New Program outside Philadelphia and in the 2021 Match!

There is another new Emergency Medicine residency program that has been approved to recruit for this 2021 match.  The Pottstown/Phoenixville EM Residency in suburban Philadelphia will be in ERAS soon.  The Program Director, Ernest Leber, would like to hear from interested students through the email at the end of the message below:

I have been approved for a new EM program with Tower Health at Pottstown and Phoenixville Hospitals. Our program will  be a 3-year community EM program here in suburban Philly. We will have rotations at Pottstown, Phoenixville and Reading Hospitals. We have an excellent and enthusiastic group of physicians ready to train residents/learners.

We are recruiting for a July 2021 start. The process of getting listed in ERAS takes time but should be completed within the next couple of days which does not leave us much time for students to forward us their app and for us to interview. Please pass my email address on to any students you think may be interested in my program. They can email me directly to set up an interview before we get listed on ERAS.

Ernest.Leber@towerhealth.org

Thanks everyone
~Ernie

New Program in California: UHS SoCal

 There is a new EM residency program in California that is recruiting for the 2021 Match.  From their Program Manager:

We are thrilled to announce that our new Emergency Medicine Residency at UHS SoCal MEC has received initial accreditation by the ACGME!! We are a Three-Year Categorical program based in Temecula, CA and approved for 10 residents per year. Our Sponsoring Institution, UHS SoCal MEC, is comprised of 5 hospitals recognized for quality of care and patient safety. The program is integrated with 3 of these sites: the primary site is Temecula Valley Hospital (TVH), a busy advanced primary stroke center and STEMI receiving hospital. The other integrated sites include Inland Valley Medical Center, southwest Riverside County's only trauma center, and Rancho Springs Medical Center, which provides the region's only dedicated pediatric emergency services.The program provides EMS Medical Direction for Riverside County, a comprehensive ultrasound and simulation curriculum, PICU experience at Rady Children's Hospital San Diego with lodging provided, and opportunities for healthcare advocacy.

The Program Director(PD) is Stephen R. Hayden, prior PD at UC San Diego, Past President of CORD, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Emergency Medicine, and an Editor for the 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult and Research in the Acute Care Setting. The Associate Program Director (APD) is Robert Steele, an Associate Professor and was one of the founding physicians at TVH and UHS SoCAL MEC. Between them, Drs. Hayden and Steele have over 25 years experience in residency leadership and GME!

 Accepting applications and scheduling interviews via ERAS this interview season and we expect to start our first residency class in July 2021. Please spread the word to EM bound medical students and help us begin our journey!!

Keri Kinley, C-TAGME | Emergency Medicine Program Manager | Keri.Kinley@uhsinc.com | O: (951) 331-2535 | UHS Southern California Medical Education Consortium | Universal Health Services, Inc. | 31700 Temecula Pkwy., Parkway Suites #2-GME, Temecula, CA 92592 | 

www.socalresidency.com

New Program in California

A new program just announced they will be in the 2021 EM match:

 I am beyond excited to announce that our new EM program at Saint Agnes Medical Center in Fresno, CA has just received initial accreditation.  We will be using ERAS and NRMP to obtain our initial class of 8 residents for July, 2021. Super excited to be apart of this amazing family.

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Jesse Kellar
EM Program Director
Saint Agnes Center Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Fresno CA

Another New Program: Nazareth in Philadelphia

There is another new EM Residency Program already accredited for the 2020 Match.  In most cases, now is too late in the cycle to apply to more EM programs and expect them to take your application seriously, but a new program is going to be different.

From their Program Director, Kanika Gupta:

Nazareth Hospital is a new ACGME accredited program located in northeast Philadelphia. We are a three year program looking for both PGY 1 and 2 residents to start July 2020.  Please spread the word! Thanks!

Kanika Gupta, M.D.
Residency Program Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
Nazareth Hospital

https://www.trinityhealthma.org/healthcare-professionals/gme/nazareth/emergency-medicine/

New Program: Ochsner in New Orleans!

We are in new program announcement season!  Another new program has announced that they are recruiting for the 2020 match:

"The Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Ochsner Clinic Foundation in New Orleans, Louisiana has received its initial accreditation and that we will be accepting applications through ERAS for our first class of 6 residents to begin July 1, 2020.

