Washington University

History

EM/CCM is one of the fastest growing subspecialties in the field of Emergency Medicine. Washington University has committed to providing up to date critical care medicine training to our Residents, state of the art critical care medicine services for our patient population, and innovative research to challenge the barriers of current critical care medicine practice models.

Leadership

  • Department Chair: Brent Ruoff, MD
  • Program Director: Jason Wagner, MD
  • Associate Program Director: Brian Bausano, MD
  • Assistant Residency Director: Albert Kim MD
  • Assistant Residency Director: Ernesto Romo MD
  • Assistant Residency Director: Joan Noelker MD
  • Assistant Residency Director: SueLin Hilbert MD
  • Research Director: Stacey House, MD
  • Ultrasound Director: Daniel Theodoro, MD

Training Locations

Primary Hospital

Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Secondary Hospital

St. Louis Children's Hospital

Tertiary Hospital

Barnes -Jewish Hospital - St. Peters

Curriculum

PGY1

  • Orientation - 4 weeks
  • Emergency Medicine - 16 weeks
  • Surgical ICU - 8 weeks
  • Medical ICU - 4 weeks
  • Obstetrics - 2 weeks
  • Newborn Nursery - 1 week
  • ED Ultrasound - 3 weeks
  • Adult Anesthesia - 3 weeks
  • Pediatric Anesthesia - 2 weeks
  • Pediatrics - 4 weeks
  • Pediatric EM - 3 weeks
  • Vacation - 3 weeks
  • Reading Period - 1 week

PGY2

  • Emergency Medicine - 24 weeks
  • Emergency Medicine Research - 1 week
  • Emergency Medicine Services - 2 weeks
  • Procedures- 2 weeks
  • Cardiothoracic ICU - 4 weeks
  • Neurologic ICU - 4 weeks
  • Pediatric ICU - 4 weeks
  • Pediatric EM - 4 weeks (integrated over EM mo)
  • Vacation - 3 weeks
  • Elective - 3 weeks
  • Reading Period/Admin - 1 week

PGY3

  • Emergency Medicine - 24 weeks
  • Education - 3 weeks
  • Community Emergency Medicine - 4 weeks
  • Medical ICU - 4 weeks
  • Elective - 5 weeks
  • Clinical Toxicology - 4 weeks
  • Pediatric EM - 4 weeks (integrated over EM mo)
  • Vacation - 3 weeks
  • Reading Period - 1 week

PGY4

  • Emergency Medicine - 24 weeks
  • Clinical Electives - 13 weeks
  • Admin - 3 weeks
  • Community EM - 4 weeks (admin rotation)
  • Pediatric EM - 4 weeks (integrated over EM mo)
  • Vacation - 3 weeks
  • Reading Period - 1 week

Electives

Fellowships

  • Critical Care
  • Education
  • EMS
  • Pediatric EM
  • Research
  • Toxicology
  • Ultrasound

Contact Information

Emergency Medicine Residency Coordinators: Lindsey Wasser and Jill Reitzner
Phone: (314) 362-8975
Fax: (314) 362 0478
Email: wasserl@wustl.edu

External Links

http://emed.wustl.edu

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