St. Louis University School of Medicine
History
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, an urban hospital with a high acuity emergency department, provides residents with an extensive, heterogeneous patient population from which to learn. Our large trauma volume provides an extraordinary clinical experience. A well- developed city prehospital system, the Missouri Poison Center located at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center, and aero-medical services provide excellent resources and learning opportunities for our residents.
The division's energetic faculty supervises the residents' clinical experience and teaches at the bedside to provide immediate feedback, along with weekly didactic sessions. Through progressive responsibility, residents acquire the skills to manage the flow of an emergency department, learn administrative skills and apply team care treatment and management processes to their future careers. They also develop additional skills as future teachers through mentoring of medical students in clinical and research settings. For example, in our one-of-a-kind Air Force C-STAR program, residents educate physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners in preparation for combat deployment. We also provide unique educational exercises in the simulation laboratory and cadaver laboratory.
Leadership
- Program Director: Craig Krausz, M.D.
- Assistant Program Director: Emily Fite, M.D.
- Associate Program Director: Kene Chukwuanu, M.D.
Training Locations
Primary Hospital
Saint Louis University Hospital
Secondary Hospital
- SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital
- VA Saint Louis Health Care System - John Cochran Division
- SSM Health Saint Clare Hospital
- Mercy Hospital St. Louis
Curriculum
PGY1
- EM: 5 months (including one month of orientation)
- Anesthesia/Ultrasound: 1 month
- MICU: 1 month
- OB/GYN: 2 weeks
- Emergency Procedures: 2 weeks
- PICU: 2 weeks
- NICU: 2 weeks
- Pediatric EM: 1 month
- Trauma Surgery: 1 month
- VA EM: 1 month
PGY2
- EM: 7 months
- Community EM: 1 month
- Pediatric EM: 1 month
- SICU: 1 month
- VA EM/Research: 1 month
- MICU: 1 month
PGY3
- EM: 8 months
- Community EM: 1 month
- Pediatric EM: 1 month
- MICU: 1 month
- Selective: 1 month
Fellowships
- Emergency Medicine Education
- Emergency Medicine Simulation and Education
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Emergency Medicine Administrative, Quality and Safety
Contact Information
Residency Coordinator: Wanda Bailey-Gregory
- Email: wanda.baileygregory@health.slu.edu
- Phone: 314-268-7133
External Links
Website
Twitter: @SLUEMRes Instagram: sluemresidency