Brown University
History
Residents spend a dedicated four weeks in the Miriam Hospital Cardiac Care Unit, gaining an invaluable experience managing critically ill cardiac patients. Because only emergency medicine residents rotate through the Miriam Hospital CCU, residents learn about ECG and cardiac catheterization findings directly from the cardiology service attending. In the CCU, residents take overnight call alone and gain valuable experience managing a critical care unit on their own. There are multiple opportunities for procedures, including placing intravenous pacing wires, intubations, and placing central lines.
Leadership
- Department Chair: Brian Zink, MD
- Program Director: Jessica L. Smith, MD, FACEP
- Associate Program Director: Robert Tubbs, MD
- Assistant Program Director: Jane Preotle, MD
- Assistant Program Director: Dina Himelfarb, MD
- Research Director: Gregory Jay, MD
Training Locations
Primary Teaching Hospital
Rhode Island Hospital: A Level 1 Trauma Center
Additional Training Sites
Hasbro Children's Hospital: A Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center
The Miriam Hospital: A Community EM affiliate (also staffed by BrownEM faculty), 3.4 miles from RIH
Additional Training sites
Women and Infants Hospital (for OB/GYN)
Newport Hospital (for 2 weeks of Community EM/local Elective)
Curriculum
PGY1
4 week rotation blocks:
- Orientation
- ED X 3
- IMFU (This is Internal Medicine Follow Up: a unique hybrid of EM shifts with real time inpatient follow up on the wards with an EM Faculty Member)
- Pediatric ED
- Medical ICU (MICU)
- Trauma ICU (TICU)
- Pediatric ICU (PICU)
- Orthopedics
- Miriam ED
- OB/GYN
- Anesthesia/US
3 weeks of vacation
PGY2
Month-long rotation blocks start on the first of the month:
- ED X 5
- Miriam ED
- Trauma X 2
- CCU
- Plastic Surgery
- PEMFU (This is Pediatric Emergency Medicine Follow Up: a unique hybrid of Pediatric EM shifts with real time inpatient follow up on the pediatric wards with a Pediatric EM Faculty Member)
- Toxicology/Elective
Pediatric ED shifts continue throughout the year
3 weeks of vacation
PGY3
Month-long rotation blocks start on the first of the month:
- ED X 7
- ED/Pedi Anesthesia
- MICU
- Trauma
- EMS/EM Radiology
- Elective
Pediatric ED shifts continue throughout the year
3 weeks of vacation
PGY4
Month-long rotation blocks start on the first of the month:
- ED X 9
- Elective
- Elective
- Elective
Pediatric ED shifts continue throughout the year
4 weeks of vacation
Electives
Residents are free to choose any elective experience in the US or Abroad to round out their training experience.
Through our Division of Global Health, residents also receive funding to cover international travel expenses.
Fellowships
- Disaster Medicine
- Emergency Medical Services
- Global Health/International Emergency Medicine
- Injury Prevention
- Medical Education
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Research
- Sex and Gender in Emergency Care
- Simulation
- Ultrasound
Contact Information
Residency Coordinator: Laura Berluti
Email: emresidency@lifespan.org
Phone: (401) 444-6489
Fax: (401) 444-6662
External Links
http://www.brownemresidency.org/