Supporting exceptional achievement through unparalleled investment in education, research, and remarkable patient care.
Training Tomorrow's Leaders in Emergency Medicine
Medical Students
All medical students at the University of Wisconsin complete rotations in the emergency department, and our department offers additional course and extracurricular opportunities for students interested in spending more time exploring our specialty.
Residents
Our emergency medicine residency program prepares physicians for the future of healthcare within both academic and community settings, and offers an optional fourth year for residents seeking to undertake advanced training.
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
The Department of Emergency Medicine’s clinical and translational research enterprise is federally funded and focuses on health services and care transitions studies.
Our faculty investigators are nationally recognized leaders in much of the research they conduct, yielding critical discoveries in areas such as dementia and emergency care for older adults, antimicrobial stewardship, and health disparities.
And our Emergency Department Research Coordinator Program provides high-quality clinical study coordination and enrollment services for UW campus and industry researchers.
Providing Remarkable Patient Care
With four different emergency departments and world-renowned air medical capabilities, we are equipped to provide patients with a complete range of primary and specialty emergency care services.
Department News & Events
Recent News & Announcements
Ryan Tsuchida selected to mentor underrepresented medical students at the UW SMPH
Dr. Ryan Tsuchida, assistant professor of emergency medicine, has been selected to participate in the Building Equitable Access to Mentorship (BEAM) initiative...
September 27, 2022
Hani Kuttab recognized for contributions to national ultrasound conference
Dr. Hani Kuttab was honored with the 2022 Shazam Award from the Society of Clinical Ultrasound Fellowships at its annual national meeting this month hosted in Madison, Wisc...
September 25, 2022
Andrea Gilmore Bykovski to present at SMPH Collaborate
A new speaker series aims to foster connections among investigators, researchers, and learners by sharing research discoveries and building community. Dr. Gilmore-Bykovskyi will present...
September 24, 2022
Division of Emergency Ultrasound hosts national conference for the nation’s leading clinical ultrasound organization
More than 250 physicians and vendors from across the country descended upon Madison for the Society of Clinical Ultrasound Fellowships' 2022 annual conference...
September 21, 2022
Michael Pulia celebrates 10 years as faculty at UW-Madison
Dr. Michael Pulia joined the Department of Emergency Medicine in September 2012. We asked him to share his most memorable career highlights from the past decade at UW...
September 20, 2022
Ryan Newberry named Assistant Medical Director for UW Health Med Flight
Dr. Ryan Newberry joins the physician leadership team with UW Health Med Flight as Assistant Medical Director...
September 13, 2022- More News
Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds
“Harnessing the Lightening — The Future of EM-Based Critical Care”
Jordon Bonomo, MD | University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Please join us Thursday, September 29, 2022, at 10:00 a.m.
Learn more about our grand rounds lecture series
Support the Department of Emergency Medicine
The BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine welcomes and is grateful for various forms of support – discretionary funds for our many programs, internships and mentoring opportunities for students, and introductions to new networks that can help advance our reach and build partnerships around Wisconsin and the world.