Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant Post-Graduate Residency Program

To train highly qualified graduate physician assistants (PAs) to provide coordinated, high-quality, efficient care to patients receiving emergency medical care within the Veterans Affairs facilities.

• One-year commitment: September 2025 – August 2026
• Highly integrated with well-established Emergency Medicine PA Residency curriculum
• Dedicated weekly EM Conference, ER Lectures, Weekly Grand Rounds 
• Diverse faculty from multiple hospitals within the area with interests including ultrasound, sim and more
• One year subscription to Hippo EM with over 100 hours of Emergency Medicine Category I CME
• Scrubs and white coats provided
• Federal employee status
• Hiring preference within the VA system upon completion of residency
• Two residents selected per year

Post Graduate Residency Program Rotations

• Adult Emergency Medicine
• ICU/Critical Care
• SICU
• Trauma Surgery
• Community Emergency Medicine
• Mental Health
• Anesthesiology
• Woman’s Health
• Dental
• Podiatry
• Cardiology
• Palliative Care
• **Rotations subject to unexpected changes**

• New York Harbor Healthcare System- Manhattan & Brooklyn Campuses: 140-acute care bed facility servicing 14,500 ED patients & 11,000 walk-in clinic outpatient visits.
• NYU Winthrop Hospital: An adult academic center that delivers advanced medical care through 75 divisions of specialties and is a 591-bed level 1 trauma center with an average 81,000 patients annually. (NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island | NYU Langone Health)
• University Hospital of Brooklyn (Downstate): An acute care hospital, 376-bed academic center averaging 55,000 patients annually.  University Hospital of Brooklyn | SUNY Downstate
• **Off-site training sites subject to change**

• U.S. Citizen
• Graduate of an ARC-PA accredited program
• Current BLS and ACLS certification
• Completed application form including resume/curriculum vitae
• Three letters of recommendations: Emailed or mailed directly from the recommender to Residency Training Director Vallerie Hirsch, PA-C at vallerie.hirsch@va.gov
• Personal Essay about why you are pursuing this residency program
• Physician Assistant School Transcripts sent to:

VA NYHHS- Brooklyn Campus
Emergency Department
Attn: Vallerie Hirsch, PA-C
Office G-501 D
800 Poly Place
Brooklyn, New York 11209

Or:

Official transcripts can be emailed through school to Vallerie.Hirsch@va.gov

• There is no application fee and competitive applicants will be interviewed.
• Selected trainees must pass the NCCPA PANCE exam prior to starting the residency program. Once eligible, selected trainees should initiate application for NY state PA licensure.
• Selected trainees must adhere to all federally mandated policies (including VHA Directive 1193)
• Selected trainees should submit an online application for an NPI number.

• Application Deadline:  February 21st, 2025
• Contingent offers for residency will be extended no later than May 28th, 2025.
• Residency Start Date: Early September
• Residency End Date: End of August
• NOTE: Start and End dates contingent on when incoming PA Residents graduate from PA School.
• Accepted residents must take and pass their PANCE exam prior to residency start date.

• Click on the link below and electronically fill out the application
• Print and sign the application and email a PDF of the completed application, along with other application materials (CV, personal essay, ACLS/BLS certification documentation), to the Residency Training Director at vallerie.hirsch@va.gov 

Applications to complete: 

• Veterans Affairs Physician Assistant Association  (VAPAA) www.vapaa.org/
• American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) www.aapa.org/
• Society of Emergency Medicine Physician Assistants (SEMPA) www.sempa.org/
• Physician Assistant VA information: vaww.patientcare.va.gov/Physician_Assistant/Physician_Assistant.asp
• Office Of Academic Affiliations Associated Health Education Program: Associated Health Education Program - Office of Academic Affiliations (va.gov)