Family Medicine Residency
Our Family Medicine Residency Program is one of the oldest and most respected family medicine and hospital programs in the country. Because of our size, location and experience, we offer flexible Binghamton family medicine and hospital programs that can be tailored to meet your professional goals. We have a dedicated, award-winning faculty committed to providing you one-on-one attention and support, an exciting, diverse group of intelligent and dynamic fellow residents and state-of-the-art facilities.
Highlights
- ACGME accredited with Osteopathic Recognition. Acquired Osteopathic Recognition by the ACGME in 2015
- No competing residencies give you ample time to learn procedures and gain experience
- Strong balance between hands-on clinical and academic training, including research opportunities and a regular schedule of conferences and grand rounds
- Obstetrics preparation and full exposure to procedures including C-Sections
- A diverse patient population providing the widest range of clinical pathology
- Gain competency performing LARC, minor surgery, cryotherapy, endometrial biopsies, and other procedures
- Neonatal training includes access to a Level II NICU and full-time neonatologist
- Moonlighting opportunities in the second and third years of residency.
Osteopathic Medicine
Few teaching hospitals embrace and support the principles of Osteopathic Medicine as well as United Health Services. Being one of the first hospital and family medicine programs in Binghamton and New York to receive Osteopathic Recognition, you will be encouraged to maintain your identity as an Osteopathic physician and develop the skills that make your training unique.
Fellowships After UHS Residency
United Health Services residency graduates are very successful in earning fellowships. Listed here are Family Medicine graduates who have earned fellowships since 1998:
RESIDENT |
FELLOWSHIP |
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Ann Teng, DO | Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT |
Lynda Tang, DO | Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Cleveland Clinic |
Victor Kim, DO | OMM/Neuromuscular Medicine, Florida Hospital |
John Leuenberger, DO | Neuromuscular Medicine Fellowship, Eastern Maine Medical Center |
Brian Day, DO | Geriatric Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY |
Mary Rose O'Connor Day, DO | Geriatric Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY |
Daniel Day, DO | Sports Medicine, Virginia Tech/VCOM, Blacksburg, VA |
Kate Grant, DO | Sports Medicine, Wilson Medical Center, Johnson City, NY |
Stephen Kroth, DO | Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine Plus One, Millcreek Community Hospital, Erie, PA |
Mark Thai, DO | Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine Plus One, Tulsa, OK |
Rowena Reyes, MD | Sports Medicine, Wilson Medical Center, Johnson City, NY |
Jerome Mikloucich, DO | Geriatrics, Wilson Medical Center, Johnson City, NY |
Christine Blonski, DO | Sports Medicine, Metro Health Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI |
Michael Tunick, DO | Sports Medicine, Wilson Medical Center, Johnson City, NY |
Shawn Berkowitz, MD | Geriatrics, Wilson Medical Center, Johnson City, NY |
Erik Hiester, DO | Interventional Pain Management, Emory University, Atlanta, GA |
Lazeni Koulibali, DO | Emergency Medicine, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY |
David Li, DO | Sports Medicine, Wilson Medical Center, Johnson City, NY |
Paul Han, DO | Sports Medicine, Wilson Medical Center, Johnson City, NY |
McKirven Ceus, MD | Sports Medicine, West Kendall Baptist Hospital, Coral Gables, FL |
Amrita Chakraborty, MD | Hospice & Palliative Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Levanon, NH |
Alan DeMaine, DO | Palliative Care, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY |
Avinash Mantha, MD | Geriatric Medicine, Loyola University, Hines, IL |
Corina Arana, DO | Geriatric Medicine, United Health Services, Johnson City, NY |
Sandita Seecharan, MD | Geriatric Medicine, UHS Hospitals, Johnson City, NY |
Program Director
Daniel Young, MD
Dr. Young, a lifelong resident of the Binghamton area, received his Bachelor’s degree from Binghamton University and his medical degree from Upstate Medical Center at Syracuse. After 20 years of rural clinical practice with part-time medical student/resident teaching, he returned to the residency as director in 2012. Dr. Young is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and was named Fellow by the American Academy of Family Practice. He is associate professor at Upstate Medical Center, a member of the Broome County Child Advocacy Center’s medical team and Director of the STD clinic at the Broome County Health Department. Dr. Young has been very active in medical society activities. He holds leadership positions in the Broome County Medical Society, the Medical Society of the State of New York and serves as a delegate to the American Medical Association.
Dr. Young enjoys golf, hiking the Finger Lakes Trail and performing magic.
