New York State Department of Health Announces $34.9 Million for Physician Training
Major Commitment to Advancing Medical Training, Biomedical Research
Albany, February 22, 2005 -- The State Health Department, today announced $34.9 million in funding to further strengthen physician residency training programs in 98 teaching hospitals statewide. Today's funding will help support New York's teaching hospitals and advance New York's world-class medical education, training programs and biomedical research efforts.
State Health Department Commissioner Antonia C. Novello, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.P.H. said, "The Governor recognizes the importance of ensuring access to skilled training and research for New York's physicians. The patient care provided by young doctors in training is the most critical aspect of their educational experience. New York's comprehensive graduate medical education initiatives provide new physicians with the skills and background they need to flourish in medicine."
The funding announced today builds on the Governor's commitment to reform physician training in New York's academic medical institutions. As a result of the Graduate Medical Education (GME) Reform Incentive Pool, New York has helped increase the number of residents training in ambulatory settings by nine percent; minority faculty positions by 22 percent; and hospitals offering academic support to minority students by 26 percent. The funding also helps support cultural diversification training for residents.
For the third consecutive year, the Governor has dedicated a portion of these funds to support skilled clinical research training under the Empire Clinical Research Investigator Program (ECRIP). Over $8 million of these funds will support 88 research positions in 26 teaching hospitals and three consortia of medical education institutions. These clinical training projects include research in cancer, heart disease and childhood obesity, among many other medical research areas.
Since 1997, the Governor has dedicated more than $289 million in GME grant awards to New York's teaching hospitals to reform residency training programs.
The following teaching hospitals and consortia have been awarded GME and/or ECRIP funding under the Governor's HCRA initiative:
| FACILITY NAME | AWARD |
|---|---|
| CENTRAL REGION | |
| COMMUNITY GENERAL HOSPITAL | $7,731 |
| CROUSE-IRVING MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | $103,508 |
| ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL HEALTH CENTER | $153,790 |
| SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY | $693,495 |
| UNITED HEALTH SERVICES | $153,020 |
| REGION TOTAL | $1,111,544 |
| LONG ISLAND REGION | |
| BRUNSWICK HOSPITAL CENTER | $13,558 |
| GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL OF WEST ISLIP | $73,166 |
| LONG BEACH MEDICAL CENTER | $124,727 |
| MERCY MEDICAL CENTER | $60,000 |
| NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | $729,844 |
| NORTH SHORE-LIJ HEALTH SYSTEM GME CONSORTIUM | $570,042 |
| SOUTH NASSAU COMMUNITIES HOSPITAL | $27,870 |
| ST. CHARLES HOSPITAL | $60,000 |
| ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL OF ROSLYN | $190,542 |
| ST. JOHN`S EPISCOPAL SOUTH SHORE | $413,059 |
| UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STONYBROOK | $1,022,474 |
| WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL | $619,865 |
| REGION TOTAL | $3,905,147 |
| NEW YORK CITY REGION | |
| BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER | $704,638 |
| BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER | $1,306,798 |
| BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER FULTON | $949,166 |
| BROOKDALE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER | $490,418 |
| BROOKLYN HOSPITAL | $449,154 |
| COLER MEMORIAL | $2,597 |
| CONEY ISLAND HOSPITAL | $182,338 |
| FLUSHING HOSPITAL | $126,856 |
| GOLDWATER MEMORIAL | $3,463 |
| HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER | $690,373 |
| HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES-ORTHOPEDIC INSTITUTE | $68,844 |
| HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY | $58,103 |
| INTERFAITH MEDICAL CENTER | $326,416 |
| JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER | $732,892 |
| JAMAICA HOSPITAL | $233,560 |
| KINGSBROOK JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER | $68,789 |
| KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL | $1,396,770 |
| LENOX HILL HOSPITAL | $345,221 |
| LINCOLN MEDICAL & MENTAL HEALTH CENTER | $562,778 |
| LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL | $505,305 |
| LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER | $281,005 |
| MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER | $586,547 |
| MANHATTAN EYE EAR & THROAT HOSPITAL | $37,900 |
| MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER | $482,701 |
| METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL CENTER | $529,494 |
| MONTEFIORE HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER | $865,653 |
| MT. SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE CONSORTIUM FOR GME | $2,650,299 |
| NORTH CENTRAL BRONX HOSPITAL | $275,859 |
| NORTH SHORE-LIJ HEALTH SYSTEM GME CONSORTIUM | $406,012 |
| STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL | $180,000 |
| NY EYE & EAR INFIRMARY | $65,344 |
| NY MEDICAL CENTER OF QUEENS | $408,975 |
| NY METHODIST HOSPITAL OF BROOKLYN | $335,612 |
| NY PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL | $3,765,894 |
| NY UNIVERSITY DOWNTOWN HOSPITAL | $124,938 |
| NY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | $281,514 |
| OUR LADY OF MERCY MEDICAL CENTER | $331,046 |
| PENINSULA HOSPITAL | $82,802 |
| ST. BARNABAS HOSPITAL | $299,245 |
| ST. CLARE'S HOSPITAL | $18,203 |
| ST. LUKE'S-ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER | $952,729 |
| ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL OF BROOKLYN | $33,250 |
| ST. VINCENT'S CATHOLIC MEDICAL CENTER | $283,683 |
| ST. VINCENT'S CATHOLIC MED (STATEN ISLAND) | $141,957 |
| ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER (NY) | $312,026 |
| SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER | $545,168 |
| WOODHULL MEDICAL & MENTAL HEALTH CENTER | $291,856 |
| WYCKOFF HEIGHTS HOSPITAL | $366,360 |
| REGION TOTAL | $24,140,551 |
| NORTHEASTERN REGION | |
| ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER | $602,206 |
| ST. CLARE'S (SCHENECTADY) | $232,412 |
| ST. PETER'S HOSPITAL | $85,860 |
| REGION TOTAL | $920,478 |
| NORTHERN METROPOLITAN REGION | |
| BENEDICTINE HOSPITAL | $64,543 |
| HELEN HAYES HOSPITAL | $11,240 |
| KINGSTON HOSPITAL | $80,255 |
| MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL | $202,686 |
| NYACK HOSPITAL | $14,494 |
| SOUND SHORE MEDICAL CENTER OF WESTCHESTER | $334,009 |
| ST. JOSEPH'S YONKERS | $160,978 |
| WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER | $799,111 |
| REGION TOTAL | $1,667,316 |
| ROCHESTER REGION | |
| GME CONSORTIUM OF ROCHESTER | $2,129,228 |
| REGION TOTAL | $2,129,228 |
| UTICA REGION | |
| MARY IMOGENE BASSETT HOSPITAL | $10,919 |
| ST. ELIZABETH HOSPITAL | $45,810 |
| ST. LUKE'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CENTER- FAXTON | $6,544 |
| REGION TOTAL | $63,273 |
| WESTERN REGION | |
| GME AND DENTAL CONSORTIUM OF BUFFALO | $857,463 |
| ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE | $120,000 |
| REGION TOTAL | $977,463 |
| STATEWIDE TOTAL | $34,915,000 |
