University of California Davis

History

The Department of Emergency Medicine at UC Davis provides a dedicated team of physicians, nurses, 42 residents, and a total of 26 specialists of every medical and surgical specialty to treat critically ill and injured adults and children. Our team provides an extraordinary level of knowledge, skill and compassion to every patient we serve at our Level 1 Surgery and Emergency Services Pavilion. The Emergency Department is prepared and equipped to provide comprehensive and efficient emergency care to patients in need of medical and surgical specialty physicians to treat critical and acute illnesses and injuries 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Leadership

Department Chair: Nathan Kuppermann, MD
Program Director: David Barnes, MD
Associate/Assistant Program Director: Katren Tyler, MD
Associate/Assistant Program Director: Rusty Jones, MD

Training Locations

Primary Hospital

University of California, Davis

Secondary Hospital

Kaiser Hospital

Curriculum

PGY1

Emergency Medicine - 16 weeks
Peds Emergency Medicine - 4 weeks
Trauma - 4 weeks
MICU - 4 weeks
Cardiac ICU - 4 weeks
Medicine - 4 weeks
Anesthesia - 2 weeks
Peds Anesthesia - 2 weeks
Orthopedics - 4 weeks
Ophthalmology - 2 weeks
Otolaryngology - 2 weeks

PGY2

Emergency Medicine - 32 weeks
Ped Emergency Medicine - 2 weeks
EM Ultrasound - 2 weeks
SICU - 4 weeks
MICU - 4 weeks
Obstetrics - 2 weeks
Elective - 2 weeks

PGY3

Emergency Medicine - 34 weeks
Ped ICU - 4 weeks
EMS - 2 weeks
Tox - 4 weeks
Elective 4 weeks

Electives

Fellowships

Contact Information

Residency Program Manager: Tywa Zildzic Email: tzildzic@ucdavis.edu Phone: +1 916 734 8570 Fax: +1 916 734 7950

External Links

http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/emergency/