The Emergency Department at Ochsner is a busy tertiary medical center in New Orleans. We are a multi-specialty tertiary care receiving facility and the hub of the Ochsner Healthcare System. We currently have residency programs in Anesthesiology, Internal Medicine, Neurology, OB-GYN, Orthopedics Surgery, Pediatrics, Podiatry, Psychiatry, Radiology, Surgery and Urology, and will be looking to add additional programs in future years.

For residents looking to get in on the ground floor of a program with a tremendous educational opportunity, this is an ideal fit!  Ochsner has made a commitment to the growth of Graduate Medical Education and I am very excited about the future of medical education at Ochsner.

Please let your students know to look for us in ERAS (1102100171) and to contact me with any questions about the program. Our website is:

 

education.ochsner.org/gme/training-programs/...
Regards from NOLA,

_______________________________________________________________________

https://www.ochsner.org

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Sal J. Suau, MD
Program Director
Ochsner Health System
New Orleans, LA

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

New Program: Valley Health System in Las Vegas!

For those looking to expand their search or escape to warm weather, there is a new program in Las Vegas:

 "I am pleased to announce that our new EM program at Valley Health System in Las Vegas, NV has just received initial accreditation.  We will be using ERAS and NRMP to obtain our initial class of 8 residents for July, 2020. Our program utilizes a diverse group of four teaching ED's and a rural EM curriculum.  Although we welcome applicants of diverse backgrounds, we are not able to sponsor any visas.

 Please feel free to forward this notice to any EM residency applicant that you feel would benefit from the opportunities presented by our new program. Our program should be listed in ERAS starting today.  Qualified applicants will be scheduled for in-person interviews.

• ERAS/NRMP #:2201110C0
• ACGME #: 1103100191
• Program email: VHSEmergencyMedicine@uhsinc.com

 Anyone with specific questions, please feel free to contact me."

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Thomas Swoboda, MD, MS, CPE
Residency Program Director
The Valley Health System
Las Vegas NV

New Program in Pennsylvania - Recruiting for THIS JULY?

A new Emergency Medicine residency program just announced receiving accreditation and are considering recruiting a class to start THIS JULY (2019). 

From their PD:

I am happy to announce that UPMC Pinnacle (located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) has received Initial ACGME Accreditation for a new, 3-year EM Residency program for a total of 18 residents.  The residency will be based at UPMC Pinnacle Harrisburg Hospital.  Our team has been providing bedside teaching and EM-training to medical students, off-service residents from within our own institution, and EM-residents from a neighboring program for many years and has now taken the next step to start our own residency!

We are considering the possibility of accepting residents starting this July.  If you are aware of any interested candidates for an EM residency beginning this summer, please share with them this opportunity and my contact information.

https://www.pinnaclehealth.org/professionals-and-job-seekers/graduate-medical-education/emergency-medicine-residency-program/directors-welcome

 

We are incredibly excited to start training our own residents and look forward to working together with all of you!

Sincerely,

Erik

Erik Kochert, MD, FACEP

Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director

UPMC Pinnacle

Department of Emergency Services

111 South Front Street

Harrisburg, PA 17101

Erik.kochert@pinnaclehealth.org

T (717)782-5206

C (267)254-7378

F (717)782-5716

New Program: Orange Park Medical Center in Florida

Here is the information from a flyer sent out by Dr. Steve Warrington, the Program Director of the new EM Residency at Orange Park Medical Center.  They are now in ERAS and are looking to match their first class this year:

Orange Park Medical Center

Orange Park, FL (Southwest corner of Jacksonville)

Highlights:

·      Volume ~115k between main campus and freestanding ED (~10 min drive)

·      Level 2 trauma center with helipad

·      Comprehensive stroke center with neuro-interventional

·      Chest pain center

·      Facility has its own PICU

·      Level 3 NICU to be completed spring 2019

·      Second FSED opening up in March 2019

·      Integrating advanced technology throughout the institution.  Some of the examples include:

o   RFID tracking

o   Electronic communication boards in patient rooms integrated with RFID tracking and EMR (i.e. Dr. X entered the room, 1/3 test results are back)

o   Hand sanitizers linked to register badges nearby when used

o   https://orangeparkmedical.com/campaigns/hospital-of-the-future is a link to a video that shows some of the capabilities for those interested.

