Albany Medical Center
History
The residency program is ABEM/RRC-approved, since its inception in 1988 as a PGY 1-3 program with 12 resident physicians in each training year. Residents spend greater than 95% of their hospital-based training in the ED or Critical Care Units. There is a separate pediatric ED which opened in 2018. Volume and pathology is high since Albany serves as a regional referral center as northeastern New York's only academic health science center. AMC is unique in that it has a large 17-county catchment area. In addition to our EM residency we offer fellowships in ultrasound, EM/Surgical Critical Care, and Prehospital Medicine (EMS).
Leadership
- Department Chair: Denis Pauze, MD
- Program Director: Noah White, MD
- Associate/Assistant Program Director: Yvonne Chow, MD
- Associate/Assistant Program Director: Sean Geary, MD
- Associate/Assistant Program Director: Jessica Noonan, MD
- Research Director: Jason Cohen, DO
Training Locations
Primary Hospital
Albany Medical Center
Curriculum
During EM Blocks residents work 9 hour shifts with 8 hours of patient care and 1 hour for patient wrap up and sign-out. PGY1 residents work on average 20 shifts per 4 week block. Four weeks of vacation time are integrated into the ED blocks.
PGY1
- Orientation - 1 Block
- Emergency Medicine - 7 Blocks
- Peds EM - 1 Block
- MICU - 1 Block
- SICU - 1 Block
- Anesthesia - 0.5 Block
- OB - 0.5 Blocks
- Orthopedics Urgent Care - 0.5 Block
- Ultrasound - 0.5 Block
PGY2
- Pediatric and Adult EM - 10 Blocks
- PICU - 1 Block
- Cardiac ICU - 1 Block
- Toxicology - 0.5 Block
- Selective - 0.5 Block
PGY3
- Adult/Peds Emergency Medicine - 10 Blocks
- Community EM - 1 Block
- EMS - 0.5 Block
- Administration - 0.5 Block
- Elective - 1 Block
Electives
Fellowships
Contact Information
Residency Coordinator: Marianne Pellon Email: pellonm@mail.amc.edu Phone: +1 518 262 4050 Fax: +1 518 262 5362