NYU 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 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 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
• Advanced Cardiology and Electrocardiography Elective
• Advanced Differential Diagnosis and Clinical Reasoning
• Allergy and Immunology
• Ambulatory Pediatrics
• Bariatric Foregut
• Basic Course in Anesthesia
• Bioethics and Social Sciences Scholarship
• Cardiothoracic Critical Care
• Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Clinical Informatics
• Dermatology
• Diagnostic Radiology
• Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism In- and Outpatient Overview
• Gastroenterology
• Geriatrics Inpatient
• Geriatrics Outpatient
• Gynecologic Oncology
• Healthcare Advocacy
• Infectious Disease
• Introduction to Basic and Translational Research Elective
• LGBTQ+ Patient Care Across the Lifespan
• Maternal–Fetal Medicine Inpatient
• Maternal–Fetal Medicine Outpatient
• Medical Spanish
• Newborn Nursery
• Neonatal ICU Elective
• Obstetrics
• Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopedic Surgery
• Ambulatory Otolaryngology
• Palliative Care
• Pathology—Anatomic and Clinical
• Pediatric Endocrinology
• Pediatric Gastroenterology
• Pediatric Nephrology
• Pediatric Pulmonology
• Pediatric Surgical Specialties
• Pulmonary Medicine
• Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI)
• Rheumatology
• Sleep Medicine
• Subinternship Emergency Medicine
• Subinternship Orthopedics
• Surgical Oncology
• Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
• Urology
• Vascular Surgery

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 2022–23

Two-Week Elective Blocks 2022–23