·      Attendings from (15+) different EM residency programs provides exposure to different practice styles and approaches

·      FL has no state income tax

·      Located 45 minutes from the beach

·      Located 45 minutes from the airport

·      Only 2 weeks are scheduled outside of OPMC, and those are at Memorial Hospital ~30 minutes away.

Other Residency / Fellowship programs:

·      Approved: FM, IM, TY, Psych, Derm, Cardiology, Palliative care

·      Awaiting decision: GS, Clinical informatics

Residents are provided:

·      Laptop

·      Smartphone

·      Meals in cafeteria (not limited such as ‘on-call meals’)

·      Along with general / competitive resident stipends / benefits

Schedule on 13 blocks:

PGY-1: Orientation/EM, T/SICU, P/NICU, Anes/US/Res, OB/CT, EM

PGY-2: T/SICU, MICU, US/EM/Res, Elective, EM

PGY-3: ICU-elective, US/EM/Res, Admin/EM, EMS/Education/EM, Elective, EM

Steven Warrington, MD, MEd
EM Residency Program Director
Orange Park Medical Center 
Orange Park FL
SWarring@neomed.edu

New Program: Southside Hospital on Long Island, NY

Here is a message to the CORD-EM mailing list from the APD of a new EM Program in the 2018-19 Match:

We are very excited to announce that we are recruiting for our inaugural class for the new EM Residency at Southside Hospital in Bayshore, New York. Southside is part of Northwell Health and is a rapidly expanding tertiary care facility in Suffolk County, NY. Our first class will comprise of 6 residents, and the program will be for three years. We are currently ACGME certified and listed on ERAS for application purposes. Our state of the art ED just finished construction last year, and we are eager to begin educating the next generation of EM physicians!

Southside Hospital is the tertiary referral center for Northwell Health's eastern Long Island region and receives transfers of patients from community hospitals throughout the area. The Department is an American College of Surgeons level 2 trauma center, with in-house trauma surgeons 24 hours a day. Our hospital is recognized by the American Heart Association as Gold awarded STEMI institution, with 24-hour cardiac catheterization lab availability. We are also recognized by the American Heart Association as a Gold-Plus Quality Achievement, Stroke Elite-Plus Honor Roll Award for our Stroke care. Our hospital has comprehensive Cardiology and Cardiothoracic services, Orthopedics, Women's Health, Neurosurgical services, receives patients from the Northwell Imbert Cancer Center, and transfers from community hospitals throughout Long Island.

Twitter: EMSouthside
Website: BayshoreEM.com

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Andrew Mastanduono
Associate Program Director
Southside Hospital

New Program: Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage California

From Matthias Barden: 

"Eisenhower Medical Center has just received ACGME initial accreditation. We are now applying to be listed on ERAS/NRMP, which may take 7-10 days. Please pass on the word to look for our program on ERAS If anyone advises student's who may be interested in applying.

EMC is in Rancho Mirage California. We have 55 licensed ED beds and see about 85k patients per year. We have in house STEMI and Stroke centers. Residents will rotate away at a level 1 trauma center, pediatric center, and facility with OB-GYN services.

We will be recruiting 6 residents per year for a 3 year program.

More information is here: Emergency Medicine - EisenhowerHealth.org - formerly Eisenhower Medical Center"

Another New EM Program - Brandon Regional Hospital

Another new program recruiting for the 2019 Match in Emergency Medicine:

Brandon Regional Hospital in Brandon, FL (outside Tampa):

Here is their website with a message from the Program Director: 
https://brandonhospital.com/gme/emergency-medicine-residency/

New EM Program for 2019 - University of Vermont Medical Center

Another new EM program will be recruiting their first class in the 2019 NRMP Match.  Here are details from their Program Director:

With great enthusiasm, I would like to announce the initial accreditation of our new Emergency Medicine Residency Program at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington. Our 3-year program will start in July 2019 with the inaugural class, and we are excited to start interviewing candidates this fall. We are currently accepting visiting students as well, so please spread the word amongst any EM-bound students interested in an away rotation where they will be working one-on-one with academic faculty (and no EM residents yet).

Please visit our website (still under construction) for more information:

www.med.uvm.edu/emergencymedicine/...

  

Richard Bounds, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

Program Director, Emergency Medicine

Associate Professor, Department of Surgery

University of Vermont Medical Center

Burlington, VT