Rush University

Leadership

• Department Chair: Dino Rumoro, DO, MPH
• Program Director: Braden Hexom, MD
• Associate/Assistant Program Director: Scott Heinrich, MD
• Research Director: Michael Gottlieb, MD, RDMS; Yanina Purim Shem-Tov, MD, MS

Training Locations

Primary Hospital

Rush University Medical Center

Secondary Hospital

John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County Rush Copley Medical Center

Curriculum

PGY1

• 4 weeks Orientation
• 24 weeks EM–RUMC
• 4 weeks Cardiac ICU
• 4 weeks Medical ICU
• 4 weeks Trauma/SICU–Stroger
• 2 weeks EMS, Chicago Fire
• 2 weeks ED Ultrasound
• 2 weeks Obstetrics
• 2 weeks Anesthesia
• 4 weeks Vacation

PGY2

• 30 weeks EM–RUMC
• 4 weeks Community EM-Rush Copley
• 4 weeks Pediatric ICU
• 4 weeks Trauma/SICU–Stroger
• 2 weeks Orthopedics
• 2 weeks Peds Acute Care
• 2 weeks Selective
• 4 weeks Vacation

PGY3

• 28 weeks EM–RUMC
• 4 weeks Community EM-Rush Copley
• 4 weeks Medical ICU
• 4 weeks Trauma/SICU–Stroger
• 4 weeks Toxicology
• 4 weeks Selective
• 4 weeks Vacation

See Also

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