• Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at New Milford Hospital FMRP

    ACGME number: 1200800001
    Program Director: Robert J Carr MD, FAAFP
    Address: 21 Elm St
    New Milford, CT 06776
    Phone: (203) 947-2445
    Email: amanda.boroski@nuvancehealth.org
    Website: https://learning.nuvancehealth.org/residency-programs/family-medicine-residency-program-at-new-milford-hospital/


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    Program Description

    The Nuvance Health New Milford Hospital Rural Family Medicine Residency Program is a three-year training program based at New Milford Hospital, a Nuvance Health facility in New Milford, CT. Residents rotate every four weeks through a variety of specialties while also maintaining their longitudinal curriculum in the family medicine practice (FMP) outpatient clinic. As a family medicine resident in a rural training programs, you will complete your training in a variety of different Nuvance Health hospitals and clinics. Inpatient medicine rotations will occur at New Milford Hospital, Sharon Hospital, and Danbury Hospital. This variety of inpatient experience will provide the residents with the opportunity to provide inpatient care in a wide variety of setting, with various faculty, disease mixes, and patient care team compositions. Residents will also rotate at Danbury Hospital for a variety of other rotations, as well as Norwalk Hospital, Putnam Hospital, and Vassar Brothers Medical Center. The FMP is located within the New Milford Hospital, allowing for full integration into the hospital and ease of access for residents and patients. During their FMP experiences, residents will be supervised by core and teaching faculty board certified in Family Medicine and Internal Medicine/Pediatrics. The goal of these experiences will be to build each residents patient panel to allow them to serve as the primary care provider to a variety of patient types.

    Community Setting

    • Rural

    Top 3 Program Strengths

    • Geriatrics
    • Integrative Medicine
    • Sports Medicine

    Primary Admitting Hospital

    New Milford Hospital

    Length of Program

    3 Years

    Clinic Funding

    No federal or government clinic funding

    Positions

    PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
    Offered:

    PGY-1: 4

    PGY-2: 4

    PGY-3: 4

    Filled:

    PGY-1: 0

    PGY-2:

    NA

    PGY-3:

    NA

    Has Residential Organization

    No

    Required ICU Rotations

    Less than two months

    Required General Surgery Rotations

    Less than two months

    Required Maternity Rotations

    Two months

    Level of Pregnancy Care Training Provided

    At least 20 deliveries for all residents; comprehensive pregnancy care option not available.

    Required Pediatrics Rotations

    Four months

    Offers International Rotations

    No

    Half Day Table (years 1-n)

    PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
    Half days

    PGY-1: 1

    PGY-2: 3

    PGY-3: 5

    Hospital Trips Table (years 1-n)

    PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
    Call from home trips to hospital

    PGY-1: None

    PGY-2: None

    PGY-3: None

    Night Calls Table (years 1-n)

    PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
    Average In hospital night calls

    PGY-1: q4d

    PGY-2: q4d

    PGY-3: q4d

    Night Float

    PGY-1:

    NA

    PGY-2:

    NA

    PGY-3:

    NA

    Offers Rural Rotations

    Yes

    Primary Admitting Hospital

    New Milford Hospital

    Total Hospital Beds

    85

    Full Time Doctor Faculty

    2

    Full Time Other Faculty

    0

    Total Rotation Hospitals

    6

    Total Admitting Hospitals

    2

    Total Family Practice Centers

    1

    Has Federally Qualified Rotations

    No

    Base Salary and Vacation Table (years 1-n)

    PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3
    Salary

    PGY-1: $81,796

    PGY-2: $85,063

    PGY-3: $88,472

    Weeks of Vacation

    PGY-1: 4

    PGY-2: 4

    PGY-3: 4

    Benefits

    • Sick Leave / Personal Time
    • Time off for conferences
    • Funding for attending conferences
    • Parking
    • Meals
    • Disability Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Health Insurance
    • Liability Insurance
    • Medical license fee
    • DEA license fee
    • Fitness Center
    • AAFP Membership

    Offers Fellowship

    No

    Fellowship Leads To Post-Graduation

    No

    Offers Clerkship

    No