At the BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine, our focus is advancing health and emergency care for all through unparalleled investments in education and training, rigorous discovery and collaboration, and compassionate patient care. Our commitment to remarkable health care drives us forward, always focused on turning adversity into opportunity and redefining the limits of our specialty.
Training Tomorrow's Leaders in Emergency Medicine
Medical Students
All medical students at the University of Wisconsin complete rotations in the emergency department. We offer additional courses, interest groups, and immersion experiences for students looking to spend more time exploring our specialty.
Residents
Our emergency medicine residency program prepares physicians for the future of health care within both academic and community settings, and offers an optional year for residents seeking to undertake advanced training after graduation.
Fellows
Our department sponsors several emergency medicine fellowships and postgraduate training opportunities, designed to support junior physicians in launching their careers while learning from exceptional faculty mentors.
Advancing Emergency Care Research & Innovation
The Department of Emergency Medicine’s federally funded research enterprise focuses on health services and care transitions studies. A key aim is to identify health care gaps and optimize effective health services for all populations.
Our faculty investigators are nationally recognized leaders in much of the research they conduct, yielding critical discoveries in areas such as aging and brain health, geriatric emergency care, infectious diseases, prehospital medicine, pediatrics, and systems engineering.
And our Emergency Department Research Coordinator Program provides cutting-edge clinical study management and enrollment services for UW campus researchers and industry sponsors, including device trials.
Providing Remarkable Patient Care
With four emergency departments, internationally renowned air and ground critical care transport capabilities, and expert medical direction and physician response services, we are equipped to provide patients and referring care teams with a complete range of primary and specialty emergency care services.
Department News & Events
Recent News & Announcements
Sara Damewood named president-elect, Society of Clinical Ultrasound Fellowships
Damewood has dedicated much of her career to advancing point-of-care ultrasound education and practice, including helping to set national standards for fellowship education...
October 1, 2026
New Faculty Q&A: Megan Attridge, MD, MS
Q&A with Dr. Megan Attridge, assistant professor and assistant medical director, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine...
September 30, 2026
UW emergency medicine residents find lessons in endurance during Ironman Wisconsin
PGY-2 resident Dr. Samantha Crowley finished her first 140.6-mile Ironman triathlon, while five of her co-residents volunteered with the event medical team...
September 23, 2026
Gilmore-Bykovskyi brings research on lucidity in dementia to national spotlight
Gilmore-Bykovskyi contributed to stories on lucidity in dementia by The New York Times Magazine, Science Friday and Wisconsin Public Radio...
September 18, 2026- More News
UW Health Emergency Education Nights Webinar Series
“When Nature Wins”: Drownings, Hypothermia, and Environmental Threats
October 21, 2026, 6-7 p.m. CST
Register for this continuing education webinar »
Department of Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds
Vidya Eswaran, MD
WashU Medicine
October 15, 2026, 10-11 a.m. CST
Featured Stories
From bedside to breakthrough: Inside the cutting-edge program powering emergency care research at UW Health
The Emergency Department Research Coordinator Program enables the safe, efficient conduct of research studies at UW Health emergency departments, with access to approximately 250,000 patients and visitors eligible to participate in research each year...
Designing lunar surface missions for how the brain handles strain
As NASA plans crewed surface missions to the Moon and Mars, researchers say managing cognitive fatigue may be essential for safe, effective deep space exploration...
January 30, 2026
UW co-leads first national research network to study lucidity in dementia
Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi co-leads the LEAD Network, the first NIH-funded effort to advance lucidity science in late-stage Alzheimer's Disease and dementia...
April 1, 2026
How a UW pediatrician is helping children thrive through Special Olympics health programs
Dr. Sam Dillman is working to address health gaps for children with intellectual disabilities through early intervention and community-based care...
April 2, 2026
Support the Future of Emergency Medicine
The BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine is committed to pushing the frontiers of emergency care. Your support expands opportunities for learners, drives discovery, and strengthens partnerships across Wisconsin and beyond. With your generosity, we can continue make a lasting impact on patients and communities.