St. Louis University School of Medicine
History
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, an urban hospital with a high acuity emergency department, provides residents with an extensive, heterogeneous patient population from which to learn. Our large trauma volume provides an extraordinary clinical experience. A well- developed city prehospital system, the Missouri Poison Center located at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center, and aero-medical services provide excellent resources and learning opportunities for our residents.
The division's energetic faculty supervises the residents' clinical experience and teaches at the bedside to provide immediate feedback, along with weekly didactic sessions. Through progressive responsibility, residents acquire the skills to manage the flow of an emergency department, learn administrative skills and apply team care treatment and management processes to their future careers. They also develop additional skills as future teachers through mentoring of medical students in clinical and research settings. For example, in our one-of-a-kind Air Force C-STAR program, residents educate physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners in preparation for combat deployment. We also provide unique educational exercises in the simulation laboratory and cadaver laboratory.
Saint Louis University's tradition of excellence in basic and clinical medical research are exemplified through a curriculum designed to allow residents to acquire the skills necessary to carefully assess the medical literature, understand research methodologies and develop and complete a research project. Residents may also participate in an undergraduate course, Introduction to Medical Research, which is taught by emergency medicine faculty and prepares interested individuals for a career in emergency medicine research.
Leadership
- Program Director: Craig Krausz, M.D.
- Assistant Program Director: Emily Fite, M.D.
- Associate Program Director: Kene Chukwuanu, M.D.
Training Locations
Primary Hospital
Saint Louis University Hospital
Secondary Hospital
Cardinal Glennon Hospital John Cochran VA Saint Claire Hospital Mercy Hospital
Curriculum
PGY1
- EM: 5 months (including one month of orientation)
- Anesthesia/Ultrasound: 1 month
- MICU: 1 month
- OB/GYN: 2 weeks
- Orthopedics: 2 weeks
- PICU/Pediatric Critical Care Transport: 2 weeks
- NICU: 2 weeks
- Pediatric EM: 1 month
- Trauma Surgery: 1 month
- VA EM: 1 month
PGY2
- EM: 7 months
- Community EM: 1 month
- Pediatric EM: 1 month
- SICU: 1 month
- VA EM/Research: 1 month
- MICU: 1 month
PGY3
- EM: 8 months
- Community EM: 2 months
- Pediatric EM: 1 month
- MICU: 1 month
- Selective: 1 month
Fellowships
- Emergency Medicine Education
- Emergency Medicine Simulation and Education
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Emergency Medicine Administrative, Quality and Safety
Contact Information
Residency Coordinator: Wanda Bailey-Gregory
- Email: wanda.baileygregory@health.slu.edu
- Phone: 314-268-7133