The University of Pittsburgh Emergency Medicine Residency is a three-year, ACGME-accredited program committed to training emergency physicians who will assume leadership roles in clinical care, research, teaching, and administration. For more than 40 years, the combined resources of our institutions, with their outstanding teaching staffs and varied patient populations, have offered our residents opportunities and experiences available in few other programs.
Our residents provide care in several affiliated emergency departments throughout the city, encompassing a range of specialty, community, and pediatric care. Altogether, these facilities treat more than 200,000 emergency patients per year. Residents also have at their disposal the full resources of the Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania, STAT MedEvac, the City of Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety, the Pittsburgh Poison Center, and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. With this network of clinical and academic resources, the opportunities for training and research are truly unrivaled.
Our residency program is committed to training individuals who, by virtue of excellence in clinical care, education, research, and administrative and leadership skills, will be among the next generation of leaders in emergency medicine.
In addition to clinical training, the residency provides opportunities in research, education, and administration.
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Emergency Medicine residents rotate at UPMC's four main academic hospitals, UPMC Children's hospital, and a community hospital during their PGY-3 year.
Emergency Medicine residents participate in weekly conferences, monthly journal clubs, and core didactics.
Pitt EM is committed to recruiting and fostering a department composed of compassionate and impactful leaders in emergency care.
Emergency Medicine residents spend their second and third years working as a medical command physician, including as a field and flight physician.
