Akron General Medical Center - Neoucom

Submitted by ASouth on May 12, 2011 - 12:08pm
Medical School Affiliation: 
Department of Emergency Medicine
Institution Address: 
400 Wabash Avenue
Akron, OH 44307
United States
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Mailing Address
Address1: 
400 Wabash Avenue
City: 
Akron
State: 
Ohio
Zip: 
44307
Website(s): 
http://www.akrongeneral.org
Program Training Format: 
PGY 1 - 3
Number of residents per entering class: 
7
Number of residents currently in training: 
23
Percentage of residents who are women: 
50.00
Total number of resident graduates: 
6
List combined programs: 
None
Accreditation: 
ACGME
ACGME Accreditation: 
Initial
Date of last ACGME RRC - EM survey : 
Monday, January 3, 2011
Year program began: 
1974
Residency Coordinator
Coordinator First Name: 
Angie
Coordinator Last Name: 
South
Coordinator Title: 
Coordinator
Coordinator Email: 
Angie.South@akrongeneral.org
Coordinator Phone: 
+01 330 344 6326
Coordinator Fax: 
+01 330 253 8293
Department Chair:
Chair Title: 
Department Chairman
Chair First Name: 
Jack
Chair Last Name: 
Mitstifer, MD, FACEP
Program Director
Director Title: 
Residency Director
Director First Name: 
Michael
Director Last Name: 
Beeson, MD, MBA, FACEP
Director Email: 
Michael.Beeson@akrongeneral.org
Director Phone: 
+01 3303446326
Associate/Assistant Program Directors
First Name: 
Amber
Last Name: 
Bradford, DO
Title: 
Associate/Assistant Residency Director
Phone: 
+01 3303446326
Research Director
First Name: 
Erin
Last Name: 
Simon, DO, FACEP
Phone: 
+01 3303446484
Areas of department research interest: 
Simulation, Patient Satisfaction, Pre-Hospital
Unique attributes: 
Laboratory space/resources available to EM residents? Yes; clinical research laboratory facilities available at medical school and hospital. EM Research Office resources: computer lab with mainframe access, slide making, word processing, teaching and literature searching capabilities. Access to EM patient research and trauma databases. Full-time Research Associate. Current research activities (list no more than 3 focus areas and the number of peer-review publications in last 3 years, please do not submit bibliographies): EMS, Trauma, Computer applications - 15 publications
Primary Site
Institution name: 
Akron General Medical Center
Number of beds in hospital: 
511
Number of beds in ED: 
34
Total number of annual ED visits: 
54000
Pediatric visits (%): 
0
Admission rate (%): 
28
Admission admitted to critical care area (%): 
10
Total Number of EM rotation months: 
16
Miles from primary training institution: 
1
Second Site
Institution name: 
Children's Hospital MC of Akron
Number of beds in hospital: 
300
Number of beds in ED: 
38
Total number of annual ED visits: 
0
Pediatric visits (%): 
69000
Admission rate (%): 
4
Admission admitted to critical care area( %): 
2
Total Number of EM rotation months: 
5
Miles from primary training institution: 
1
Faculty Attributes
Total number of all faculty: 
24
Female faculty (%): 
6
Resident Benefits
Annual PGY-1 Salary: 
49000.00
Educational stipend allowance per year: 
950.00
Uniform allowance per year: 
Scrubs and white coats provided
Number of vacation or personal days: 
15.00
Unique resident benefits not listed above: 
Akron General Medical Center (parent institution) - adult, community, full service, tertiary care hospital 13 months spent in ED, other rotations include 1 month ICU, 1 month CCU, 1 month surgery, 1 month IM, 1 month gyn, 1 month ortho, 1 month SICU Akron Children's Hospital - major tertiary care pediatrics hospital in area; 1 month ortho, 5 months EM, 2 weeks PICU Maryland Institute for E.M. Services Systems (Baltimore, MD) and Metro Health Center (Cleveland, OH) - 2 month additional trauma service experience Elective program features: EMS administration, additional toxicology training, aeromedical experience Other curriculum features: Full month of administrative exposure in 3rd year. One month research time in R2 year, additional research time available. Pediatric exposure: % of ED pediatric visits: Pediatric ED experience chiefly through Children's Hospital of Akron, (69,000 visits). Pediatric inpatient months: One Fellowships: None Dues: ACEP/EMRA/SAEM Subscriptions: EM Abstracts and EM Reports Book allowance: Combined with conference stipend Conference stipend: Provided through medical education department with matching funds from EM Dept.