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Amal Mattu, MD
Residency Director
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Welcome to the University of Maryland Emergency Medicine Residency
Program!
Our emergency medicine residency began accepting its first
categorical residents in 1991. Since that time, the residency has
expanded to also include a 5-year combined emergency medicine/internal
medicine program and a 5-year combined emergency medicine/pediatrics
program. Our medical center is the only one in the country that
hosts all three types of emergency medicine residencies. Each year,
we accept 10 residents for the categorical program and 2 for each
of the combined programs.
Residents in all three programs benefit from intense and comprehensive
training. Upon completion of our program, physicians are prepared
to work at inner-city or rural hospitals and in community or university
academic settings. Graduates are eligible for certification by
the American Board of Emergency Medicine.
Our residency prides itself on innovation in emergency medicine
education. Our faculty are completely committed to teaching and
mentoring, and we constantly encourage the faculty and residents
to contribute to the continued development of the curriculum and
the program. Please read on to see what we offer!
We believe strongly
that residency is not simply a time when young physicians develop
clinical excellence; it is also a time to learn about getting
involved in the specialty and becoming a leader…in the
workplace, in the community, in academics, and in national
organizations. Our curriculum is geared toward teaching not
only clinical excellence but also leadership and academic skills.
Mission Statement
In 2002,
the faculty unanimously approved the adoption of a new mission
statement for our Program’s focus in training:
| The University of Maryland’s Emergency
Medicine Residency is committed to developing future academic
and community leaders in emergency medicine. |
Our Residency Programs
Emergency Medicine Program
In the
first year of the categorical program, residents
have rotations in the adult and pediatric emergency
departments at the University of Maryland Medical
Center (UMMC) as well as the emergency department
of the Baltimore Veterans Administration (VA) Medical
Center (adjacent to the University of Maryland campus).
They also do a month-long rotation at the pediatric
emergency department at Children’s National
Medical Center (CNMC) in Washington, DC. In addition,
they do rotations in obstetrics, two intensive
care units, the primary cardiology service and
the cardiology ICU at the VA Medical Center,
the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, the UMMC
pediatric emergency department, anesthesiology,
and ultrasound.
PGY-2 residents spend greater amounts of time
in the adult emergency department at UMMC and
continue to do rotations in the VA Medical Center’s
emergency department, the UMMC pediatric emergency
department, and CNMC. Rotations at Mercy Medical
Center, a community hospital in downtown Baltimore,
provide additional training during the second year
of the residency. Residents continue their rotations
at Shock Trauma, including one in trauma anesthesiology.
Training in toxicology, prehospital care, and ultrasound
is provided during PGY-2.
PGY-3 residents continue to rotate through the
adult and pediatric emergency departments at UMMC.
They can elect to spend a month in the emergency
department at Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown,
Maryland, a high-volume medical facility in a rural
setting in the western region of the state. Also
during this year of the residency, additional training
at Shock Trauma is provided as well as rotations
in pediatric anesthesiology and ultrasound. Senior
residents will also have a unique opportunity to
spend a month in the UMMC pediatric emergency department
in a supervisory role, where they solidify their
confidence in handling pediatric emergencies and
have the opportunity to teach pediatric emergency
medicine to junior-level pediatric and emergency
medicine residents. The senior residents have 2
months of elective time, during which they typically
perform research, focus on developing an academic
niche, or participate in international medicine
programs. They also can choose an elective at Baltimore/Washington
Medical Center.
Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine Program
Two residents are accepted each year into our EMIM program. With our integrated
curriculum, residents graduate the program confident in their abilities to
manage a busy emergency department or inpatient ward and to provide the long-term
care unique to the outpatient setting. Upon successful completion of the program,
our residents are eligible for certification by both ABEM and ABIM.
Emergency Medicine/Pediatrics Program
Two residents are accepted for this 5-year program each year. If taken
separately, training in the two disciplines would normally take 6 years to complete. Individuals
successfully completing this program are eligible for certification by both the
American Board of Emergency Medicine and the American Board of Pediatrics. Currently
there are only three combined emergency medicine and pediatric residency programs
in the country. Applicants to our combined program truly have a passion
for both specialties. This is easily recognizable in our residents who
bring a strong sense of balance to each program through the blending of acute
care knowledge and procedural skills with a family centered and child friendly
approach to patient care. |
