We are located in the vibrant urban setting of West Philadelphia. Our ED sees close to 23,000 patients a year, with a steady increase of about 1000 additional patients per year, in an interprofessional environment consisting of nurses, NPs, PAs, MDs, PA students and medical students. The population of veterans that we serve consists largely of geriatric patients with presentations across the whole spectrum of acuities including many acute on chronic medical conditions. Our admission rate is around 20%, which is higher than the national average.

Our program provides an intensive, 12-month curriculum covering basic and advanced emergency medicine concepts and procedures in a dynamic clinical and academic environment. Patients will accumulate approximately 500 didactic and 2000 clinical hours of training in emergency medicine. Training is provided in our emergency medicine department, other departments at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, and at our affiliated medical centers. Wednesday conferences will provide didactic lectures and grand rounds in a rich environment with other medical peers. And finally, unique to our program is ultrasound training and a dedicated US emergency medicine rotation at a community-affiliate.