Baystate Medical Center (Tufts)

History

Baystate Medical Center (BMC), in Springfield, MA, is an academic, research, and teaching hospital and the first regional campus of the University of Massachusetts Medical School. (BMC's secondary affiliation is with Tufts). BMC is a 659-bed facility, and the ED sees over 115,000 visits per year. It is the only Level 1 trauma center in western Massachusetts, treating the most critical and urgent cases in the region. BMC is home to the second-busiest emergency department in Massachusetts.

Leadership

• Department Chair: Niels Rathlev, MD
• Program Director: Ben Osborne, M.D.
• Associate/Assistant Program Director: Adam Kellogg, MD
• Associate/Assistant Program Director: Lucienne Lutfy-Clayton, MD
• Research Director: Howard Smithline, MD

Training Locations

Primary Hospital

Baystate Medical Center

Secondary Hospital

Franklin Medical Center

Curriculum

PGY1

• Orientation month, (4 weeks)

PGY2

• Emergency department (44 weeks)

PGY3

• Emergency department (44 weeks)

Fellowships

Wilderness medicine Ultrasound Research Administrative Education Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Contact Information

Residency Coordinator: Tara Rivest Email: tara.rivest@baystatehealth.org Phone: +1 413 794 5999 Fax: +1 413 794 8070

External Links

http://medicine.tufts.edu/Education/Clinical-Affiliates/Baystate-Medical-Center

See Also

• Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD)
• Emergency medicine residency programs