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 (90,000 plus), high acuity (40% admit rate)
- Level one trauma center
- Regional burn center
- Partner with Moffitt cancer center
- Major transplant center
- Separate pediatric and adult emergency care centers
- Excellent mix of patients
- 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 private rooms, pod system, fully electronic medical records, digital radiology, and an excellent working environment
- An academic and community environment
Areas of Excellence
- Our emergency medicine residency is run and staffed by experienced, dedicated physicians from a broad variety of backgrounds
- A very strong ultrasound curriculum
- A major, state-of-the-art simulation center
- A flexible curriculum which values resident feedback and seeks your input
- A focus on critical care
- Monthly EM reading and testing program, based upon your rotation
- Plenty of procedures and resuscitation opportunities
- Faculty and resident mentoring