Program Overview

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Department of Emergency Medicine

The Department of Emergency Medicine offers various programs and fellowships for medical professionals.

Education

The department provides education for medical students, including clerkship, courses, EM career advising, and EMIG. It also offers residency and fellowship programs, including university fellowships and Denver Health fellowships.

• University Fellowships
  • Administration, Operations, and Quality
  • Anesthesia Critical Care Medicine
  • Climate & Health Science Policy
  • Global Emergency Medicine and Public Health
  • Medical Education Science
  • Wilderness Medicine
• Denver Health Fellowships
  • EMS
  • Emergency Psychiatry
  • Pediatric EM Ultrasound
  • Toxicology
  • Ultrasound

Fellowships

The Ultrasound Fellowship is a one-year program designed to train emergency physicians to be leaders and content experts in emergency ultrasound. The program has been in existence since 2007 and has over 30 graduates who are now leaders nationally and internationally.

Program Details

The fellowship program is built on a foundation of years of clinical excellence in point of care ultrasound, as well as research and educational publications related to emergency ultrasound. The faculty are dedicated to the principle that ultrasound is part of every emergency physician's clinical practice, as well as to mentoring fellows to become leaders in the field.

Program Leadership

The fellowship program is led by Matthew D Riscinti, MD, Fellowship Assistant Director, Clinical Site: Denver Health Medical Center.

Research

The department has various research teams and programs, including:

• ATLAS Airway, Trauma, Lung injury, and Sepsis Research Ginde
• C3 Global Trauma Network Mould-Millman
• Clinical Informatics Lab Goss
• EMBHR Engaging Communities in Mental and Behavioral Health Research Kwan
• Family Violence Recognition Lab Lindberg
• GAPcare Lab Goldberg
• OASIS Program Hoppe
• Patient-Centered Injury Prevention Betz
• Translational Research, Innovation, & Antidote Development (TRIAD) Bebarta

Major Programs

The department has several major programs, including:

• COMBAT Medicine and Battlefield Research
• Faculty Development
• Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative
• Medicine and Aerospace Engineering
• Program for EMS and Prehospital Care
• Research Programs
• Toxicology
• Wilderness Medicine

Clinical Partners

The department has clinical partnerships with:

• Denver Health Residency in Emergency Medicine
• UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital
• UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital

Accreditation

The University of Colorado is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.