Jackson Memorial Hospital

Jackson Memorial Hospital (JMH) is a non-profit, tertiary care hospital and the major teaching facility for the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine. The emergency department treats more than 120,000 patients each year. JMH is designated as a comprehensive stroke center, STEMI center, and receives the majority of the City of Miami’s cardiac arrests. It also serves as a receiving hospital for medical emergencies from the Miami International airport, cruise ship terminal, and medivac transports from the Caribbean, Central and South America. Residents have exposure to and the opportunity to learn from a diverse population of patients and pathology.

University of Miami Hospital

UHealth Tower is a 560-bed hospital located in the UM/Jackson Medical District. Residents spend one 4-week block per year at the University of Miami Hospital. As PGY-1s residents rotate in the Medical ICU, as PGY-2s in the Cardiac ICU and as PGY-3s in the Emergency Department. On ICU rotations, residents are an integral part of a small team allowing residents to have a hands-on critical care experience. In the Emergency Department, seniors work side-by-side with the attendings, with a focus on further developing the senior residents’ ability to function independently in a busy, high acuity emergency department.

Ryder Trauma Center

Known worldwide for its trauma care, Ryder Trauma Center is the busiest Level 1 trauma center in Miami-Dade County. Founded in 1992, Ryder has been dedicated in saving the lives of people with critical injuries, treating approximately 3,600 victims of major trauma each year. Emergency medicine residents are an integral part of the trauma team and participate in the initial evaluation and resuscitation of patients, including procedural interventions. They continue to manage patients while they are in the resuscitation bay until they are admitted or discharged. PGY1 and PGY3 residents spend 4 weeks at Ryder each year, while PGY2 residents have longitudinal shifts throughout the year.

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Holy Cross Hospital

Holy Cross Hospital in Ft. Lauderdale provides residents with experience working in the community setting. HCH is a busy community hospital with annual ED visits of 60,000 patients and is both a primary Stroke and STEMI center. The patient population differs from our other clinical sites, and provides a comprehensive experience where residents have exposure to a wide variety of patients and their chief complaints.This high volume, high acuity and highly specialized medical center allows residents to practice emergency medicine in an urban community setting. They work one-on-one with attendings and function as essential members of the ED team, no matter the year of training.

Veterans Affairs Hospital

One month of the PGY-1 year is spent at the Miami Veterans Health Association located at the UM/Jackson Medical Center. The VA is the medical home for a large proportion of the medically complex veterans residing in South Florida. This rotation offers an opportunity to experience and provide care to patients who have extensive medical comorbidities in a VA setting.

Holtz Children Hospital

Holtz Children’s Hospital, located on the UM/Jackson Medical Center is one of the largest children’s hospitals in the Southeastern United States. The emergency department houses 20 beds providing for all levels of emergency care. All ED faculty are trained in Pediatric Emergency Medicine. The ICU has 24 beds providing for critically ill kids from newborns to 21 years of age.

A unique feature of Holtz is the ability to care for both local and international patients. EM residents spend a 4-week block in the Pediatric Emergency Department each year. In addition, PGY-2 and PGY-3 residents do longitudinal shifts throughout the year. Residents spend an additional 4-week block in second year as a member of the PICU team.

Click Here to see a video made by Holtz Children Hospital to celebrate Pediatric Cancer and Sickle Cell Awareness Month.