Message from Dr. Young,
"Welcome to the Wilson Family Medicine Residency. Our program provides you a unique training experience that will help you meet your professional goals, be they private practice, group practice or post-graduate fellowship. The dynamic curriculum offers each resident an individualized education plan designed to help you maximize your training in the areas of your most significant interest. Our eclectic faculty represents a diversity of backgrounds in both clinical interest and training experience. You will become a full spectrum family physician by training in a clinic with a diverse patient panel, procedure clinic, dermatology clinic, musculoskeletal clinic, acupuncture on-site, OMT clinics and a fantastic clinic staff.
I hope you will come and see first-hand why the Wilson Family Medicine Residency offers the most comprehensive training available to insure your success in today's ever changing medical landscape."
Curriculum
PGY-1 | |
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General Floor Medicine | 2.5 blocks |
ICU | 1 block |
Pediatrics - Inpatient | 2 blocks |
Night Float | 1.5 blocks |
Obstetrics | 2 blocks |
Child Health and Development | 1 block |
Pediatrics - Outpatient | 1 block |
Surgery | 1 block |
Emergency Medicine |
1 block |
Community Medicine/Ambulatory | 1 block |
Primary Care Clinic Office Hours | 4 hours/week |
PGY-2 | |
General Floor Medicine | 2 blocks |
Pediatrics | 1.5 blocks |
Night Float | 1 block |
Team F | 1.5 blocks |
MSK1 | 1 block |
Behavioral Science | 1 block |
Community Medicine/Ambulatory | 1 block |
Gynecology | 1 block |
Geriatrics | 1 block |
Medicine Elective | 1 block |
Elective | 1 block |
Primary Care Clinic Office Hours | 12 hours/week |
PGY-3 | |
Night Float | .5 block |
Team F | 1.5 blocks |
Emergency Medicine | 1 block |
Practice Management | 1 block |
Pediatrics - Outpatient | 1 block |
Dermatology | 1 block |
Psychology | 1 block |
MSK2 | 1 block |
Ambulatory Care | 1 block |
Sub-specialty | 1 block |
Electives | 3 blocks |
Primary Care Clinic Office Hours | 20 hours/week |
Each resident is expected to participate in didactic learning opportunities including morning report, noon conferences, weekly clinical grand rounds and special teaching days.
Special Emphasis Tracks
Our Residency offers a unique opportunity for you to tailor your educational needs. We offer senior residents, in good academic status, the opportunity to pursue special emphasis tracks which enable the resident to use elective time to receive additional training:
Geriatric Medicine: Participate in a one block geriatrics rotation in your second year and focus on geriatrics, palliative care and nursing home/case reviews during third year. Maintain a more traditional geriatric patient population in the continuity outpatient clinic and participate in our geriatric and dementia clinics on a weekly basis.
Advisors: James Crosby, MD, Rana Ahmad, MD
Hospitalist Medicine: Focus is on additional training in hospital medicine and is ideal prep for those pursuing a career as a hospitalist physician, with additional blocks on in-patient rotations including Internal Medicine as well as ICU and/or CCU.
Advisor: Lorne Campbell, MD
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine: As a hospital that offers dually accredited residency programs, all of our residents have the opportunity to learn Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy techniques and basic principles of manual neuro-muscular medicine from our OMM faculty. In addition to weekly lectures, you will also participate in multiple weekly outpatient clinics and our in-patient referral service.
Advisor: Marita Powell, DO
Rural Medicine: Several rural sites are available for focus on outpatient care in a rural setting with faculty that teaches their art. A little travel, but one-on-one teaching to prepare you for serving underserved areas.
Advisor: Daniel Young, MD
Sports Medicine: Spend time working with Sports Medicine physicians and fellows in and around the Binghamton area including time in the Sports Medicine Clinic and with local high school, Division I college (Binghamton University) and professional athletic teams.
Advisor: Donald Nash, MD
Urgent Care Medicine: Exposures will primarily be in the urgent care centers in the region as well as additional training in acute care medicine at the Johnson City Family Care Center. Develop additional expertise in urgent care medicine. Train in the urgent care centers and in the Emergency Department.
Advisor: John Wacendak, MD
Women's Health and Obstetrics: This track focuses your patient load in the continuity clinic with a higher percentage of female and pre-natal patients that you will follow through to delivery and beyond as well as expanded training in obstetric ultrasound. Emphasis on gynecological procedures.
