University of Alabama

History

The major clinical facility within the Medical Center is UAB Hospital, consisting of approximately 1,100 beds in multiple separate structures. In 2015, UAB Hospital was ranked the nation's third-largest public hospital. The North Pavilion, opened in 2004, houses the University Emergency Department as well as a number of inpatient medical, surgical, and critical care beds and operating suites.

The second component Emergency Department is situated at Children's of Alabama, a 350-bed freestanding pediatric specialty hospital. With a combined volume of more than 120,000 pediatric and adult visits to the ED in 2013, the UAB Emergency Medicine Residency Program provides the resident with exposure to a broad and deep variety of critical and non-critical adult and pediatric illnesses and injuries.

Leadership

• Department Chair: Janyce Stanford, MD
• Program Director: Andrew R Edwards, MD
• Associate/Assistant Program Director:
• Research Director: Henry Wang, MD

Training Locations

Primary Hospital

University of Alabama Hospital

Secondary Hospital

Children's Hospital of Alabama

Tertiary Hospital

Baptist South

Curriculum

PGY1

• 5 UED
• 1 Peds EM
• 1 Junior Trauma
• 1 Cardiology
• 1 Internal Medicine
• 1 MICU
• 1 OB
• Anesthesia/Ultra Sound (1 block)
• 1 Vacation (3 wks+ 1 week holiday)

PGY2

• 8 UED
• Peds EM (integrated with EM months)
• EMS (integrated with EM months)
• 1 Community EM
• 1 PICU
• .5 Toxicology
• .5 Opthalmology
• 1 Vacation (3 wks+ 1 week holiday)

PGY3

• 8 UED
• Peds EM (integrated with EM months
• 1 Community EM
• 1 Senior Trauma
• 1 Elective
• .5 ED Administration
• .5 Research
• 1 Vacation (3 wks+ 1 week holiday)

Fellowships

• Ultrasound
• Research
• International

External Links

Adrienne Fowler Residency Coordinator Phone: +1 205 934 3640 Fax: +1 205 996 9590 alfowler@uabmc.edu

See Also

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