Welcome

Welcome to Stony Brook University Medical Center's Department of Internal Medicine Residency program.  I have been residency program director for almost 9 years, and it has been a privilege for me to work with such an outstanding group of residents. Stony Brook's three-year ACGME accredited Medicine Residency program offers tremendous patient diversity and clinical opportunities that are unparalleled. We have a cutting edge Heart Center, where our physicians diagnose and treat heart disease in all its manifestations with the most sophisticated techniques available.  We have a leading Cancer Center that brings the most advanced therapies to the patients of Suffolk County.  Our Gastroenterology division, recognized as a top program by US News and World Report, diagnoses and treats complex conditions with advanced endoscopic techniques. Our research efforts as a department are expanding similarly, and offer trainees a wealth of areas in which to learn about and engage in basic, clinical, and translational research.  With investigative activities in areas such as congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, HIV, insulin resistance and diabetes, gastrointestinal bleeding, colonic neoplasia, platelet function and metastatic cancers, and utilizing a broad array of investigative techniques from proteomics and gene analysis to molecular and cellular techniques through clinical trials of drugs and devices, our department provides a rich, rewarding research environment that keeps trainees abreast of the newest and most novel approaches in medicine. With our new chair, Dr. Vincent Yang, and our leadership from Dr. Kenneth Kaushansky as Dean (also an Internist!), we are heading into a bright future. We welcome you to join us, explore all we have to offer, and see for yourself the energy and enthusiasm of the Internal Medicine Residency here at Stony Brook.

William Wertheim, MD, F.A.C.P.
Residency Program Director
Vice Chair for Education and Clinical Affairs
Department of Internal Medicine