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. 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 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 & Innovation
The Department of Emergency Medicine’s federally funded clinical and translational research enterprise focuses on health services and care transitions studies, with considerable attention to vulnerable 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
Tips for making an impact on ultrasound education through blogging
Third-year chief resident Dr. Leah Anderson inspires us with her dedication to making point-of-care ultrasound education open and accessible to all...
September 10, 2024
Call me Dr. Ishmael: study shows Emergency Department receives a novel’s worth of medical records per patient
Research led by Dr. Brian Patterson shows a 30-fold increase in the volume of electronic medical notes per patients arriving to...
September 4, 2024
New Faculty Q&A: Dr. Jesús Treviño
Q&A with Jesús Treviño, MD, MBA (he/him), assistant professor of emergency medicine...
August 21, 2024
David Tillman named to school-wide role in admissions for MD program
Dr. David Tillman has been named associate dean for doctor of medicine (MD) admissions for the University of Wisconsin...
August 13, 2024
New Faculty Q&A: Dr. Colleen Andrews
Q&A with Colleen Andrews, MD, MPH (she/her), assistant professor of emergency medicine in the Division of Global Health...
August 12, 2024
Megan Gussick to lead Division of Prehospital Medicine
Effective July 1, 2024, Dr. Megan Gussick stepped into the role of Chief of the Division of Prehospital Medicine at the BerbeeWalsh...
July 30, 2024- More News
Upcoming Grand Rounds
Scott E. Porter, MD, MBA
Professor and Vice Chair of Operations
Department of Orthopedics, Prisma Health
Thursday, September 12, 2024, 10:00 a.m.
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Featured News
Emergency Medicine faculty receive 2024 UW Health Physician Excellence Awards
Dr. Brittney Bernardoni and Dr. Hani Kuttab were honored at this year’s UW Health Physician Excellence Awards ceremony. The prestigious, peer-nominated awards recognize physicians who demonstrate exceptional skills in clinical practice, education, leadership...
Med Flight opens third regional air base in Janesville
This week, a new Med Flight base at Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport official went into operation with a helicopter and pediatric/neonatal critical care ambulance...
June 24, 2024
Emergency departments seek to transform Alzheimer’s and dementia care through $55M national research grant
Dr. Manish Shah is co-leading a five-year, nationwide clinical trial funded by a cooperative grant from the National Institute on Aging...
November 14, 2023
Ryan Tsuchida recognized among Wisconsin’s top Asian American leaders
Madison365 has named Tsuchida as one of Wisconsin's 38 Most Influential Asian American Leaders for 2024...
July 15, 2024
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.