ECU Health Medical Center (combined EM/IM)
History
Leadership
- Department Chair: Leigh Patterson, MD
- Program Director: Nathan Nehus, MD
- Associate/Assistant Program Director: James Fletcher, MD
- Residency Coordinator: Erin Cruz, C-TAGME
Training Locations
Primary Hospital
ECU Health Medical Center, Greenville
Secondary Hospital
ECU Health Beaufort Hospital, ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital
Curriculum
PGY1
ED x3, Trauma, Peds ED, Anesthesia/US, General Medicine Service x2, Cardiology, R1 Ambulatory, MICU x2
PGY2
ED x3, Peds ED, OB/GYN, SICU, PICU, MICU, HCMU, Director's Block, General Medicine Service, Neurology
PGY3
ED x5, Toxicology, IM Subspecialty x2, Cardiology, General Medicine Service, Geriatrics, MICU, Procedure Team
PGY4
ED Teaching Resident, Trauma Senior, ED x3, EM Elective x2, Peds ED, IM Subspecialty, Night Float, IM Elective, R3 Ambulatory, MICU, CICU
PGY5
ED x4, EM Administrative, Heart Failure, Medicine Consults, Outpatient Elective, IM Elective, IM Subspecialty
Electives
Outer Banks Community ED, North Community ED, Beaufort Community ED, Procedure Team, Orthopedics, Sports Medicine, EMS, Teaching, Advanced POCUS, Dental Medicine, Clinical Informatics, Research, Clinical Simulation and Skills, Addiction Medicine, MICU, PICU, NICU, SICU, CICU, HCMU, Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, Electrophysiology, Nephrology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Advanced GI, Pulmonology, Hematology-Oncology, Infectious Disease, Medical Oncology Hospitalist, Palliative Care, Critical Care Consults, Neurology, Psychiatry.
Fellowships
- Critical care fellowship (EM/IM/CC) - residents who are in good academic and professional standing who wish to pursue critical care fellowship, will transition from residency at 4.5 years and proceed with critical care fellowship which is an addition 1.5 years.
Contact Information
Erin Cruz,C-TAGME ECU Emergency Medicine The Brody School of Medicine East Carolina University VMC 3ED-320
Email: Erin.Cruz@ecuhealth.org
External Links
https://emergency-medicine.ecu.edu/em-im-residency/