WashU Medicine emergency physicians see more than 150,000 patients annually, providing world-class specialty care to anyone who walks through our doors.
Our vision
Advancing emergency medicine for all.
Our mission
Our mission is to provide exemplary health care to all who are in need with efficiency and compassion, and through research and teaching, to develop future generations of physicians with the knowledge, skills and values to do the same.
Our values
Compassion
We lead with humanity and dignity — for patients in their most vulnerable moments and for every colleague we work alongside.
Collaboration
We work as one team — within EM and across specialties — sharing expertise and purpose, communicating openly and holding ourselves accountable.
Cultivation
We embrace measured audacity — pursing bold ideas that transform emergency medicine and investing in the growth of our faculty and team members.
Message from the department chair
Opeolu Adeoye, MD, MS
Chair of Emergency Medicine
adeoye@wustl.edu
Welcome to WashU Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine. Our illustrious group of faculty, residents and staff works across the spectrum of emergency medicine, including critical care, EMS, ultrasound, toxicology, neurologic emergencies, research, education, pediatric emergency medicine, sports medicine and global health. We are committed to the pursuit of excellence in all we do.
Our vision is to advance emergency medicine for all. To achieve this vision, our mission is to provide exceptional patient-centered emergency care, advance groundbreaking research and transformative education, and invest in our people. It’s imperative that we hold each other accountable as we pursue this mission through our shared values – Compassion, Collaboration, Cultivation.
WashU Medicine is a top 10 medical school that provides limitless potential for interdisciplinary collaboration. Our main teaching hospitals, Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children’s, are consistently ranked among top hospitals nationwide. We are committed to exemplifying the very best of emergency medicine and developing and training future leaders in the field.
I invite you to explore more about our extraordinary community: the clinical sites where we care for critically ill patients from across the region, our community impact, our exceptional city of St. Louis, and of course the leading training programs we offer in every subspecialty of our field.