Rush University

History

The Rush University Medical Center program in Emergency Medicine was accredited in January 2017 and is the first new EM program in Chicago in more than 20 years. Rush University Medical Center (RUMC) is a 676-bed not-for-profit academic center affiliated with Rush University, and serves as the primary site for the residency program. The RUMC ED sees approximately 74,000 patients per year from a diverse population from the city of Chicago as well as the wider metro market. With a rapidly growing volume with high rates of critical care and acute care admissions, it is also one of the newest and most technologically integrated ED facilities in the region and serves as a disaster hospital built for mass causality events and a global pandemic. The ED has a long reputation as a primary teaching and learning environment for both residents and medical students.

Leadership

Department Chair: Theodore Corbin, MD, MPC, MPP
Vice Chair for Academic Affairs: Braden Hexom, MD
Program Director: Scott Heinrich, MD
Associate Program Director: Kasia Gore, MD
Assistant Program Directors: Matthew Kuhns, MD; Teresa Davis, MD
Research Director: Michael Gottlieb, MD, RDMS; Yanina Purim Shem-Tov, MD, MS

Training Locations

Primary Hospital

Rush University Medical Center

Secondary Hospitals

Mt. Sinai Hospital Medical Center

RUSH Copley Medical Center

Tertiary Hospitals

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital

Community First Medical Center

Curriculum

PGY1

4 weeks Orientation
26 weeks EM–RUMC
4 weeks EM-Mt. Sinai Hospital
4 weeks Trauma-Mt. Sinai Hospital
4 weeks MICU
2 weeks ED Ultrasound
2 weeks Obstetrics
2 weeks Anesthesia
4 weeks Vacation

PGY2

22 weeks EM–RUMC
4 weeks EM-Rush Copley
4 weeks EM-Mt. Sinai Hospital
4 weeks Pediatric ICU
4 weeks Peds ED-Lutheran General
4 weeks MICU-Night Float
3 weeks Pediatric Acute Care Clinic
1 week Orthopedics
2 weeks Selective
4 weeks Vacation

PGY3

22 weeks EM–RUMC
4 weeks EM-Rush Copley
4 weeks EM-Mt. Sinai Hospital
4 weeks EM-Community First Medical Center
4 weeks SICU-Mt. Sinai
4 weeks MICU Senior
4 weeks Toxicology/Addiction
2 weeks Selective
4 weeks Vacation

Electives

Previously Arranged Electives:

Addiction, Burn Unit, ED Admin, EKG, Emergency Psychiatry, Flight Medicine, Global Health, Heart Failure Clinic, Infectious Disease, Informatics, Medical Education, Medical Legal, Medical Spanish, Pain Medicine, Observation Medicine, Palliative Care, Ophthalmology, Parenting Elective, Research, Radiology, Simulation

Other electives available per individual arrangement