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