Sparrow Hospital (Michigan State)

As one of the oldest emergency medicine residencies in the country, the Sparrow/MSU EM Residency-Lansing, conducted within the Sparrow Health System and McLaren-Greater Lansing, has a long and vibrant history of excellence.

More than 35 years ago, Dr. John Wiegenstein began the arduous process of establishing the specialty of Emergency Medicine within the medical profession. Dr. Wiegenstein was the first president of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and worked for decades at McLaren Hospital. He served as faculty in the residency until his retirement and was a man of great vision.

As part of his legacy, he recruited dedicated faculty and established a collegial relationship between two healthcare systems in Lansing, Michigan. He also developed a long-standing relationship between the residency and Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and College of Osteopathic Medicine that still exists today. We have the privilege of being affiliated with Michigan State University, a Big Ten school with all the attributes including a College of Veterinary Medicine, while retaining the community-training focus. This model has served our residents well.

The philosophy of our residency is one of community-training with university-affiliation to create physicians who are skilled in all niches of emergency medicine, able to work in any setting, and who care for patients from all walks of life equally. We aim to truly embody the philosophy of "Anything, Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime." Carrying that spirit, our graduates have traveled the globe, achieved fellowship status in many sub-specialties, become leaders in national organizations, program directors, department directors, Heroes of Emergency Medicine, and leaders in their communities.

Leadership

• Program Director: David Castle, DO, FACEP
• Associate/Assistant Program Director: David Betten, MD
• Osteopathic Program Director: Mary Hughes, DO, FACEP, FACOEP
• Ultrasound Director: Spyros Boukouris, MD, RDMS
• Research Director: Mary Hughes, DO, FACEP, FACOEP
• Program Coordinator: Renee Day

Training Locations

Primary Hospital

E.W. Sparrow Hospital

Secondary Hospitals

McLaren-Greater Lansing Hospital

Sparrow Carson Hospital

Curriculum

4 weeks per block, 13 blocks per year

PGY1

• Orientation/Emergency Medicine - 4 weeks
• Emergency Medicine - 16 weeks
• Cardiology - 4 weeks
• Sparrow ICU Jr. - 12 weeks
• PICU - 4 weeks
• Pediatric EM - 4 weeks
• Internal Medicine - 4 weeks
• Anesthesia - 1 week
• Ophtalmology - 1 week
• Vacation - 3 weeks

PGY2

• Emergency Medicine - 32 weeks
• Obstetrics/Gynecology - 2 weeks
• Trauma Surgery - 4weeks
• Sparrow ICU Jr. - 4 weeks
• PEDs Surg/Sedation - 4 weeks
• Selective*/Elective - 4 weeks
• Vacation - 4 weeks

PGY3

• Emergency Medicine - 36 weeks
• Rural Emergency Medicine - 4 weeks
• Sparrow ICU - 4 weeks
• Selective*/Elective - 4 weeks
• Vacation - 4 weeks

Electives

• EM Ultrasound - 1-2 weeks
• Stroke - 2 weeks
• ENT - 2 weeks
• Forensic Pathology - 1-2 weeks
• Radiology - 1 week
• Toxicology - 1 week
• Urology - 1-2 weeks
• Senior Teaching E.M. Rotation - 1-4 weeks
• Manual Medicine/OMM - 2-4 weeks
• Research - 2 weeks
• ED Administration - 1 week
• Legal - 1 week
• Oral Surgery - 1 week
• Plastics/Hand Surgery - 1-2 weeks
• Orhtopedics - 2-4 weeks
• EMS - 1 week (80 hour EMS requirement: Ride-along/Teaching-can be concurrent with other electives)
• SAFE (1 Adult and 1 Pediatric)

Fellowships

• Surgical Critical Care

Contact Information

Renee Day (Program Coordinator)

Office: (517) 364-2583

Email: Renee.Day@sparrow.org

Fax: (517) 364-3002

Mailing address: Sparrow Hospital, 1215 East Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48912

External Links

http://www.emlansing.org

See Also

• Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD)
• Emergency medicine residency programs