Program Leadership

Michael Girshin, MD
Program Director and Department Chief

Roni Mendonca, MD
Associate Program Director

Caridad Cosme
Program Coordinator
Hospitals and Rotations
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.


