Location Saint Vincents Hospital is located in The Greenwich Village area which is quite unique in New York City and is one of its safest, as well as oldest neighborhoods. Within a ten block radius of the hospital you can find restaurants, delis and fast food shops catering to every ethnic taste and pocketbook, as well as off Broadway theaters numerous galleries, boutiques and antique shops. Cultural neighborhood living while being just a short subway ride from Manhattans theater, sports, and cabaret districts, is a style easy to assimilate. Housing Saint Vincents Hospital maintains two apartment buildings for staff residence. The Martin Payne building at 130 West 12th Street contains one and two bedroom apartment for senior residents.
Every attempt is made to provide housing for the surgical house staff.
The surgical Training program at Saint Vincents is an active teaching program consisting of formal conferences held weekly and rounds with attending surgeon, and weekly rounds held in each specialty. Morbidity and Mortality conference and Grand Rounds are held with all attending surgeons on service and the Chairman of the Department. Residents can expect graded responsibility and increasing independence in operative experience as their training advances. The resident's first two years are organized as a core curriculum. Assignment in the third years is tailored to meet the individuals training requirements.