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. 

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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
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Fast Facts

Yearly Resident Positions: 11
Program Type: PGY1 - PGY3
Trauma Center Type: Level 1
FT Faculty: 45
Total Number of Residents: 33
Adult ED Visits: 55,000
Pediatric ED Visits: 45,000
Lifeflights: 2,500

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