Morristown Medical Center

Submitted by CMayer on May 18, 2011 - 11:05am
Medical School Affiliation: 
Atlantic Health System - Morristown Memorial Hospital Residency Program in Emergency Medicine
Institution Address: 
100 Madison Avenue Box 8
Morristown, NJ 07960
United States
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Website(s): 
http://emresidency.org/
Program Training Format: 
PGY 1 - 3
List combined programs: 
none
Accreditation: 
ACGME
ACGME Accreditation: 
Initial
Year program began: 
1986
Residency Coordinator
Coordinator First Name: 
Colleen
Coordinator Last Name: 
Mayer, ext. 3
Coordinator Title: 
Residency Coordinator
Coordinator Email: 
mmh_em@yahoo.com
Coordinator Phone: 
+1 973 971 5044
Coordinator Fax: 
+1 973 290 7202
Department Chair:
Chair First Name: 
Mark
Chair Last Name: 
Mandell, MD
Program Director
Director Title: 
Residency Director
Director First Name: 
Richard
Director Last Name: 
Shih, MD
Director Email: 
richard.shih@ahsys.org
Director Phone: 
+1 973 971 5044
Research Director
First Name: 
John
Last Name: 
Allegra, MD
Email: 
johnalle@aol.com
Phone: 
+1 973 971 5044
Areas of department research interest: 
Patient satisfaction, pneumonia, resident evaluation tools, headache studies, and side effects of oral medication.
Number of peer review abstracts presented in last 5 years: 
40
Primary Site
Institution name: 
Morristown Memorial Hospital
Number of beds in hospital: 
628
Number of beds in ED: 
36
Total number of annual ED visits: 
64600
Pediatric visits (%): 
19200
Admission rate (%): 
19
Admission admitted to critical care area (%): 
8
Total Number of EM rotation months: 
23
Block Schedule
PGY-1: 
EM - 6 mos
Anesthesia - 2 wks
Trauma - 1 mo
SICU - 1 mo
CCU - 2 mos
OB - 1 mo
Peds EM - 1 mo
PGY-2: 
EM - 6 mos
CCU - 1 mo
*Toxicology - 1 mo
*Trauma - 1 mo
Peds EM - 2 mos
PICU - 1 mo
PGY-3: 
EM - 9 mos
EMS/EM Admin - 1 mo
Elective - 1 mo
Peds EM - 1 mo
Resident Benefits
Educational materials provided outside allowance per year: 
No
Unique resident benefits not listed above: 
Dues: No - see below Subscriptions: No - See below Book allowance: Yes and subscriptions/dues Conference stipend: If resident presents research paper or poster. Stipend for BLS, ACLS, ATLS, PALS, outside rotations, chief resident. Other: Subspecialty training among faculty: Pediatric Emergency Medicine - 5 Toxicology - 2 Hyperbaric Medicine - 5 EMS - 2 Ultrasound - 3 Internal Medicine-2