Atlantic Health System - Morristown Memorial Hospital Residency Program in Emergency Medicine

Department of Emergency Medicine
Morristown Memorial Hospital
100 Madison Avenue, Box 8
Morristown, NJ 07960
(973) 971-5044



Fax: (973) 290-7202
Email:
Home page: http://emresidency.org/

Department Chairman: Mark Mandell, MD   973-971-8919 mark.mandell@ahsys.org
Residency Director: Richard Shih, MD richard.shih@ahsys.org
Associate/Assistant Residency Director: Paul Szucs, MD PASZOOKS@aol.com
Medical Student Director: Michael Silverman msilverman@pol.net
Contact Person and Phone: Colleen Mayer; phone: 973-971-5044 ext. 3 colleen.mayer@ahsys.org

 

Program Type: 1 - 3
Year Started: 1986
Combined Programs: No

 

Institutional Status: Department

Institutions:	Primary	Secondary
Name(s):	Morristown Memorial Hospital
Number of beds in hospital	628
Number of beds in E.D.	36
Number of adult patient visits per year	64,600
Number of pediatric patient visits per year	19,200
Overall admission rate (% of total visits)	19%
Acuity: ICU admission rate (% of admissions)	8%
Number of months (ED/total) at institution	23/33
Distance from primary site

 

Faculty


Full Time: 25
EM residency trained: 19
EM Board certified/eligible: 25
Part time: 1
Women: 3
Minorities: 4

Number of residents and position in match

R1: 7
R2: 6-
R3: 6-
R4: --
Women: 6
Minorities: 4

Applicants with previous training considered? Yes
Interviews: Necessary (October-January)
EMS Exposure: There is an active prehospital care program with base station in ED. Participation in PGY1 and PGYII, and full month in PGYIII.
Aeromedical Program: No direct participation by resident. Active heliport. Potential for elective.

Research

Research Director(s): John Allegra, MD johnalle@aol.com Phone: 973-971-5044 Fax: 973-290-7202

Resident Requirement? Yes
Laboratory space/resources available to EM residents? Yes
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): Patient satisfaction, pneumonia, resident evaluation tools, headache studies, and side effects of oral medication. 40 papers.

 

Curriculum (* rotation at other than primary institution)

PGY1		EM - 6 mos	Anesthesia - 2 wks	Trauma - 1 mo	SICU - 1 mo	CCU - 2 mos	OB - 1 mo	Peds EM - 1 mo
PGY2		EM - 6 mos	CCU - 1 mo	*Toxicology - 1 mo	*Trauma - 1 mo	Peds EM - 2 mos	PICU - 1 mo
PGY3		EM - 9 mos	EMS/EM Admin - 1 mo	Elective - 1 mo	Peds EM - 1 mo

Elective program features: Radiology, ENT, ophthalmology, research.
Other curriculum features: Training in urban and suburban environment. Strong critical care exposure. Active participation in trauma team throughout senior year. Monthly skills labs.

Pediatric exposure: 1 month Peds/Trauma as a first year, 1 month Pediatric ED in Newark as a second year, 2 months Peds/Trauma as a third year.
% of ED pediatric visits: 30% of Morristown ED
Pediatric inpatient months: 1 month of PICU as a second year.

Fellowships: One year Ultrasound Fellowship and One year EMS Fellowship

Medical Student Rotation

Level accepted: 3rd & 4th year
Reading material provided: Yes
Number of hours of formal didactics: 5 hours/week
EMS/Aeromedical experience allowed: Yes
Director(s): Michael Silverman, MD michael.silverman@ahsys.org
Rotation specifics: 3 shifts per week

 

Resident Benefits

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