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Clinical Training

Medical students in their final two years receive part of their clinical training at University Hospital-Kings County Hospital Center, and part at affiliated institutions in the surrounding area. University Hospital, operated by the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, is a major open heart referral center and has one of the largest kidney transplant programs in the eastern United States. It is also a major referral center for pediatric surgery, neonatal intensive care, high risk obstetrics, oncology services and the neurosciences. Kings County Hospital Center (KCHC) is one of the largest acute care hospitals in the country and the largest municipal hospital in New York City, with 43 acres and 23 buildings. The hospital is a designated Trauma Center — only one of two serving the borough of Brooklyn — and has eight Intensive Care Units and a large Renal Dialysis Unit.

Complementing the clinical experiences available at University Hospital of Brooklyn and Kings County Hospital Center are a wide variety of hospitals throughout the metropolitan area.

Brooklyn:
Manhattan:
- Lenox Hill Hospital
- St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center
Nassau:
- North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System
Queens:
- Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens
- Zucker Hillside Hospital
- Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
- Long Island Jewish Medical Center
- South Nassau Hospital
Staten Island:
- Staten Island University Hospital

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OFFICE OF STUDENT ADMISSIONS
450 Clarkson Ave, Box 60
Brooklyn, NY 11203
BSB 1-133
phone: (718) 270-2446
fax: (718) 270-4775
email: admissions@downstate.edu

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