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:

• Acute Care Surgery (ACS) - Emergency and Trauma Surgery
• Allergy and Immunology
• Anesthesia, Advanced
• Bariatric Foregut
• Bioethics and Social Sciences Scholarship
• Breast Surgery
• Cardiology and Electrocardiography, Advanced
• Cardiothoracic Critical Care
• Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Clinical Informatics
• Dermatology
• Developmental Pediatrics
• Differential Diagnosis and Clinical Reasoning, Advanced
• Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism In and Out Patient Overview
• Family Medicine
• Gastroenterology
• Geriatrics Inpatient
• Geriatrics Outpatient
• Geriatrics, Transitions of Care
• Gynecologic Oncology
• Hematology/Oncology
• Infectious Disease
• Introduction to Basic and Translational Research Elective
• LGBTQ Patient Care Across Lifespan
• Maternal Fetal Medicine Inpatient
• Maternal Fetal Medicine Outpatient
• Medical Spanish
• Nephrology
• Neurology
• Newborn Nursery
• Obstetrics, Advanced
• Ophthalmology, Ambulatory
• Orthopedic Surgery
• Orthopedics for Primary Care
• Otolaryngology (ENT), Ambulatory
• Palliative Care
• Pathology - Anatomic and Clinical
• Pediatric Emergency Medicine
• Pediatric Endocrinology
• Pediatric Gastroenterology
• Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
• Pediatric Infectious Diseases
• Pediatric Nephrology
• Pediatric Pulmonology
• Pediatric Surgical Specialties
• Pediatric Urology
• Pediatrics, Ambulatory
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R)
• Preceptorship
• Pulmonary Medicine
• Radiation Oncology
• Radiology, Diagnostic
• Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI)
• Rheumatology
• Sleep Medicine
• Structural Heart Surgery
• Urogynecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
• Urology, Advanced
• Vascular Surgery
• Wellness and Nutrition

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 2024–25

Two-Week Elective Blocks 2024–25