UMass Medical School - Emergency Medicine Residency

Submitted by MWright on May 18, 2011 - 3:52pm
Medical School Affiliation: 
University of Massachusetts
Institution Address: 
55 Lake Avenue North LA - 202
Worcester, MA 01655
United States
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Mailing Address
Address1: 
55 Lake Avenue North
Address2: 
Emergency Medicine
Address3: 
LA - 202
City: 
Worcester
State: 
Massachusetts
Zip: 
1655
Website(s): 
http://www.umassmed.edu/emed
http://www.umassemresidency.com
Program Training Format: 
PGY 1 - 3
Number of residents per entering class: 
12
Number of residents currently in training: 
36
Percentage of residents who are women: 
38.00
Total number of resident graduates: 
294
Numbers of residency who did not complete the program in past 5 years: 
0
Accreditation: 
ACGME
ACGME Accreditation: 
Continued
Date of last ACGME RRC - EM survey : 
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Year program began: 
1986
Residency Coordinator
Coordinator First Name: 
Kerri
Coordinator Last Name: 
O’Keefe
Coordinator Title: 
Program Coordinator
Coordinator Email: 
Kerri.OKeefe@umassmed.edu
Coordinator Phone: 
+1 508 421 1439
Coordinator Fax: 
+1 508 421 1490
Department Chair:
Chair Title: 
Department/Division Chair
Chair First Name: 
Gregory
Chair Last Name: 
Volturo, MD
Program Director
Director Title: 
Program Director
Director First Name: 
Steven
Director Last Name: 
Bird, MD
Director Email: 
steven.bird@umassmemorial.org
Director Phone: 
+1 508 421 1439
Associate/Assistant Program Directors
First Name: 
Michael
Last Name: 
Butler
Title: 
Associate Program Director
Phone: 
+1 508 421 14396
Email: 
michael.butler@umassmemorial.org
Research Director
First Name: 
Edwin
Last Name: 
Boudreaux. PhD
Email: 
Edwin.Boudreaux@umassmed.edu
Phone: 
+1 508 334 3817
Areas of department research interest: 
Toxicology, myocardial ischemia and ultrasound.
Number of peer review abstracts presented in last 5 years: 
86
Number of peer reviewed manuscripts published in the last 5 years: 
73
Number of non-peer-reviewed publications in the last 5 years: 
38
Describe how the residents meet the requirement of engage in scholarly activity: 
In accordance with the RRC requirements scholarly work has been interpreted as involvement in peer reviewed bench or clinical research, presentations at national meetings, journal publications and other approved projects. Resident proposals are approved on a case by case basis with the research and program directors.
Primary Site
Institution name: 
UMass Memorial Medical Center-University Campus
Number of beds in hospital: 
350
Number of beds in ED: 
66
Total number of annual ED visits: 
93000
Pediatric visits (%): 
43
Admission rate (%): 
25
Admission admitted to critical care area (%): 
17
Level 1 Trauma verification?: 
Yes
Total Number of EM rotation months: 
14
Miles from primary training institution: 
0
Unique attributes: 
Digital radiographs-yes Electronic tracking-yes Distinct ChemBio area-yes Electronic patient records-yes
Second Site
Institution name: 
UMass Memorial Medical Center- Memorial Campus
Number of beds in hospital: 
370
Number of beds in ED: 
34
Total number of annual ED visits: 
51000
Pediatric visits (%): 
8
Admission rate (%): 
22
Admission admitted to critical care area( %): 
11
Level 1 Trauma verification?: 
No
Total Number of EM rotation months: 
1
Miles from primary training institution: 
1
Unique Attributes: 
Electronic ED chart-no Digital radiographs- yes Electronic tracking- yes Distinct ChemBio area- yes Electronic patient records- yes
Third Site
Institution name: 
Milford-Whitinsville Regional Hospital
Number of beds in hospital: 
121
Number of beds in ED: 
54
Total number of annual ED visits: 
54700
Pediatric visits (%): 
26
Admission rate (%): 
18
Admission admitted to critical care area( %): 
5
Total Number of EM rotation months: 
2
Unique Attributes: 
23
Faculty Attributes
Total number of all faculty: 
60
Number of core faculty: 
14
Number of clinical faculty: 
32
Number of non-clinical faculty: 
1
Female faculty (%): 
30
Program graduates who are program faculty (%): 
38
Block Schedule
PGY-1: 
ED UMass/Memorial/Milford - 5 months
Cardiac ICU – 1 m
Medical ICU – 1 m
ED Pediatrics – 1m
Obstetrics – 1 m
Medical Subspeciaties: Dental/Rads/Fast
Anesthesia/Life Flight/ Ultrasound – 1 m
Orthopedics - 1 m
Vacation – 3 wks
PGY-2: 
ED UMass/Milford - 5 months
ED Pediatrics – 1 mo
Medical ICU – 1 mo
Surgical ICU – 1mo
Toxicology/Ultrasound
Trauma – 1 mo
Elective – 1mo
Vacation – 1 mo
PGY-3: 
ED UMass– 4 m
ED Pediatrics – 1 m
ED Supervisor – 2 m
EMS / Life Flight / Ultrasound – 1 m
Trauma – 1 m
ED Pedi / Neonatal ICU – 1 m
Elective – 2 m
Vacation – 1 m
Resident Benefits
Annual PGY-1 Salary: 
51635.00
Educational stipend allowance per year: 
750.00
Uniform allowance per year: 
2 pair of scrubs and 4 white coats provided at the beginning of the program.
Number of vacation or personal days: 
15.00
Types of insurance coverage provided: 
Health, dental, long term disability, term life insurance, state retirement system
Educational materials provided outside allowance per year: 
Yes
Unique resident benefits not listed above: 
Dues for ACEP, EMRA and SAEM covered by the program. Enrollment in EM MedChallenge question bank, LifeFlight Uniforms. Separate large call room suite only for EM Residents, Library for EM Residents
Resident Graduate Attributes (last 5 years only)
Number of residents entering fellowship programs: 
19
Number of program graduates who are academic faculty: 
35
Number of program graduates who are non-academic clinicians: 
25
First time ABEM qualifying exam rate: 
93
First time ABEM oral exam pass rate: 
93