Emergency Medicine - Fellowships

A two-year accredited fellowship in Medical Toxicology is offered at The University of Texas, Southwestern School Medicine in conjunction with the Texas Poison Center Network. The Training program begins in July of each year. An opportunity also exists to complete work towards a Master's Degree in Public Health concurrently with the fellowship program. The program is one of the nation's busiest with 6 ABEM board-certified toxicologists.

GEMSS Fellowship

A New Subspecialty Training Curriculum for Emergency Medicine Residency Graduates

Over the past decade, there has been a growing need for Emergency Physicians to provide specialized expertise for various governmental agencies, ranging from local police, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and U.S. Secret Service to health agencies and political groups, both at the regional and federal level. In 1998, Dr. Paul Pepe, then Commonwealth Emergency Medical Director for the state of Pennsylvania in the administration of Governor Tom Ridge, developed the concept of an academic Government Emergency Medical Security Services (GEMSS) Fellowship. The curriculum for the proposed GEMSS fellowship went beyond the traditional medical-related elements of tactical EMS and weapons of mass effect (WME) training. It provided a more comprehensive extension to traditional EM physician education that ranged from VIP protective service details and Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) activities to the political, legislative and mass media activities involved in effectively providing emergency medical security for the public.

Link to GEMSS Fellowship Website

Kathy Rinnert, M.D., M.P.H.
EMS Fellowship Program Director
214/648-3247
kathy.rinnert@utsouthwestern.edu

Emergency Medical Services Fellowship

The Division of Emergency Medicine at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and the UT Southwestern/BioTel EMS System offer a two-year fellowship in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) for residency trained emergency physicians. This SAEM approved fellowship program is structured to provide a combination of practical experiences and formal training to facilitate the development of fundamental knowledge and skills for a successful career as an EMS medical director. Completion of Master's level graduate training is a component of this multi-disciplinary fellowship program. The fellow will become familiar with the clinical, operational, and administrative aspects of EMS in both urban and rural/suburban systems and receive the education necessary to apply these principles to any EMS system.

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Practice Management and Health Policy Fellowship

This exciting two year Fellowship includes 12 months of rotations in Emergency Department Administration, and 12 months of rotations in administrative and health policy with hospital, nursing, and insurance executives as well as physician leaders of small, regional, and national emergency medicine groups. During “on-service” rotations, Fellows function as Assistant Medical Director of the 144,000 volume Parkland Emergency Department working closely with Brent Treichler, MD, FACEP, Medical Director.

In addition, Fellows have clinical duties in the Parkland and Children’s Hospital Emergency Departments seven (7) days a month in order to maintain clinical skills and experience the impact of their management efforts. Concurrent enrollment in one of several associated Masters programs in Administration. Pay and benefits are very competitive.

The program director is Robert E. Suter, DO, MHA, FACEP, who has been involved in hospital, emergency department, and group administration and practice management in a variety of settings, and is a frequent invited lecturer and writer on management topics. He is a Past President of the American College of Emergency Physicians and the International Federation for Emergency Medicine, and has provided health policy leadership on the hospital, group, local, state, national, and international levels.

This three-year accredited fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine utilizes the academic resources and faculty of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center with the clinical facilities, ancillary personnel, and patient population from the Children’s Medical Center of Dallas Emergency Center. The Emergency Center at Children’s sees over 60,000 patients per year and is the only verified Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center in the state of Texas.

The Pediatric EM fellows develop proficiency in the areas of clinical acuity, acumen, teaching, research and administrative skills that will prepare one for the challenging field of pediatric emergency medicine.

Skills learned during residency will be further enhanced as the fellow acquires new knowledge and technical proficiency in procedures both pertinent and unique to the emergency management of the seriously ill and injured child. Academic responsibilities include: active participation in clinical research, teaching and advising junior colleagues, participating in lecture and teaching opportunities thereby contributing new knowledge and understanding to this growing field.

Toxicology Fellowship

GEMSS Fellowship

Emergency Medical Services Fellowship

Practice Management and Health Policy Fellowship