Westchester Medical Center and Metropolitan Hospital Center Residency Program

NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE

New York Medical College is a private, not-for-private medical university comprised of a medical school and two graduate schools located in Valhalla, New York.

Founded in 1860, it is the third largest private medical university in the United States and the largest in New York State with 760 medical students and 500 graduate students taught by a faculty of over 2,800 with 1,000 full-time members. The college is the only academic biomedical research institution between New York City and Albany and is home to the Medical Science Library that contains 120,000 volumes and 1,400 journals, including the collection of the Westchester Academy of Medicine.

WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER

Westchester Medical Center (WMC) is a 638-bed academic medical center providing quaternary care for the Hudson Valley Region. This is the university hospital of the New York Medical College OB/GYN residency program. It is the central location of the sub-specialty divisions including gynecologic oncology, maternal-fetal medicine, urogynecology and reproductive endocrinology and infertility.

As a Regional Perinatal Center, the Obstetric Service performs about 1200 deliveries and 300 maternal transports per year. Trainees are exposed to stateof-the-art prenatal diagnostic services as well as the full range of medical complications of pregnancy.

The Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at New York Medical College, Dr. Howard Blanchette, is the Director of Obstetrics and Gynecology at WMC.

While on the obstetric rotation, the residents’ time is divided between the high and low risk OB clinics and labor and delivery. Each morning with the exception of Ground Rounds once a week, there is resident report with the Chairman. This is a time for residents to discuss and critique their management of patients admitted during the previous evening and to make plans for the rest of the day. There is also a close relationship between the Obstetrics and Neonatal Intensive care team.

While on the GYN rotation at Westchester Medical Center, residents divide their time between surgical cases and the GYN clinic. They also attend Oncology clinic and Urogynecology clinic. The surgical experience is cutting edge and includes robotic surgery.

The clinic population is drawn from Westchester, Orange, Putnam, Dutchess, Ulster and Rockland counties. In addition, rotations at WMC enable the residents to manage private patients of the faculty and thus round out their training experience.
Located 40 minutes from New York City, Westchester Medical Center shares a 600-acre campus with New York Medical College. There is access to the College’s well-equipped Basic Science Building and research laboratories as well as to an extensive medical library.

METROPOLITAN HOPSITAL CENTER

Metropolitan Hospital Center (MHC) is a 341-bed university teaching hospital with an active emergency room. It is a member of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation and is located in the upper east side of Manhattan from 97th to 99th streets between 1st and 2nd Avenues dividing the area known as Yorkville to the South and East Harlem to the North. This location offers the housestaff experience with serving the indigent and working poor as well as a diversity of ethnic groups. Housestaff are exposed to the full range of clinical training, with an emphasis on primary care obstetrics and gynecology.

New York Medical College has been affiliated with Metropolitan Hospital since 1875. It is the oldest continuing affiliation in the nation between a private medical school and a public hospital.

The Program Director, Dr. Sari Kaminsky is the Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology at MHC.

The Obstetrics Service at Metropolitan Hospital Center performs approximately 2,000 deliveries per year. Of these, approximately 40% are high risk. Obstetrical ultrasound is an integral part of the division. As a tertiary care center with a
Level 3 NICU, residents will also have the opportunity to manage high risk patients at extremes of prematurity. Residents divide their time between the High Risk Clinic, Labor and Delivery and the Antepartum Unit.

The Gynecology Service at Metropolitan Hospital Center consists of general gynecology, oncology, reproductive endocrinology and urogynecology. On the Gynecology rotation, residents are exposed to a vast array GYN surgery with an emphasis on vaginal surgery. Time is divided between the operating room and the GYN clinic. Residents also attend the weekly infertility clinic.

The Continuity Clinics are at MHC. Each resident is assigned to a continuity team beginning in the PG-1 year.