Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Medical school affiliation: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Mailing address:270-05 76th Avenue
New Hyde Park, NY 11040
Telephone number: 718-470-7873
E-mail address: SLuciano@NSHS.EDU
Web site: http://www.er-lij.com

Program training format: 1 - 4
Number of residents per entering class:9-11
Number of residents currently in training: 40
Percentage of residents who are women: 18%
Total number of resident graduates: 230
Residency attrition rate (past 5 years only):1

Year program began:1983
List combined programs: EM / IM and EM / IM / Critical Care
Combined Residency Director: Barbara Barnett, MD
ACGME Accreditation Category and duration of years approved: 8 years
Next ACGME RRC-EM survey date:2013

Residency Coordinator name: Sandra Luciano
Residency Coordinator contact information: SLuciano@NSHS.EDU

Department/Division Chair name: Thomas Kwiatkowski, MD
Department/Division Chair tenure:21 years
Department Chair contact information not provided above: 718-470-7501

Program Director (PD) name: Gino Farina, MD
Program Director tenure: 8 years
Program Director contact information not provided above: farina@lij.edu

Associate or Assistant Program Director name: Pamela Arsove, MD
Associate or Assistant Program Director contact information not provided above: Richard Park, MD

Research Director (RD) name: Robert Silverman, MD
Research Director tenure:18 years
Research Director contact information not provided above: 718-470-7501

Institutional and Emergency Department Attributes

Institutions:	Primary Institution	Additional Institution
Institution Name	Long Island Jewish Medical Center	Jacobi Hospital
Number of acute care hospital beds	829	523
Number of beds in ED	46	57
Total number of annual ED visits	65,000	97,125
Percent pediatric visits	37%	43%
Percent admission rate	38%	21%
Percent of total admissions admitted to critical care area	5%	5.3%
Trauma Accreditation	Level I for Pediatrics	Level I
Unique attributes	Digital radiographs	Digital radiographs Electronic patient records
Total number of EM rotation months	35	7
Miles from primary training institution	0	10 miles

Faculty Attributes

Total number of all faculty: 28
Number of core faculty: 15
Number of clinical faculty: 13
Number of non-clinical faculty: 0
Percentage of total faculty who are women: 21%

Curriculum Attributes

EM 1	EM 2	EM 3	EM 4
Orientation - 2 weeks	Hand/Ortho- 4 weeks	OB- 4 weeks	Adult ED- 32 weeks
Critical Care- 8 weeks	Peds ED- 4 weeks	Toxicology- 4 weeks	Admin - 2 weeks
Infectious Disease- 2 weeks	Critical Care - 4 weeks	Critical Care - 4 weeks	Pediatric Emergency Ultrsound- 6 weeks
Neurology- 4 weeks	Adult Emegency Medicine- 30 weeks	Adult ED- 30 weeks	Elective- 8 weeks
Medicine Floors- 12 weeks	Research/Ultrasound- 4 weeks	Pediatric ED- 6 weeks	Vacation- 4 weeks
Anesth/US- 4 weeks	Emergency Med Services- 2 weeks	Vacation- 4 weeks
Adult ED- 14 weeks	Vacation- 4 weeks
Peds ED- 4 weeks
Vacation- 4 weeks

Unique clinical or rotation experiences: The high acuity and pathology mix has been commented on
consistently by visitors, medical students and residents. This is the result of the combined experience between two
large training sites: LIJ and Jacobi hospitals. Long Island Jewish is a tertiary medical center with a Children's Hospital

(Level 1 Pediatric). Jacobi hospital is a large inner city hospital designated Level 1 trauma and Burn, Snakebite and
Hyperbaric center. The combined experience at a private tertiary care and inner city hospital care provides a unique
and rich experience with a proven track record. LIJ and Jacobi Emergency Medicine Residencies are the two oldest
in the state of New York. There are over 40 full-time faculty at the two sites. There is a daily Teaching Attending without primary clinical responsibility. His or her sole responsibility is to perform direct observation of residents, teach and prepare weekly procedure labs for the residency. Residents participate in a yearly anatomy day with at Albert Einstein Medical School where one of our faculty is an anatomy instructor. In addition, Chest tube day and Airway day is also a yearly event at the medical school. State of the art “sim-man” and “sim-baby” simulation technology are used to record and teach resuscitation. LIJ runs two national courses, the Oral Board Review and the Manhattan Written Board Review, which residents benefit from. Unique didactic activities: Teaching Attending 5 days a week; Thursday morning conference; Bi-annual oral board simulation; Monthly Journal Club / Research meeting; Weekly board review with Audience Response System technology (anonymous polling system); Learners are given hand remote polling devices that encourage active participation. Learners are thereby given immediate feedback on his/her performance. Results are tabulated and presented on screen. Enables educators to gauge their effectiveness.

Emergency Medical Services

Describe EMS experience:2 weeks rotation with NYC EMS and continuous exposure to EMS Fellows and faculty
EMS relating training opportunities: NYC/FDNY EMS Fellowship
Aeromedical experience:

Research and scholarly activity

Describe unique research resources available to the residency: Designated research and ample elective
time. Full time research director, 16 hours per day 7 days a week of research assistants.
Three areas of department research interest: Stroke, pediatrics, EMS and Diabetes
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Describe the how residents meet the requirement to engage in scholarly activity: All residents must work
with a mentor to complete a research project. There is ample opportunity to involve oneself in original research or to join one of many existing faculty projects. In addition, the requirement may be met by publishing a case report or a chapter review. Finally, original concepts/plans developed to the point of IRB submission would meet research requirements.

Resident Benefits

Uniform allowance per year:
Educational stipend allowance per year:$600 for term of residency
Educational materials provided outside allowance per year:Various textbooks including Tintinelli's
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Types of insurance coverage provided: Aetna, Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Number of days vacation or personal days: 4 weeks
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Resident Graduate Attributes (last 5 years only)

Number of residents entering fellowship programs: 4
Number of resident graduates who are Emergency Medicine core or clinical faculty:21
First time written board pass rate: 93%
First time oral board pass rate: 95%
List states in which graduates in the last 5 years are now practicing: New York, Connecticut, New
Jersey, Missouri, California, Virginia, Florida, Maryland, Michigan, Pennsylvania

Fellowships

Fellowship name: Emergency Medical Services/New York FDNY
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Fellowship name: Pediatric EM
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Fellowship accreditation: Fully Accredited
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Fellowship name: International Medicine
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Fellowship name: Emergency Ultrasound
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Medical student clerkship

Duration of clerkship: 4 weeks
Unique clerkship experiences:Splinting, suturing, EKG and X-Ray labs, Patient Simulation, Pediatric
and Adult ED experience
Medical student specific conferences: Daily lectures, weekly meeting with the chairman
House available if needed:

Clerkship Director name: Helen Bloch, MD
Clerkship Director contact information not provided above: 718-470-7873