Denver Health Medical Center

History

Established in 1974, the Denver Health Residency in Emergency Medicine is one of the oldest in the country.

We are a four year training program offering training in the emergency departments at Denver Health Medical Center, the University of Colorado Hospital, the Children's Hospital of Colorado, and Highlands Ranch Hospital for a mix of county, academic, and community learning environments.

In 2003, Denver Health Medical Center’s Residency in Emergency Medicine became an EM1-4 program, creating an EM1 year that lays a solid foundation for the EM 2-4 years. This curriculum is intentionally built like a traditional internship and is designed to “line the toolbelt” of interns with the clinical experience and skills needed for the rest of residency.

Leadership

• Department Chair: Vik Bebarta, MD (interim)
• Program Director: W. Gannon Sungar, DO
• Senior Associate Program Director: Bonnie Kaplan, MD, MA
• Associate Program Director: Joseph Brown, MD
• Associate Program Director: Manuel Montaño, MD
• Associate Program Director: Maddie Ross, MD MPH
• Associate Program Director: Jennie Buchanan, MD
• Executive Associate Program Director: Barb Blok, MD
• Research Director (Denver Health): Jason Haukoos, MD, MSc
• Research Director (University of Colorado): Adit Ginde, MD, MPH

Training Locations

Denver Health Medical Center

Founded in 1860. Safety net hospital, providing care for one-third of Denver's population annually. 525 beds. 26,000 admissions per year. The only Level I Adult and Pediatric Level II verified Trauma Center in Colorado. Integrated public health, hospital, EMS, family health centers, school-based clinics, detox-center.

Learn more at DenverHealth.org

University of Colorado Hospital

Founded in 1921. 467 beds. Nationally ranked in 11 specialties by the 2015-16 U.S. News & World Report.

Learn more at Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Highlands Ranch Hospital | UCHealth

Established in 2019, Highlands Ranch Hospital (HRH) is a 93-bed acute care hospital providing a wide range of care for the communities of Highlands Ranch, Littleton, Roxborough, Sterling Ranch, Ken Caryl and Columbine.

Children's Hospital Colorado

Founded in 1908. 250 beds. Colorado's only Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center. Ranked a top 5 children's hospital by U.S. News & World Report in 2015-16 and has been nationally ranked every year since the U.S. News & World Report ranking of pediatric hospitals was started in 1993.

Learn more at ChildrensColorado.org

Curriculum

Learn more our curriculum at DenverEM.org

Electives

• PGY-2 = 2 weeks
• PGY-3 = 4 weeks
• PGY-4 = 8 weeks

Fellowships

• Administration fellowship
  • Administration, Operations and Quality
• Critical care fellowship
  • Critical Care (Anesthesia)
• EMS fellowship
  • EMS
• International medicine fellowship
• Medical Education Fellowship
  • Fellowship in Medical Education Science
• Pediatric emergency medicine fellowship
  • Pediatric EM
• Research fellowship
  • Research
• Toxicology fellowship
  • Toxicology
• Ultrasound fellowship
  • Ultrasound (Denver Health)
  • Ultrasound (University)
• Wilderness medicine fellowship
  • Wilderness

Contact Information

• Website: www.DenverEM.org
• Twitter: @DenverEMed

External Links

• Colorado ACEP
• Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

See Also

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