Program Leadership


Michael Girshin, MD
Program Director and Department Chief

Roni Mendonca, MD
Associate Program Director

Caridad Cosme
Program Coordinator

Hospitals and Rotations


Metropolitan Hospital Center – Primary Site
Metropolitan Hospital Center – Primary Site

A full-service community hospital providing state-of-the-art care and leading-edge technology to patients from all five boroughs and surrounding areas, in a safe environment regardless of ability to pay.

Rotations:
Surgical Anesthesia
PACU
Preop

Regional
Acute Pain
OR Manager

Harlem Hospital Center
Harlem Hospital Center

Located about 3 miles from here.

A full-service community hospital providing state-of-the-art care and leading-edge technology to patients from all five boroughs and surrounding areas, in a safe environment regardless of ability to pay.

Rotations:
Critical Care
Pediatric Anesthesia
Surgical Anesthesia

Lincoln Hospital
Lincoln Hospital

Lincoln Hospital is a full service medical center and teaching hospital affiliated with Weill Cornell Medical College, in the South Bronx area of the Bronx, New York City.

Staffed by a team of more than 300 physicians, the hospital has an inpatient capacity of 347 beds.

Rotations:
Chronic Pain
NORA
Surgical Anesthesia

Jacobi Medical Center
Jacobi Medical Center

Jacobi Medical Center (NYC Health+Hospitals/Jacobi) is a municipal hospital operated by NYC Health+Hospitals in affiliation with Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

It is a Level 1 Trauma Center, Burn Center.

Rotations:
Neuro
Trauma
Thoracic
Surgical Anesthesia

Montefiore Medical Center
Montefiore Medical Center

Located in Bronx, approximately 11 miles from Manhattan.

Rotations:
Cardiac Anesthesia

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Curriculum and Rotations


The Anesthesiology residency training program is a 4-year, categorical program, beginning with a Clinical Base
Year(CBY)/Internship. This year is structured with rotations in the following specialties:

Clinical Base Year: (PGY1)
Following Rotations: 
Internal Medicine – 6 months
Critical Care – 2 months
Cardiology – 1 month 
Surgery – 1 month
Emergency Medicine – 1 month
Anesthesiology – 1 month

CA-1 Year: (PGY2)

Residents begin basic rotations in clinical anesthesia after satisfactory completion of CBY.
The typical CA-1 year consists of several months of clinical (surgical anesthesia) in combination
with a few subspecialty rotations:

Surgical (Clinical Anesthesia) (approximately 8 months): Metropolitan / Lincoln / Jacobi 
OB (1 month): Metropolitan
Preop (2 weeks): Metropolitan
PACU (2 weeks): Metropolitan
Chronic Pain (1 month): Lincoln
Acute Pain (1 month): Metropolitan

CA-1 Year: (PGY3)

Training in the CA-2 year is rigorous, with rotations in various subspecialties and is structured as follows:

Surgical (Clinical Anesthesia)  (3 months) Harlem, Lincoln or Jacobi
Non-Operating Room Anesthesia (NORA) (1 month) Lincoln
Chronic Pain (1 month) Lincoln
Neuroanesthesia (1 month) Jacobi
Cardiac Anesthesia (2 months) Monti
Trauma (1 month) Jacobi
Pediatric Anesthesia (2 months) Harlem
Critical Care (1 month) Harlem

CA-3 Year: (PGY4)

The CA-3 year is a distinctly different experience than the CA-1 and CA-2 years, providing progressively more complex training along with increased independence and responsibility. The CA-3 year is structured as follows:

Thoracic Anesthesia (1 month) Jacobi
Neuroanestheia (1 month) Jacobi
OB Anesthesia (1 month) Metropolitan 
Advanced Anesthesia (1 month) Jacobi
Critical Care (1 month) Harlem
Surgical (Clinical) Anesthesia (3 months) Metropolitan, Harlem, Lincoln or Jacobi
OR Manager (1 month) Metropolitan 
Regional Anesthesia (1 month) Metropolitan 
Trauma Anesthesia (1 month) Jacobi
Non-Operating Room Anesthesia (NORA) (1 month) Lincoln

Wellness Activities


The program conducts resident wellness activities on a regular basis. There is an on-site Resident Wellness Committee which assists in promoting resident wellness.

The building has a gymnasium and a Respite Center where residents as well as the faculty may unwind. In addition, committee of interns and residents (CIR) hosts wellness activities from time to time. Due to the pandemic some of the wellness activities may currently be on hold.