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SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Residency · Brooklyn, NY

Sponsored by SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University · Director Nira Goldstein

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Class size
3
Visas
J-1
PGY-1 salary
$79k2025 to 2026

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  • Fills every seat. Every seat filled in each of the last 5 Matches.
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Getting in

Who started, by class

Started 20261 on record of 3 seats · 1 US MD · 1 published before starting
  • Afash HaleemRutgers New Jersey Med Sch16 papers
Started 20253 on record of 3 seats · 3 US MD · 2 published before starting
  • Keshav KumarRutgers New Jersey Med Sch11 papers · 4 first author
  • Jasmine LeahyIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai5 papers · 4 first author
  • Andres Gorbea-DolagarayUniv Central del Caribe Esc de Med
Started 20242 on record of 3 seats · 2 US MD · 1 published before starting
  • Dylan CooperDonald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell6 papers · 4 first author · 2 case reports
  • Alison KhanJacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo

Training

8 training sites. Graduates on record most often went on to fellowship.

Months at each site

  • Maimonides Medical Center15 mo
  • University Hospital-SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn14 mo
  • NYC Health and Hospitals Kings County Hospital14 mo
  • Lenox Hill Hospital-Northwell Health6 mo
  • New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital4 mo
  • Long Island Jewish Medical Center - Northwell Health4 mo

Where graduates went next

  • Fellowship10
  • Neurotology Fellowship4
  • Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellowship4
  • Otolaryngology – Head And Neck Surgery Fellowship2
  • Facial Plastic Surgery Fellowship1
  • Head And Neck Oncology Fellowship1

Where graduates work now

  • SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University14
  • ENT and Allergy Associates, LLP10
  • Northwell Health3
  • Elevate ENT Partners2
  • Maimonides Medical Center2
  • Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary2

Research

71% of current residents have a paper since 2023

12 of 17, 81 papers between them

  • Ear Surgery and Otitis Media
  • Head and Neck Cancer Studies
  • Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
  • Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
  • Vestibular and auditory disorders

People

Leadership

  • Nira GoldsteinResidency Program Director
  • Jessica LimLenox Hill/MEETH Teaching Service Director
  • Marina BorukDirector of Division of Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery
  • Michael WeissMaimonides Medical Center Teaching Service Director

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Faculty, residents, graduates and the people residents publish with.

Place

Summers reach 85°, winters fall to 28°. About 28 inches of snow a year.

Weather by month

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Commute

3.7M people live within 20 minutes of University Hospital-SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $2,790 a month within 10 miles of University Hospital-SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn.

Hazards

  • Winter storms
  • Heat waves
  • Strong wind
  • River flooding

Publishes with residents

  • Ann PlumOtolaryngology, 4 residents
  • Sydney ButtsOtolaryngology, 4 residents
  • Jean Anderson EloyOtolaryngology, 2 residents
  • Sara Abu-GhanemOtolaryngology, 2 residents