Drexel University College of Medicine/Hahnemann University Hospital

Description

Drexel combines a university site with multiple community sites as well as teachers who have written world renown procedure books and toxicology literature. There are unique in running their own ICU staffed by dual boarded ICU/EM faculty.

Leadership

Department Chair: Richard Hamilton MD, FAAEM, FACMT
Program Director: Ernest Leber, MD
Associate/Assistant Program Directors: Jessica Parsons, MD; Karima Sajadi-Ernazarova, MD

Training Locations

Primary Hospital

Hahnemann University Hospital

Additional Sites

Mercy Hospital of Philadelphia
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital
St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

Curriculum

PGY1

EM 5 blocks
Peds EM 2 blocks
ICU 4 blocks
OB/NICU 1 block
Anesthesia 0.5 block
Research 0.5 block
EMS 0.5
Ultrasound 0.5 block
Sports Med 0.5 block

PGY2

EM 7 blocks
Peds EM 2 blocks
ICU 2 blocks
Research 1 block
Tox 1 block
Elective 1 block

PGY3

EM 9 blocks
Peds EM 1 block
ICU 1.5 block
Administration 1 block
Research 1 block
Teaching 1 block
Research 1 block

Fellowships

Medical Toxicology
Medical Simulation
Injury and Public Health Research

Contact Information

Program Coordinator: Paul Hazen
Email: paul.hazen@drexelmed.edu
Phone: (215) 762-4172

External Links

http://www.drexel.edu/medicine/Academics/Residencies-and-Fellowships/Emergency-Medicine-Residency/