University of Utah Health Sciences Center

Submitted by CCarlson on May 10, 2011 - 3:36pm
Medical School Affiliation: 
University of Utah School of Medicine
Institution Address: 
30 North 1900 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84132
United States
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Mailing Address
State: 
Utah
Website(s): 
http://utahhealthsciences.net/pageview.aspx?menu=4997&id=17047
Program Training Format: 
PGY 1 - 3
Number of residents per entering class: 
8
Number of residents currently in training: 
25
Percentage of residents who are women: 
28.00
Total number of resident graduates: 
22
List combined programs: 
N/A
Accreditation: 
ACGME
ACGME Accreditation: 
Initial
Date of last ACGME RRC - EM survey : 
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Year program began: 
2005
Residency Coordinator
Coordinator First Name: 
Christine
Coordinator Last Name: 
Carlson
Coordinator Title: 
Program Manager
Coordinator Email: 
christine.carlson@hsc.utah.edu
Coordinator Phone: 
+01 801 581 2272
Department Chair:
Chair First Name: 
Erik
Chair Last Name: 
Barton, MS, MS, MBA
Program Director
Director First Name: 
Susan
Director Last Name: 
Stroud, MD
Director Email: 
susan.stroud@hsc.utah.edu
Associate/Assistant Program Directors
First Name: 
Megan
Last Name: 
Fix, MD
Title: 
Associate Program Director
Email: 
megan.fix@hsc.utah.edu
First Name: 
Brendan
Last Name: 
Cummins, MD
Title: 
Assistant Program Director
Email: 
brendan.cummins@imail.org
Research Director
First Name: 
Troy
Last Name: 
Madsen, MD
Email: 
troy.madsen@hsc.utah.edu
Areas of department research interest: 
Resuscitation, Toxicology, Cardiac Risk Stratification and Resource Utilization, Pain Management, Procedural Sedation, Prehospital Care, Wilderness Medicine, Education, and Trauma.
Number of peer review abstracts presented in last 5 years: 
85
Number of peer reviewed manuscripts published in the last 5 years: 
50
Number of non-peer-reviewed publications in the last 5 years: 
20
Unique attributes: 
Large industry grant for laboratory resuscitation research in a swine model, active collaborations with the university's Pain Research Center, wilderness medicine fellowship and research program, home of air medical transport system and the Air Medical Research Institute, emergency department observation unit and the Research for Observation Medicine Improvement (ROMI) Center, and undergraduate research associate program for data collection in the emergency department.
Primary Site
Institution name: 
University of Utah
Number of beds in hospital: 
430
Number of beds in ED: 
27
Total number of annual ED visits: 
37575
Pediatric visits (%): 
5
Admission rate (%): 
19
Admission admitted to critical care area (%): 
4
Level 1 Trauma verification?: 
Yes
Total Number of EM rotation months: 
12
Second Site
Institution name: 
Intermountain Medical Center
Number of beds in hospital: 
470
Number of beds in ED: 
56
Total number of annual ED visits: 
80837
Pediatric visits (%): 
12
Admission rate (%): 
17
Admission admitted to critical care area( %): 
3
Level 1 Trauma verification?: 
Yes
Total Number of EM rotation months: 
5
Miles from primary training institution: 
12
Third Site
Institution name: 
Primary Childrens Medical Center
Number of beds in hospital: 
250
Number of beds in ED: 
42
Total number of annual ED visits: 
42183
Pediatric visits (%): 
99
Admission rate (%): 
13
Admission admitted to critical care area( %): 
2
Level 1 Trauma verification? : 
Yes
Total Number of EM rotation months: 
3
Miles from primary training institution: 
0
Fourth Site
Institution name: 
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Number of beds in hospital: 
121
Total number of annual ED visits: 
23253
Pediatric visits (%): 
0
Admission rate (%): 
13
Admission admitted to critical care area( %): 
4
Level 1 Trauma verification?: 
No
Total Number of EM rotation months: 
3
Miles from primary training institution: 
2
Faculty Attributes
Total number of all faculty: 
26
Female faculty (%): 
31
Program graduates who are program faculty (%): 
9
Number of faculty with additional training (Peds, Critical Care, Toxicology, EMS, etc.): 
13
Block Schedule
PGY-1: 
UHC ED - 2-3 months
IMC ED - 0.5-1.5 months
Peds ED - 1 month
VA ED - 1 month
OBGYN - 1 month
ORTHO - 1 month
Anesthesia - 0.5 month
Orientation - 1 month
SICU - 1 month
Trauma UHC - 1 month
EMS & Ultrasound - 1 month
PGY-2: 
UHC ED - 4 months*
IMC ED - 2 months*
VA ED - 1 month
PICU - 1 month
STRICU - 1 month
Trauma IMC - 1 month
Toxicology & Ultrasound - 1 month
Elective - 1 month
*integrated Peds ED shifts at PCMC
PGY-3: 
UHC ED - 6 months*
IMC ED - 2 months*
VA ED - 1 month
Trauma IMC - 1 month
SICU - 1 month
Elective - 1 month
*integrated Peds ED shifts at PCMC
Resident Benefits
Annual PGY-1 Salary: 
50035.00
Educational stipend allowance per year: 
150.00
Number of vacation or personal days: 
21.00
Educational materials provided outside allowance per year: 
Yes
Resident Graduate Attributes (last 5 years only)
Number of residents entering fellowship programs: 
6
Number of program graduates who are academic faculty: 
2
Number of program graduates who are non-academic clinicians: 
20