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==History==
==History==
The Rush University Medical Center program in Emergency Medicine was accredited in January 2017 and is the first new EM program in Chicago in more than 20 years. Rush University Medical Center (RUMC) is a 676-bed not-for-profit academic center affiliated with Rush University, and serves as the primary site for the residency program.  The RUMC ED sees approximately 74,000 patients per year from a diverse population from the city of Chicago as well as the wider metro market. With a rapidly growing volume with high rates of critical care and acute care admissions, it is also one of the newest and most technologically integrated ED facilities in the region. The ED has a long reputation as a primary teaching and learning environment for both residents and medical students.
The Rush University Medical Center program in Emergency Medicine was accredited in January 2017 and is the first new EM program in Chicago in more than 20 years. Rush University Medical Center (RUMC) is a 676-bed not-for-profit academic center affiliated with Rush University and serves as the primary site for the residency program.  The RUMC ED sees approximately 74,000 patients per year from a diverse population from the city of Chicago as well as the wider metro market. With a rapidly growing volume with high rates of critical care admissions, it is also one of the newest and most technologically integrated ED facilities in the region and serves as a disaster hospital built for mass casuality events and a global pandemic. The ED has a long reputation as a primary teaching and learning environment for both residents and medical students.


==Leadership==
==Leadership==
*'''Department Chair: Dino Rumoro, DO, MPH'''
*'''Department Chair: Theodore Corbin, MD, MPC, MPP'''
*'''Program Director: Braden Hexom, MD'''
*'''Vice Chair for Academic Affairs: Braden Hexom, MD'''
*'''Associate/Assistant Program Director: Scott Heinrich, MD'''
*'''Program Director: Scott Heinrich, MD'''
*'''Research Director: Michael Gottlieb, MD, RDMS; Yanina Purim Shem-Tov, MD, MS'''
*'''Associate Program Director: Kasia Gore, MD'''
*'''Assistant Program Directors: Matthew Kuhns, MD; Teresa Davis, MD'''
*'''Research Directors: Michael Gottlieb, MD, RDMS; Yanina Purim Shem-Tov, MD, MS'''


==Training Locations==
==Training Locations==
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Rush University Medical Center
Rush University Medical Center


===Secondary Hospital===
===Secondary Hospitals===
John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
Mt. Sinai Hospital  
Rush Copley Medical Center
 
RUSH Copley Medical Center
 
===Tertiary Hospitals===
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
 
Community First Medical Center
 
Rush Oak Park Hospital


==Curriculum==
==Curriculum==
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*4 weeks              Orientation
*4 weeks              Orientation
*24 weeks              EM–RUMC
*26 weeks              EM–RUMC
*4 weeks              Cardiac ICU
*4 weeks              EM-Mt. Sinai Hospital
*4 weeks              Medical ICU
*4 weeks              Trauma-Mt. Sinai Hospital
*4 weeks              Trauma/SICU–Stroger
*4 weeks              MICU-Lutheran General
*2 weeks              EMS, Chicago Fire
*2 weeks              ED Ultrasound
*2 weeks              ED Ultrasound
*2 weeks              Obstetrics
*2 weeks              Obstetrics
*2 weeks              Anesthesia
*2 weeks              Anesthesia
*1 week                Toxicology/Addiction Medicine
*4 weeks              Vacation
*4 weeks              Vacation


===PGY2===
===PGY2===
*30 weeks              EM–RUMC
*22 weeks              EM–RUMC
*4 weeks              Community EM-Rush Copley
*4 weeks              EM-Rush Copley
*4 weeks              EM-Mt. Sinai Hospital
*4 weeks              Pediatric ICU
*4 weeks              Pediatric ICU
*4 weeks              Trauma/SICU–Stroger
*4 weeks              Peds ED-Lutheran General
*2 weeks              Orthopedics
*4 weeks              MICU-Night Float RUMC
*2 weeks              Peds Acute Care
*3 weeks              Pediatric Acute Care Clinic
*1 week                Orthopedics
*1 week                Radiology
*1 week                Ultrasound
*1 week                Toxicology/Addiction Medicine
*2 weeks              Selective
*2 weeks              Selective
*4 weeks              Vacation
*4 weeks              Vacation


===PGY3===
===PGY3===
*28 weeks              EM–RUMC
*22 weeks              EM–RUMC
*4 weeks              Community EM-Rush Copley
*4 weeks              EM-Rush Copley
*4 weeks              Medical ICU
*4 weeks              EM-Mt. Sinai Hospital
*4 weeks              Trauma/SICU–Stroger
*4 weeks              EM-Community First Medical Center
*4 weeks              Toxicology
*4 weeks              SICU-Mt. Sinai
*4 weeks              Selective
*4 weeks              MICU Senior-Lutheran General
*2 weeks              Toxicology/Addiction Medicine
*2 weeks              Selective
*1 week                Ultrasound
*4 weeks              Vacation
*4 weeks              Vacation


==Electives==
==Electives==
Previously Arranged Electives:
Addiction, Burn Unit, ED Admin, EKG, Emergency Psychiatry, Flight Medicine (in collaboration with University of Wisconsin), Global Health, Heart Failure Clinic, Infectious Disease, Informatics, Medical Education, Medical Legal, Medical Spanish, Pain Medicine, Observation Medicine, Palliative Care, Ophthalmology, Nephrology, Parenting Elective, Research, Radiology, Simulation, Advanced Ultrasound
Other electives available per individual arrangement