Advisor: Joshua Steinberg, MD
Faculty
Daniel Young, MD
Program Director
Title: Program Director - Family Medicine Residency
Medical School: Upstate Medical Center
Residency: United Health Services Hospitals
Specialty Areas: Family Medicine, Child Sexual Abuse, Public Health and Organized Medicine
Background: Enjoys Golf, Hiking, Performing Magic
Awards: The Charles D. Sherman, MD Award in recognition of extraordinary assistance, availability and support to medical students by MSSNY (Medical Society of the State of New York)
Katherine Holmes, MD
Title: Associate Program Director
Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
Residency: Memorial Hospital of RI/Warren Alpert Medical School Brown University
Special Interests: Care Underserved Populations, Pediatrics, Women's Health, Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine
Awards: NYS Academy of Family Physicians Family Practice Educator of the Year 2016
Marita R. Powell, DO
Title: Director, Osteopathic Family Medicine
Medical School: NYCOM
Residency: Osteopathic Internship-Massapequa General, Family Practice Residency-Wilson Medical Center.
Specialty Areas: Family Medicine, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, Communications and Biomedical Ethics
Background: Licensed Registered Pharmacist (Commonwealth of Massachusetts). Enjoys: family, writing, swimming, published poet.
Lorne Campbell, MD
Title: Family Medicine Residency Faculty
Medical School: SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine, Buffalo, NY
Residency: Buffalo General Hospital
Special Interests: Obstretics/Family Centered Birthing, Pediatrics, Family Care
John Wacendak, MD
Title: Medical Director; Family Medicine Residency Faculty
Medical School: SUNY HSC - Syracuse, NY
Residency: Family Practice, United Health Services
Specialty Areas: Obstetrics, Sports Medicine, School Medicine
Background: In his spare time he enjoys hunting, fishing, and farming
James Crosby, MD
Title: Director of Geriatric Fellowship
Medical School: SUNY Upstate University - Syracuse, NY
Residency: Wilson Family Practice Residency
Specialty Areas: Geriatrics, Dermatology
Background: United Health Services - Previous Residency Director, 30+ years on faculty. Fun: Grandkids, harmonica, piano, guitar, orchids, garden. Passion: Spirituality
Joshua D. Steinberg, MD
Title: Family Medicine Residency Faculty
Medical School: SUNY Upstate Medical University College of Medicine, Class of 1995
Residency: St. Joseph's Family Practice Residency - Syracuse, NY, Class of 1998
Specialty Areas: Patient Centered Care, Obstetrics, Evidence Based Medicine and Information Mastery
Background: Before United Health Services, was faculty at SUNY Upstate Medical University, hospitalist at St. Joseph's Hospital in Syracuse, and faculty at University of Cincinnati. Enjoys: Cooking, running and playing with his children.
Creator: Multiple medical iPhone apps (search: Joshua Steinberg in iTunes)
Andrea Barbis, LCSW-R, PhD
Title: Faculty Social Worker; Assistant Coordinator, Behavioral Science
Graduate School: Arizona State University
Specialty Areas: Trauma Issues including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Anxiety; EMDR; Children, including play therapy, child welfare and development.
Background: Child Protective Services Caseworker, Therapist for a Sexual Abuse Treatment Program, Emergency Room Social Worker, Pediatric Social Worker, Inpatient Psychiatric Social Worker (child & adult) and in private psychotherapy practice. Enjoy sewing, music festivals and playing with my two sons.
