Residency Program
Overview
Welcome to the website for the University of South Florida Emergency Medicine Residency! We are glad that you are looking into our program, and we are confident that you will find many things that excite you. Tampa General Hospital is an ideal place to practice emergency medicine, which makes it the perfect place to train as well.
Outstanding features of our ED
- High volume (120,000 plus adult visits), high acuity (40% admit rate)
- Level one Trauma Center
- Comprehensive Stroke Center
- STEMI Center
- Regional Burn Center
- Partnership with Moffitt Cancer Center
- Major Transplant Center
- Separate pediatric and adult emergency care centers, but under the same roof!
- Academic, community, and safety-net hospital environment which results in a diverse patient population
- Multi-cultural environment
- Major referral center for the west coast of Florida
- All major specialties present
- A state-of-the-art emergency care center with pod set up, dragon dictation, vocera communication service, 24-hour social work assistance, 24-hour dedicated ED pharmacist, and administrative support
Areas of Excellence
- ED is staffed by all EM trained, dedicated physicians with a broad variety of backgrounds
- Excellent work culture
- Very strong ultrasound curriculum with TEE capabilities
- Unparalleled state-of-the-art simulation center
- Flexible curriculum which values resident feedback and seeks your input
- Major focus on critical care
- Plenty of procedures and resuscitation opportunities
- Faculty and resident mentoring
- Multiple fellowships: Ultrasound, EMS, Simulation, Admin, Critical Care, Global Health
- Teaching opportunities
- An emphasis on the business aspects of EM
- Leadership development
- Multiple research opportunities and a dedicated research team to assist
- International opportunities
- Strong didactics
- Social EM Section devoted to improving the health of our patients and communities
- The best residents anywhere!