Virginia Commonwealth University

Submitted by LJohnson on July 8, 2011 - 9:25am
Medical School Affiliation: 
Medical College of Virginia
Institution Address: 
1250 East Marshall Street PO Box 980401 Suite 2- 600 Main Hospital
Richmond, VA 23298-0401
United States
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Website(s): 
http://www.vcu.edu/mcved
Program Training Format: 
PGY 1 - 3
Number of residents per entering class: 
10
Number of residents currently in training: 
30
Percentage of residents who are women: 
57.00
Total number of resident graduates: 
78
Numbers of residency who did not complete the program in past 5 years: 
1
List combined programs: 
Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine
Accreditation: 
ACGME
ACGME Accreditation: 
Continued
Date of last ACGME RRC - EM survey : 
Friday, September 26, 2008
Year accreditation expires: 
2012
Year program began: 
2000
Residency Coordinator
Coordinator First Name: 
Lisa
Coordinator Last Name: 
Johnson
Coordinator Title: 
Residency Manager
Coordinator Email: 
lajohnson@vcu.edu
Coordinator Phone: 
+01 804 828 4860
Coordinator Fax: 
+01 804 828 4603
Department Chair:
Chair Title: 
Professor and Chair
Chair First Name: 
Joseph
Chair Last Name: 
Ornato
Program Director
Director Title: 
Associate Professor and Program Director
Director First Name: 
Tim
Director Last Name: 
Evans
Director Email: 
tevans@mcvh-vcu.edu
Director Phone: 
+01 804 628 0392
Associate/Assistant Program Directors
First Name: 
Doug
Last Name: 
Franzen
Title: 
Associate Program Director for Education
Phone: 
+01 804 628 8533
Email: 
franzend@vcu.edu
First Name: 
Jessica
Last Name: 
Morton
Title: 
Associate Program Director for Assessment and Remediation
Phone: 
+01 804 628 1903
Email: 
jmortonthompson@yahoo.com
First Name: 
Matthew
Last Name: 
Bartholomew, Associate Program Director for Procedural Competency
Phone: 
+01 804 628 1903
Email: 
drmatthewbartholomew@yahoo.com
Research Director
First Name: 
Kevin
Last Name: 
Ward
Email: 
krward@vcu.edu
Phone: 
+01 804 628 4861
Areas of department research interest: 
resuscitation, shock, emergency cardiology, medical toxicology
Number of peer review abstracts presented in last 5 years: 
200
Number of peer reviewed manuscripts published in the last 5 years: 
150
Number of non-peer-reviewed publications in the last 5 years: 
50
Describe how the residents meet the requirement of engage in scholarly activity: 
Residents participate in ongoing departmentatl bench or clinical research, contribute to departmental publications, perform administrative projects and present at national, regional and, occasionally, international meetings
Unique attributes: 
The VCU Department of Emergency Medicine is one of the most highly funded research departments in the nation. Many external grants go to our research arm, the VCU Reanimation Engineering Shock Center (VCURES) www.vcures.org.
Primary Site
Institution name: 
VCU Medical Center
Number of beds in hospital: 
800
Number of beds in ED: 
64
Total number of annual ED visits: 
88000
Pediatric visits (%): 
20
Admission rate (%): 
23
Admission admitted to critical care area (%): 
12
Level 1 Trauma verification?: 
Yes
Miles from primary training institution: 
0
Unique attributes: 
Department currently undergoing renovation with expansion in number of beds to nearly 100 when complete. This will include an expansion of all areas of our existing ED (the adult emergency department, the pediatric emergency department, and the Clinical Decision Unit) and the addition of devoted space for patients requiring specialized attention--resuscitation and critical care areas and an area for stabilized patients with special security needs.
Second Site
Institution name: 
Memorial Regional Medical Center
Number of beds in hospital: 
250
Number of beds in ED: 
31
Total number of annual ED visits: 
65000
Pediatric visits (%): 
15
Admission rate (%): 
15
Admission admitted to critical care area( %): 
8
Level 1 Trauma verification?: 
No
Total Number of EM rotation months: 
1
Miles from primary training institution: 
9
Unique Attributes: 
Busy and good community emergency department
Third Site
Institution name: 
Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center
Number of beds in hospital: 
200
Number of beds in ED: 
10
Total number of annual ED visits: 
22000
Pediatric visits (%): 
0
Admission rate (%): 
23
Admission admitted to critical care area( %): 
4
Total Number of EM rotation months: 
1
Miles from primary training institution: 
5
Unique Attributes: 
Integrated system wide EMR, interesting patient population
Faculty Attributes
Total number of all faculty: 
46
Number of core faculty: 
10
Number of clinical faculty: 
42
Number of non-clinical faculty: 
4
Female faculty (%): 
22
Program graduates who are program faculty (%): 
26
Number of faculty with additional training (Peds, Critical Care, Toxicology, EMS, etc.): 
24
Block Schedule
PGY-1: 
Introduction to Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine--4 rotations
Internal Medicine
Medical Respiratory Intensive Care Unit
Trauma
Orthopedics
Pediatrics
Obstetrics Gynecology
Ultrasonography/Radiology
Anesthesiology
PGY-2: 
Emergency Medicine--6 rotations
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Community Emergency Medicine
Clinical Decision Unit
Medical Toxicology
Surgical Trauma Intensive Care Unit
Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit
Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
PGY-3: 
Emergency Medicine-8 rotations
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
VA Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Cardiology
Elective
Resident Benefits
Annual PGY-1 Salary: 
47727.00
Educational stipend allowance per year: 
1500.00
Uniform allowance per year: 
3 lab coats per year, scrubs provided
Number of vacation or personal days: 
21.00
Types of insurance coverage provided: 
medical, disability, life
Educational materials provided outside allowance per year: 
Yes
Unique resident benefits not listed above: 
The entire curriculum utilizes four week long rotations. Unless otherwise noted above, each experience is one rotation. The Introduction to Emergency Medicine rotation includes clinical shifts, didactics, laboratories and certification in ACLS, ATLS, and PALS. All EM rotations include shifts spent in the pediatric emergency department with dedicated pediatric emergency medicine rotations in both the second and third year. Exposure to community emergency medicine is provided in dedicated rotations in the second year while the third year rotation in the VA ED provides a unique patient population and access to a state of the art fully integrated EMR. Electives include any activity deemed educationally beneficial. These electives may be outside of the institution, either nationally or internationally. Didactics include regularly scheduled human patient simulator, ultrasonography, procedural and animal laboratories and preparation for written and oral examinations. Elective year long longitudinal educational curriculums available in the second and third years in EMS, toxicology, emergency cardiac care, pediatric EM, administration, and ultrasonography. The department provides each resident with an educational allowance to be used for educational materials and activities such as books, journals or meetings. First and second year residents receive $600 while third year residents receive $1500. The department also provides Tintinalli's text, membership in ACEP (which includes the Annals of Emergency Medicine), SAEM (membership including Academic Emergency Medicine), EMRA and the Virginia Chapter of ACEP.
Resident Graduate Attributes (last 5 years only)
Number of residents entering fellowship programs: 
7
Number of program graduates who are academic faculty: 
17
Number of program graduates who are non-academic clinicians: 
61
First time ABEM qualifying exam rate: 
96
First time ABEM oral exam pass rate: 
92