EMS offers broad and varied clinical experience with a strong foundation in clinical care, environmental and situational issues, EMS systems, medical oversight and administration, special operations, and education and organizational outreach.

Overview

At a glance
  • Length of fellowship: 12 months
  • Number of positions: 3
  • Salary: PGY-4 OR PGY-5 as approved + benefits/shared use of fellowship field response vehicle
  • Diverse training sites allow fellows to focus on any area of interest
  • We participate in the NRMP Match. NRMP fellowship match deadlines are available here.
  • ACGME accredited since 2012
  • Faculty, alumni and current fellows hold scholarship and leadership roles nationwide
Training

Fellows train alongside some of the most highly regarded emergency response professionals in the region, including our many partners.

You will receive an education unmatched elsewhere in preparation for the complex world of physician medical oversight of any EMS system. Fellows are trained by a premier academic institution in a state-of-the-art facility, with extensive hands-on field work and the opportunity to excel in broad areas of interest.

Curriculum
Required
  • EVOC certification
Optional based on fellow interest
  • EMT-T certification
  • Firefighter certification
  • Paramedic certification
Clinical shifts

12 hours per week in a busy urban Level I trauma center or a community ED
Moonlighting opportunities available (requires approval)


People

Program Director
James Li, MD, MEd, FAEMS

James Li, MD, MEd, FAEMS

Program Director, EMS Fellowship; Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

Associate Program Director
Bridgette Svancarek, MD, FAEMS

Bridgette Svancarek, MD, FAEMS

Division Chief for EMS; Program Director, EMS Fellowship, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine

Administrative support: Molly Lasley

Core Faculty
Melissa Kroll, MD

Melissa Kroll, MD

Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine

Jeffrey Siegler, MD

Jeffrey Siegler, MD

Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine

Fellows
Nishil  Patel, DO, MsC

Nishil Patel, DO, MsC

Fellow (EMS), Emergency Medicine

Jacob Trammel, MD

Jacob Trammel, MD

Fellow (EMS), Emergency Medicine

Alumni
2023

Charles Smith, MD

Bryan Feinstein, MD

2022

Joseph Finney, MD

Katarzyna “Kasia” Hampton, MD

Rebecca Tracy, DO

2021

Noah Bernhardson, MD

2020

Erin Kane, MD

Heather de Anda, MD

Louis Fornage, MD

2019

Tyler Haas, MD

2018

Melissa Kroll, MD, EMT-T

Sven Steen, MD, EMT-T

2017

Maia Dorsett, MD, PhD

Brandon Bleess, MD, EMT-T

2016

Nathan Woltman, MD, EMT-T

Jeff Siegler, MD, EMT-P/T

2015

Erica Carney, MD

2014

Nicholas Rathert, MD

2013

Benjamin Ostrovsky, MD

2012

Jacob Keeperman, MD

2011

Michael Lohmeier, MD

2010

Bridgette Svancarek, MD

2009

Jeffrey Shafer, MD, EMP-P

Scott Gilmore, MD, EMT-P, FACEP, FAEMS

2007

Brian Froelke, MD