Jacqueline Bhandari, MD
Title: Family Medicine Residency Faculty
Medical School: SUNY Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY
Residency: Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, PA
Specialty Areas: Family Medicine
Rana Ahmad, MD
Title: Program Director, Geriatric Fellowship; Family Medicine Residency Faculty
Medical School: Ishtar Medical College, Pakistan
Residency: St. Elizabeth's Family Medicine Residency, Utica, NY
Fellowship: United Health Services Family Medicine Geriatric Medicine
Specialty Area: Geriatric Medicine
Josephine Genese, DO
Title: Family Medicine Residency Faculty
Medical School: Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO
Residency: SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
Specialty Area: Geriatric Medicine
Jocelyn Young, DO
Title: Family Medicine Residency Faculty
Medical School: New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency:University of Rochester/Highland Family Medicine
Specialty Area: Family Medicine
House Staff
PGY-1 | Medical School |
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Rehan Azeem, MD | Medical University of the Americas (Nevis) |
Emily Chao, MD | SABA University School of Medicine |
James Docherty, DO | NYITCOM |
Emily Feldpausch, MD | SUNY Upstate |
Sushmita Kasireddy, MD | American University of Antiqua College of Medicine |
Mark Makar, MD | Medical University of the Americas (Nevis) |
Brahmjot Parhar, MD | SABA University School of Medicine |
Nayantara Sharma, MD | SABA University School of Medicine |
Richard Webster, DO | NYITCOM |
PGY-2 | Medical School |
Karyssa Bowron, MD | St. George’s University School of Medicine |
Shazia Rahat Chaudhry, MD | Medical University of the Americas (Nevis) |
Deborah Cohen, MD | Sacker School of Medicine |
Marco Antonio Roa Frias, MD | Gullas College of Medicine, University of the Visayas |
Amit Kashyap, MD | American University of Antigua College of Medicine |
Pradeesh Mahendran, MD | Medical University of the Americas (Nevis) |
Suganya Mahinthan, MD | Medical University of the Americas (Nevis) |
Louai Naddaf, MD | Saba University School of Medicine |
Thushari Tanya Pathirajamudali, MD | University of Colombo Faculty of Medicine |
PGY-3 | Medical School |
Rahal Balasuriya, MD * | Medical University of the Americas |
Joshua Joseph, MD | Medical University of the Americas |
Benjamin Luce, DO | Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Carolinas |
Amina Maisoon, DO | Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, NY |
Sohaib Mannan, MD | St. George’s University |
Charmi Patel, MD | Medical University of the Americas |
(Mohammad) Humza Qureshi, MD | Medical University of the Americas |
Om Sam, MD | St. Matthew’s University |
Fatima Syed, DO * | New York College of Osteopathic Medicine |
* Indicates Co-Chief Residents
Family Medicine Residency Benefits
Salary: $58,000 (PGY 1)
Insurance Coverage:
- Health Insurance: UHSH is partnered with Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) to provide our employees with Blue Preferred (UHS PPO). UHSH covers a major portion of the health insurance premiums. Premiums are deducted bi-weekly from your paycheck.
- Pharmacy: Prescriptions may be filled through UHS, an Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield network pharmacy or through mail order.
- Life Insurance: Provided and paid for by the hospital, equal to your annual salary.
- Malpractice Insurance: Provided and paid for by the hospital.
- Dental Insurance: Standard and high option dental plans available at shared cost with the hospital.
- Vision Insurance: Shared cost with the hospital
- Wellness Rewards
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Direct Deposit
Personal Time Off: (vacations, holidays, board exams, interviews, unexpected absences including illnesses): 18 days (PGY-1), 25 days (PGY-2), 27 days (PGY-3)
Moving Allowance: A moving allowance of $300 is provided to each resident.
Professional Development Fund: 1st and 2nd year residents are allotted $750/year to be used towards conferences, books, and/or other items related to your professional development (i.e. PDA's, software, stethoscopes, etc.). Required programmatic dues will be paid for out of the fund. This allotment increases to $1,500 in your third year of residency which is designated for board application fees
Academic Appointments: All residents receive an academic appointment as a Clinical Assistant Instructor at Upstate Medical University (SUNY), Syracuse, New York.
Athletic/Gym Privileges: Residents have access to the non-fee based athletic facilities at Binghamton University: gymnasium, weight room, indoor and outdoor tracks, pools, racquetball and tennis courts.
Links
· American Academy of Family Physicians: www.aafp.org
· American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians: www.acofp.org
· American Board of Family Medicine: www.theabfm.org
· Family Medicine Interest Group: http://fmignet.aafp.org
· Society of Teachers of Family Medicine: www.stfm.org
· Rural Family Medicine: www.ruralfamilymedicine.org
To Apply
Applications are accepted via ERAS (Electronic Residency Application System). Deadline to apply is December 31. Completed application includes:
- Personal Statement
- Curriculum Vitae
- Official transcript from your medical school
- Dean’s letter
- Three letters of recommendation – one from your current P
- USMLE and/or COMLEX scores
Application Criteria:
- We prefer applicants who have graduated from Medical School within the last five years, or who have not been away from clinical medicine for more than 5 years and /or who have had observerships in the U.S.
- Preferred minimum:
- USMLE Step 1 (220) and Step 2: (230)
- COMLEX Levels 1 and 2: 550
- First time pass is preferred. Applicants need to have passed Steps 1 and 2 (both parts) prior to the Rank Order List deadline.
- Have applied for and received or are soon to receive ECFMG certification, if applicable.