Program Overview

Introduction to the UTMB Emergency Medicine Residency Program

The UTMB Sealy Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, is a newly created department that brings the full spectrum of trauma and emergency acute care along with groundbreaking innovation to the well-established UTMB Health facilities within the greater University of Texas System.

Program Overview

The department has achieved accreditation and approval of its 3-year ACGME-accredited Emergency Medicine Residency Program and its combined 4-year ACGME-accredited Emergency Medicine/Aerospace Residency Program. The program is led by Dietrich Jehle, MD, FACEP, RDMS, who serves as Program Director, Professor, and Chair of the Sealy Department of Emergency Medicine.

Program Director's Background

Dr. Jehle has a distinguished career spanning both academic and community hospital settings. He previously served for 27 years as Director of Emergency Medical Services for the Buffalo Bills and has successfully developed emergency medicine residency programs at three academic medical centers.

Mission Statement

The mission of the UTMB Emergency Medicine Residency Program is to improve the health of the people of Texas and beyond through innovative education and training, groundbreaking research, and the highest quality patient care.

Curriculum and Training

The UTMB Emergency Medicine Residency offers a comprehensive, academically rigorous curriculum anchored in a tertiary academic medical center. Residents gain exposure to a wide range of pathology and high-acuity cases across diverse patient populations. In addition to the main campus in Galveston, residents rotate at UTMB's League City, Clear Lake, and Angleton-Danbury campuses, providing a unique opportunity to train in academic, community, urban, suburban, rural, and coastal settings.

Unique Features of the Program

• Collaborating with the UTMB Aerospace Medicine Program in partnership with NASA and commercial space initiatives
  • Unique opportunities to collaborate and provide onsite care with the Polar Medicine group in Antarctica
  • Elective Rotation-Japan
• Training at a top-tier academic medical center, home to a Level 1 Trauma and Burn Center
• Learning in a state-of-the-art, 77-room simulation center the largest in the country
• Developing ultrasound proficiency with fellowship-trained faculty, including one of the pioneers of bedside ultrasound (POCUS)
• Participating in NIH-supported translational research initiatives
• Providing care to patients arriving from one of the busiest cruise ports in the United States

Faculty and Research

The program is supported by a faculty of nationally recognized Emergency Medicine physicians at the forefront of clinical care and research. The department is committed to providing a dynamic, high-caliber residency experience.