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Long Island Jewish Medical Center (NY)

Program Type:
Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency

Date Established: June 1993

Number of Positions: 5 per year

Duration of Program: 4 years

Sponsored by:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Contact(s)
Vicki Seltzer, M.D.
Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
270-05 76th Avenue
New Hyde Park, NY 11040
Telephone: (718) 470-7660
FAX: (718) 962-6739
E-mail: seltzer@lij.edu

Eligibility Requirement(s)
A medical degree is required.

Required Activities
In addition to Obstetrics and Gynecology training, residents receive comprehensive education in primary and preventive women's health care in an ambulatory setting.

Special Degree(s)/Certificate(s) Offered
Residents are board eligible in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Elective Activities
Information was not provided.

Goals of the Program
"To enable the graduate to provide the complete range of preventive and ambulatory primary health care services to women, as well as the entire range of OB/GYN services."

Other Program Features
This residency has been restructured to provide broad-based education in women's primary health care.

Reason for Initiating Program
"To enhance education in women's primary health care so that women will be able to receive coordinated care from a single provider."

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