==Fellowships==
==Fellowships==
[http://eusfellowships.com/prog_main.php?id=59 Emergency Ultrasound] (in partnership with Cook County Hospital)
*[[Has::Ultrasound fellowship]]
 
**http://eusfellowships.com/prog_main.php?id=59
[https://www.rushu.rush.edu/education-and-training/rush-center-clinical-skills-and-simulation/simulation-fellowship Simulation] (in partnership with Cook County Hospital)
*[[Has::Simulation fellowship]]
**https://www.rushu.rush.edu/education-and-training/rush-center-clinical-skills-and-simulation/simulation-fellowship
*[[Has::Administration fellowship]]
**[https://www.rushu.rush.edu/education-and-training/graduate-medical-education/residency-programs/emergency-medicine-residency/fellowships Administration & Health System Strategy Fellowship]
*[https://www.rushu.rush.edu/education-and-training/graduate-medical-education/residency-programs/emergency-medicine-residency/fellowships Health Equity and Social Emergency Medicine Fellowship]
*[[Has::Behavioral health fellowship]]
**https://www.rushu.rush.edu/education-and-training/graduate-medical-education/residency-programs/emergency-medicine-residency/fellowships
*[[Has::Addiction medicine fellowship]]
**https://www.rushu.rush.edu/education-and-training/graduate-medical-education/residency-programs/emergency-medicine-residency/fellowships


==Contact Information==
==Contact Information==
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Residency Program Coordinator:
Residency Program Coordinator:
Julie Mendez
Julie Mendez
Julie_mendez@rush.edu
Julie_mendez@rush.edu
312-942-7802
312-942-7802



Latest revision as of 21:28, 25 October 2025

History

The Rush University Medical Center program in Emergency Medicine was accredited in January 2017 and is the first new EM program in Chicago in more than 20 years. Rush University Medical Center (RUMC) is a 676-bed not-for-profit academic center affiliated with Rush University and serves as the primary site for the residency program. The RUMC ED sees approximately 74,000 patients per year from a diverse population from the city of Chicago as well as the wider metro market. With a rapidly growing volume with high rates of critical care admissions, it is also one of the newest and most technologically integrated ED facilities in the region and serves as a disaster hospital built for mass casuality events and a global pandemic. The ED has a long reputation as a primary teaching and learning environment for both residents and medical students.

Leadership

  • Department Chair: Theodore Corbin, MD, MPC, MPP
  • Vice Chair for Academic Affairs: Braden Hexom, MD
  • Program Director: Scott Heinrich, MD
  • Associate Program Director: Kasia Gore, MD
  • Assistant Program Directors: Matthew Kuhns, MD; Teresa Davis, MD
  • Research Directors: Michael Gottlieb, MD, RDMS; Yanina Purim Shem-Tov, MD, MS

Training Locations

Primary Hospital

Rush University Medical Center

Secondary Hospitals

Mt. Sinai Hospital

RUSH Copley Medical Center

Tertiary Hospitals

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital

Community First Medical Center

Rush Oak Park Hospital

Curriculum

PGY1

  • 4 weeks Orientation
  • 26 weeks EM–RUMC
  • 4 weeks EM-Mt. Sinai Hospital
  • 4 weeks Trauma-Mt. Sinai Hospital
  • 4 weeks MICU-Lutheran General
  • 2 weeks ED Ultrasound
  • 2 weeks Obstetrics
  • 2 weeks Anesthesia
  • 1 week Toxicology/Addiction Medicine
  • 4 weeks Vacation

PGY2

  • 22 weeks EM–RUMC
  • 4 weeks EM-Rush Copley
  • 4 weeks EM-Mt. Sinai Hospital
  • 4 weeks Pediatric ICU
  • 4 weeks Peds ED-Lutheran General
  • 4 weeks MICU-Night Float RUMC
  • 3 weeks Pediatric Acute Care Clinic
  • 1 week Orthopedics
  • 1 week Radiology
  • 1 week Ultrasound
  • 1 week Toxicology/Addiction Medicine
  • 2 weeks Selective
  • 4 weeks Vacation

PGY3

  • 22 weeks EM–RUMC
  • 4 weeks EM-Rush Copley
  • 4 weeks EM-Mt. Sinai Hospital
  • 4 weeks EM-Community First Medical Center
  • 4 weeks SICU-Mt. Sinai
  • 4 weeks MICU Senior-Lutheran General
  • 2 weeks Toxicology/Addiction Medicine
  • 2 weeks Selective
  • 1 week Ultrasound
  • 4 weeks Vacation

Electives

Previously Arranged Electives:

Addiction, Burn Unit, ED Admin, EKG, Emergency Psychiatry, Flight Medicine (in collaboration with University of Wisconsin), Global Health, Heart Failure Clinic, Infectious Disease, Informatics, Medical Education, Medical Legal, Medical Spanish, Pain Medicine, Observation Medicine, Palliative Care, Ophthalmology, Nephrology, Parenting Elective, Research, Radiology, Simulation, Advanced Ultrasound

Other electives available per individual arrangement

Fellowships

Contact Information

General Inquiries: EMResidency@rush.edu

Residency Program Coordinator: Julie Mendez

Julie_mendez@rush.edu

312-942-7802

External Links

Wordpress site: www.rushemergencymedicine.org

Main Rush website: Rush Emergency Medicine Residency

See Also