Albany Medical Center

Medical school affiliation: Albany Medical College
Mailing address: Department of Emergency Medicine
43 New Scotland Avenue
MC-139
Albany, NY 12208-3479
Telephone number: 518-262-4050
Fax: 518-262-5362
Email: pellonm@mail.amc.edu
Web site: http://www.amc.edu/academic

Program Training Format: PGY1-3
Number of residents per entering class: 10
Number of residents currently in training:30
Percentage of residents who are woman: 50%
Total number of resident graduates: 150
Residency attrition rate (past 5 years only): 3%

Year Program Began: 1988
List combined programs: None
Combined Residency Director
ACGME Accreditation Category and duration of years approved: Full Accreditation, 5 Years
Next ACGME RRC - EM survey date: 2006

Residency Coordinator: Marianne Pellon
Residency Coordinator contact information: pellonm@mail.amc.edu Phone: 518-262-4050

Department Chair name: Vence Verdile, MD Interim Chair
Department Chair tenure: Since 2001
Department Chair contact information: verdilv@mail.amc.edu

Program Director: Shellie Asher, MD
Program Director tenure: Since 2010
Program Director contact information: ashersh@mail.amc.edu

Associate/Assistant Residency Director: Wendy Wolley, DO and Benjamin Ketz, MD
Associate/Assistant Program Director contact information: woollew@mail.amc.edu and ketzB@mail.amc.edu

Research Director: Wayne Triner, DO
Research Director tenure: Since 2003
Research Director contact information: trinerw@mail.amc.edu

Institutional and Emergency Department Attributes

Institution Name:	Primary
Institutional Name:	Albany Medical Center
Number of acute care hospital beds	600
Number of beds in ED	50
Total number of annual ED visits	68,000
Percent pediatric visits	18%
Percent admission rate	21%
Percent of total admissions admitted to critical care area	3%
Trauma Accreditation	ACS Level 1
Unique Attributes	Digital radiographs Electronic tracking Distinct ChemBio Area Electronic patient records
Total number of EM rotation months	24
Miles from primary training institution

Faculty Attributes

Total number of all faculty: 16
Number of core faculty:16
Number of clinical faculty:0
Number of non-clinical faculty:0
Percentage of total faculty who are women:44%

Curriculum Attributes

EM1	EM2	EM3
Emergency Medicine - 6 months	Emergency Medicine - 10 months	Emergency Medicine - 7.5 months
Anesthesiology- 1/2 month	Ultrasound- 1/2 month	EMS- 1/2 month
Medicine - 1 month	Pedicatric ICU- 1 month	EM Administration - 1/2 month
Surgical ICU- 1 month	EMS - 1/2 month	Community ED- 1 month
Cardiovascular ICU- 1 month		Toxicology- 1 month
Medical ICU - 1 month		Elective- 1.5 months
Ultrasound- 1/2 month
Obstetrics- 1/2 month
Orientation- 1/2 month

Unique clinical or rotation experiences:International EM, Wilderness EM, dedicated Ultrasound rotations,
large volume of clinical procedures.
Unique didactic activities:

Emergency Medical Services
Describe EMS Experience: The program offers a wide variety of EMS experiences including air and ground transport.
EMS relating training opportunities: Aeromedical EMS, Ground-based EMS, Teaching and EMS director opportunities
Aeromedical experience: 2 Helicopter-system with option for participation in EMS rotation

Research and Scholarly Activity
Describe unique research resources available to the residency: Large variety of simulation, EMS, and clinical
EM research resources are available as well as an animal research facility, medical school faculty,and statistician data support.
Three areas of department reserach interest: Procedural sedation and analgesia, EMS, Administration
Number of peer-reviewed abstracts presented last 5 years: 27
Number of peer-reviewed manuscripts published over the last 5 years: 60
Number of non peer-reviewed publications over the last 5 years: 35
Describe how the residents meet the requirement to engage in scholarly activity: Residents work closely with
faculty to complete a project that meets the individual resident interest as well as the program requirements.

Resident Benefits
Uniform allowance per year:Scrubs and lab coats are provided to each resident
Educational stipend allowance per year: Residents receive 1000.00 stipend during residency in addition to
support for education and conference travel expenses to one national conference or any conference where the resident has an abstract or similar academic presentation
Educational materials provided outside allowance per year: All residents receive Tintinalli text, Annals of
Emergency Medicine and Academic Emergency Medicine. ATLS, PALS, ACLS and EMS medical control certification is provided by the program. Membership to SAEM, ACEP, and EMRA paid by program for each resident throughout residency
Resident CME policy: Funds may be used for educational texts, conferences or similar education materials
or activities
Types of insurance coverage provided: Residents are fully insured throughout the training period
Number of vacation or personal days:Four weeks of vacation are allocated for each training year
Unique resident benifits not listed above: Winter ski conference attendance is provided for residents

Resident Graduate Attributes (last 5 years only)
Number of residents entering fellowship programs:2
Number of resident graduates who are Emergency Medicine core or clinical faculty:20
First time written board pass rate:94%
First time oral board pass rate: 96%
List states in which graduates in the last 5 years are now practicing: NY, MA, NM, ME, VT, NH, CT, PA,
OR, CA, TX, MD, MN, WA, NC, MI, MO, CO, UT, Australia

Fellowships
Fellowship name:N/A
Fellowship Director:
Fellowship Director tenure:
Fellowship Director contact information:
Link to fellowship website:
Fellowship accreditation:
Advanced degrees available:
Unique fellowship experiences:

Medical Student Clerkship
Duration of clerkship: 1 month
Unique clerkship experiences:Opportunity to have air or ground EMS exposure
Medical student specific conferences: 8/week
House available if needed:No

Clerkship Director name: Laurie Thibodeau, MD
Clerkship Director contact information: thibodl@mail.amc.edu