NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine offers a variety of clinical elective rotations as part of our MD curriculum. They are offered as either two- or four-week blocks during phase two or phase three of training. Students matriculated at NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine participate in a lottery process to create their elective schedule.

Visiting students apply for elective rotations through the Association of American Medical Colleges’ Visiting Student Learning Opportunities (VSLO).

NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine students receive information about the processes for “away” electives at other U.S. medical schools or teaching hospitals.

Elective Course Topics

Elective courses are offered on the following topics:

• Allergy and Immunology
• Anesthesia, Advanced
• Bioethics and Social Sciences
• Cardiology and Cardiovascular Imaging
• Community Health-Medicine-Brooklyn
• Complex Family Planning
• Dermatology for Primary Care
• Differential Diagnosis and Clinical Reasoning
• Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
• Family Medicine
• Gastroenterology
• Geriatrics Transitions of Care
• Geriatrics Medicine
• Gynecologic Oncology
• Hematology and Oncology
• Infectious Disease
• Informatics, Clinical
• Maternal-Fetal Medicine
• Medical Spanish
• Nephrology
• Neurology, Advanced
• Newborn Nursery
• Nutrition and Wellness
• Obstetrics, Advanced
• Orthopedics for Primary Care
• Otolaryngology (ENT), Ambulatory
• Palliative Medicine
• Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical
• Pediatric Emergency Medicine
• Pediatric Gastroenterology
• Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
• Pediatric Infectious Disease
• Pediatric Nephrology
• Pediatric Pulmonology
• Pediatric Surgical Specialties
• Pediatric Urology
• Pediatrics, Ambulatory
• Pediatrics, Developmental Behavioral
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR)
• Point of Care Ultrasound for Emergency Medicine
• Preceptorship, Advanced
• Pulmonary Medicine
• Radiation Oncology
• Radiology, Diagnostic
• Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI)
• Research, Basic and Translational
• Rheumatology
• Simulation, Healthcare
• Sleep Medicine
• Surgery, Acute Care
• Surgery, Bariatric Foregut
• Surgery, Breast
• Surgery, Cardiothoracic
• Surgery, Cardiothoracic Critical Care
• Surgery, Orthopedic
• Surgery, Vascular
• Surgical Oncology and Hepatobiliary Surgery
• Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
• Urology, Advanced
• Weight Management

Elective Course Dates

During the elective lottery, you rank the available elective date blocks based on personal preference. After the lottery closes, you have up until 30 days before the elective start date to drop, add, or modify your elective assignments.

Four-Week Elective Blocks 2026–27

Two-Week Elective Blocks 2026–27