Vanderbilt Emergency Medicine

Vanderbilt’s Department of Emergency Medicine is a leader in clinical care, education, and research. Our combined emergency departments see over 103,000 patients annually. We are the only adult and pediatric Level 1 trauma center in middle Tennessee. Our Chairman and Residency Director make education their number one priority. Either Dr. Slovis or Dr. Wrenn teaches a morning conference 5 days a week, 52 weeks per year in addition to directing the Residency’s 5 required hours of didactics each week. Every faculty member and upper level resident views excellent teaching as part of his or her responsibilities!

All of us at Vanderbilt believe in creating a positive learning environment both in the classroom and at the bedside. Both Drs. Wrenn and Slovis are nationally known educators and set the standard for the department’s style-interactive teaching in a relaxed but challenging environment. Our fourth year medical student rotation is the highest rated required clinical rotation in the medical school. Numerous faculty are research leaders in the field of emergency medicine, several of whom are conducting NIH-sponsored research. Our department has 45 peer-reviewed publications within the last calendar year. Details of our residency are provided in the residency section of our site. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us and we will be happy to assist. 

New! Notes from Dr. Wrenn

The latest addition to the Emergency Medicine website is brought to you by our fearless leaders. Each month you'll get the opportunity to stay up-to-date on the latest issues and news from our department straight from the leadership team that runs it. You can even voice your opinion by commenting on any of the issues brought to light.

With this addition, Dr. Wrenn and Dr. Slovis aim to not only inform you of the latest innovations and developments, but to start a dialogue with residents and faculty about what is going on. Take a minute to view our very first issue brought to you by Dr. Wrenn and be sure to check back for another installment from Dr. Slovis.

This section lives in the "Residency" portion of our site. All you have to do to get there is click "Residency" on the top menu then scroll down to the menu on the right titled "EM Leadership." There you'll see the two sections, "Notes from Dr. Wrenn" and "Notes from Dr. Slovis" 

These Notes are Slovis-Powered

One of the newest sections of our website is brought to you by department chair, Dr. Corey Slovis. Join Dr. Slovis in celebrating department successes, discussing issues, and giving important updates in this 'quick notes' section of our website. To get to this new section simply click "Residency" at the top of our department site then scroll down the right-hand-side of the page to the menu titled "EM Leadership."  

 What's on VanderbiltEM.com? and how do you find it? 

	EM Residency Interested in the residency program offered by the Emergency Medicine Program? View this section to find out everything you need to know. Dr. Slovis will walk you through any questions and provide you with a number of information resources about the residency program.  ...click here
	EM Faculty Meet the team that keeps our department ahead of the the curve. Our diverse faculty is one of the best in the country. Take a moment to click through and discover what makes them special!  ...click here
	Med Students Check out one of the most popular 4th year medical student courses as rated by students just like you! Interested in finding out what Emergency Medicine has to offer? This challenging program offers exciting experience you just can't get anywhere else.  ...click here
	EM Fellowships Enhance your training with a fellowship in our Emergency Department. We have an outstanding program that focuses on training physicians in clinical care, teaching, and research. Our fellowships are custom tailored your goals and interests. We offer an EMS and Pediatric Emergency Fellowship.  ...click here
	EM Research Our mission is to promote an environment that drives excellent research, promotes advancement in independent funding, supports established investigations, provides education in research methodology, and ultimately improves emergency patient care.  ...click here
	International Health Interested in travel, furthing your education, or global health issues? We offer fantastic opportunities in International Health where residents can get hands on training in global health issues.  ...click here
	Conferences See the who, what, where, when, and why of our EM Conferences. This section also includes a variety of resources for students including external links to many other learning opportunities. Check out this section for schedules and calendars of upcoming events.   ...click here
	Contact Us Need to get in touch with the department? Check out this section for information on how to get in touch with who you need to.   ...click here