandated identity. Graduating residents accumulate over 600 open and endovascular interventions across the full procedural spectrum, supported by a seven-faculty division with dedicated leadership in carotid intervention and non-invasive vascular lab direction, plus institutional simulation resources (dedicated endovascular/aortic repair simulation, 24/7 skills lab access). The program values applicants who have committed early and definitively to vascular surgery as a specialty, given the accelerated, non-general-surgery-certifying track.