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. Volume and pathology is high since Albany serves as a regional referral center as northeastern New York's only academic health science center.

Leadership

• Department Chair: Christopher King, MD
• Program Director: Shellie Asher, MD
• Associate/Assistant Program Director: Wendy Woolley, DO
• Associate/Assistant Program Director: Benjamin Katz, 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

PGY2

• Emergency Medicine - 10 months
• Peds Em - 1/2 month

PGY3

• Emergency Medicine - 7 1/2 months
• EMS - 1/2 month

Contact Information

Residency Coordinator: Marianne Pellon Email: pellonm@mail.amc.edu Phone: +1 518 262 4050 Fax: +1 518 262 5362

External Links

http://www.amc.edu/academic

See Also

• Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD)
• Emergency medicine residency programs