New Programs: Summa Health in Ohio and HealthQuest in New York

A couple more programs have announced that they will be interviewing for the match this year.  Summa Health is re-establishing an EM residency and HealthQuest will be based in a new hospital in Poughkeepsie, NY.  Please read the messages below from their Program Directors to learn more about these  atypical programs.  Many reading this will say, "I don't want any part of a new program".  That means that these are exactly what some other folks are looking for (places that may not get inundated with applications). 

Summa Health - Akron, Ohio

"I am excited to announce that the ACGME has granted Summa Health initial accreditation for emergency medicine. As some of you know, I began my career at Summa and came back to facilitate the accreditation. We have wonderful facilities, 85,000 patient volume in our main ED, great metrics, great faculty, and a dedicated system-wide GME apparatus. I am excited to begin interviewing for our first class!"

Michael S. Beeson, M.D., MBA, FACEP
Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine

President-elect, American Board of Emergency Medicine

Professor of Emergency Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University
Summa Health
525 E. Market St.

PO Box 2090 | Akron, OH 44309-2090

p 330.375.6876 f 330.375.3008beesonm@summahealth.org

HealthQuest Vassar Brothers in Poughkeepsie, NY

The HealthQuest EM Residency Program with a primary clinical training site at Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie, NY will be reviewed for accreditation by the ACGME RRC-EM in January, 2020. We are optimistic that we will be successful in receiving initial accreditation at that time and in anticipation of that we will begin interviews for an inaugural class to start July, 2020. We are not able to participate in ERAS yet but we are accepting applications via e-mail that must include your recommendation letters, CV, personal statement, Dean's letter, and USMLE scores. Sending a copy of your common ERAS applications is encouraged. Please send all application materials and further inquiries to Julia Demboski, Program Manager, jdembos1@health-quest.org or Marc Borenstein, MD, Program Director, mborenst@health-quest.org. Please visit the HealthQuest/Nuvance website www.healthquest.org for further information about the HealthQuest/Nuvance organization as well as the opening of a new Vassar Brothers Medical Center Hospital and Emergency Department in early 2020 as well as plans that are underway for the opening of a medical school in partnership with Marist College in 2022-2023.

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Marc Borenstein
Program Director
Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center
Poughkeepsie NY