SUNY Upstate Medical University, located in Syracuse, New York, is seeking to fill a PGY-1 preliminary resident position in General Surgery beginning in July 2026. To be eligible for this PGY-1 position, the applicant must be eligible to start a general surgery residency immediately.

Upstate Medical University is part of the much larger SUNY system. We are the only Level I Trauma Center in central New York and were the first trauma center in the state of New York that achieved both adult and pediatric trauma center accreditation from the American College of Surgeons. 

We provide all General Surgery training experiences at the PGY-1 level within the city of Syracuse.  It is not necessary for any resident at that level to rotate away from their home or family. Opportunities do exist however, for senior residents who elect rotations elsewhere. Our program has the great advantage of utilizing four of the five hospitals in Syracuse: Upstate Medical University Hospital, Syracuse Veterans Administration (VA) Medical Center, Crouse Hospital and Upstate University Hospital at Community Campus. This variety of workplaces offers the resident a different experience including private practice in General Surgery, Colorectal Surgery and Vascular Surgery. Upstate offers the quaternary care perspective and the VA offers the advantage of a resident led team approach to a wide variety of General, Thoracic and Vascular patients.

How to Apply

Applications are only being taken electronically. No faxes or phone calls, please.

To apply, please send your complete application via electronic email to our Program Coordinator, Kelly Liberati, at [email protected]. Incomplete applications will be returned upon receipt. Please make sure that your cover email message includes your current email address and a reliable telephone contact number for you. Please note we will start screening complete applications immediately. We will contact competitive applicants to offer interviews and we will announce when the position has been filled.

We are looking forward to receiving your application.