Stanford
History
Our program is about to enter its 25th year. After a quarter century of training outstanding emergency physicians and leaders in emergency medicine, we are very excited to announce some monumental changes to the Stanford/Kaiser Emergency Medicine Residency Program! We have for many years prided ourselves on our 3-year program, graduating many successful physicians who are leaders in our field. However, we also constantly strive to improve our program and to provide the best training possible for our residents. After much thought, feedback from our applicants, residents and our hospital we have decided to transition to a 4-year program to answer both the educational and professional needs of our residents.
By way of history, our program was born in 1991, when we accepted our first 8 residents. The residency was conceived as a combined program with the academic center of Stanford University and its medical center; Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Santa Clara, a community-based teaching hospital; and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, the second busiest county hospital ED in the state. This combination of work environments has proven successful at preparing physicians to work in any emergency department environment, as well as allowing residents to experience diverse environments to find a place in which they would like to pursue their careers. Over the past 25 years our patient volumes have almost doubled at these three institutions. Residents now have access to over 250,000 patients per year, and our two level-1 trauma centers (Stanford Hospital and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center) have over 5,000 trauma activations each year.
We have put much thought into designing our 4-year curriculum. We made sure every aspect of the additional time is truly special, enhancing our residents’ clinical abilities, giving them time to discover their niche within EM, while still having time to pursue scholarly activities. A 4-year curriculum at the Stanford/Kaiser program gives you time to pursue all the amazing opportunities that we have to offer.
Leadership
- Department Chair: S.V. Mahadevan, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
- Program Director: Sarah Williams, MD
- Associate/Assistant Program Director:
- Research Director: James Quinn, MD
Training Locations
Primary Hospital
Stanford Health Care
Secondary Hospital
Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center
Tertiary Hospital
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Curriculum
PGY1
- Orientation/EM (4 weeks)
- EM (12 weeks)
- Peds EM (4 weeks)
- NICU (2 weeks)
- Trauma/Gen Surg (7 weeks)
- Ortho (4 weeks)
- Ob/Gyn (3 weeks)
- Med ICU (4 weeks)
- CCU (4 weeks)
- Ultrasound (1 week)
- Anesthesia (3 weeks)
- Scholarly Project (1 week)
- Vacation (3 weeks)
PGY2
- EM (37 weeks)
- SICU (3 weeks)
- Med ICU (4 weeks)
- Peds EM (4 weeks)
- Scholarly Project (1 week)
- Vacation (3 weeks)
PGY3
- EM (36 weeks)
- Peds EM (3 weeks)
- EMS (1 week)
- Elective (8 weeks)
- Scholarly Project (1 week)
- Vacation (3 weeks)
Electives
Fellowships
Contact Information
Residency Program Coordinator: Krista Fukumoto Email: kristaf@stanford.edu Phone: +1 650 723 6269 Fax: +1 650 723 0121