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==History==
The Emergency Medicine Residency Program at CMESL initiated on July 1, 2008. The program has a highly qualified and dedicated faculty who are all Board Certified in their specialty and have extensive experience in their field and in graduate medical education.[[File:Logo JPG Medium (2).jpg|thumbnail]]
==Leadership==
*'''Department Chair:''' Carlos Garcia Gubern, MD, FACEP
*'''Program Director:''' Carlos Garcia Gubern, MD, FACEP
*'''Assistant Program Director:''' Carene Oliveras, MD, FACEP
*'''Associate Program Director:''' Lissandra Colon, MD, FACEP
*'''Research Director:''' Carlos Garcia Gubern, MD, FACEP
==Training Locations==
===Primary Hospital===
'''Centro Medico Episcopal San Lucas (CMESL)'''

CMESL is the institution in charge of providing secondary and tertiary health care services to a large population that includes the city of Ponce, as well as other municipalities of the South and Western regions of Puerto Rico. The hospital is a 427 bed facility with state of the art technology that provides graduate medical training to over 90 physicians as well as a large group of medical students from our affiliate, Ponce Health Sciences University.

===Secondary Hospital===
Administracion de Servicios Medicos de Puerto Rico (ASEM) 
==Curriculum==
The length of training is three (3) years and the number of authorized positions per year are seven (7).
===PGY1===
* 4 blocks Emergency Medicine (CMESL)
* 1 block Trauma (ASEM)
* 1 block Pediatric EM (CMESL)
* 1 block Emergency Ultrasound
* 1 block Anesthesia
* 1 block Cardiology (CCU, Catheterization Lab, Echocardiography) 
* 1 block Obstetrics 
* 1 block Orthopedics
* 1 block PICU 
* 1 block Vacation

===PGY2===
* 6 blocks Emergency Medicine (CMESL)
* 2 blocks Trauma (ASES)
* 1.5 blocks Pediatric EM (CMESL)
* 0.5 block EMS 
* 1 block MICU
* 1 block SICU
* 1 block Vacation

===PGY3===
* 8 blocks Emergency Medicine (CMESL)
* 1 block Pediatric EM (CMESL)
* 1 block TICU (ASEM)
* 1 block Emergency Ultrasound
* 1 block Elective
* 1 block Vacation

==Electives==
* Emergency Ultrasound
* Pediatric Emergency Medicine 
* EMS
* Hyperbaric Medicine
* Research

==Fellowships==
None
==Contact Information==
Program Coordinator: Evelyn Rodriguez<br>
Email: ty.em.hesl@gmail.com <br>
Phone: (787) 844-2080, Ext 1613 <br>
Address: 917 Avenida Tito Castro Ponce, PR 00733

==External Links==
Centro Médico Episcopal San Lucas Ponce: [http://www.ssepr.com www.ssepr.com]

Ponce Health Sciences University: http://www.psm.edu

ASEM [http://www.asempr.org www.asempr.org]
==See Also==
*[[Council_of_Emergency_Medicine_Residency_Directors|Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD)]]
*[[Emergency medicine residency programs]]

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