Emergency Medicine

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At the BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine, our focus is advancing the health of our community 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.

Discover our impact through research

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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

UW Health Emergency Education Nights Webinar Series

“Hidden Hypoxia”: Recognizing Silent Respiratory Failure Before It Crashes
July 15, 2026, 6-7 p.m. CST

Register for this continuing education webinar »

Department of Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds

L. Anthony Cirillo, MD
August 20, 2026, 10-11 a.m. CST

Learn more about this lecture series »

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...

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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.

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