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
- 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
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.
Required
- EMD certification
- 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
Bridgette Svancarek, MD, FAEMS
Interim Division Chief for EMS; Program Director, EMS Fellowship, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
- Email: svancarekb@nospam.wustl.edu
Administrative support: Molly Lasley
Associate Program Director
James Li, MD, MEd
Associate Program Director, EMS Fellowship; Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
- Email: l.james@nospam.wustl.edu
Program Manager
Dora Miller, C-TAGME, CHPM
Manager, Academic Programs
- Phone: 314-747-5010
- Email: doram@nospam.wustl.edu
Core Faculty
2022
Joseph Finney, MD
Katarzyna “Kasia” Hampton, MD
Rebecca Tracy, DO
2021
Noah Bernhardson, MD
2020
David Wright, MS, PA-C. NRP
Erica 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