The Emergency Medicine Residency at Rutgers NJMS is a dynamic and innovative program. We provide excellent training for our residents in a high volume, high acuity, urban environment.

• We are located in an inner-city center that sees:
  • Wide diversity of patients from many countries and cultures
  • Wide diversity of pathology
  • High volume of patients, with over 98,000 visits last year
  • High acuity patients with an approximately 20% admission rate, including many to critical care units
  • Thirty-bed Observation Unit staffed 24/7 by Nurse Practitioners

• We are the only Level 1 Trauma Center in northern New Jersey
  • Over 5,900 trauma patients seen annually in our ED, with an average of three victims of penetrating trauma treated daily
  • Mobile ICU units and Northstar Helicopter based at University Hospital
  • We are staffed with Trauma Surgery and most other surgical specialties in-house, 24/7

• We are a large tertiary care center that provides are to patients with a wide array of acute pathology that includes:
  • Liver transplant service
  • Stroke Center
  • Heart center with EKG transmission to Cardiology via smartphone and cardiac catheterization lab availability 24 hours
  • Medical control for an EMS department that receives 120,000 calls annually
  • Receiving hospital for Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)
  • New Jersey Poison Information & Education System (NJ Poison Control)

• We are a large pediatric tertiary care center:
  • Pediatric ED with over 19,000 visits annually
  • PICU, NICU

• University Hospital is the primary teaching site for Rutgers NJMS
  • Mandatory clerkship for 4th year students
  • Residents have opportunities to serve as teachers and mentors for a variety of medical school courses

• An established program that continues to evolve
  • We cherish and incorporate resident input
  • Monthly Resident-Resident, as well as Resident-Faculty/Program Leadership meetings to discuss concerns, ideas and future directions of the program
  • Residents are active contributors to the curriculum, and resident input is sought after every rotation
  • Residents participate in administrative meetings and committees