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 Through 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
Department of Emergency Medicine faculty complete UW Health Physician Leadership Development Program
Joshua Gauger, MD, MBA, and Nicholas Kuehnel, MD, joined 25 physicians in a year-long program preparing them for roles in health system leadership...
September 17, 2023New Faculty Q&A: Dr. Joshua Niforatos
Q&A with Joshua Niforatos, MD, MTS (he/him), assistant professor with a focus on health services research and evidence-based medicine...
September 11, 2023Emergency medicine faculty lead transformative service learning trip for UW health professions students
UW-Madison health professions students embarked on service learning trips to Guatemala this summer as part of an interdisciplinary, advanced global health elective...
August 30, 2023New Faculty Q&A: Dr. Stephannie Acha-Morfaw
Q&A with Meinkeng Stephannie Acha-Morfaw, MD (she/her), assistant professor (CHS) with a focus on health humanities and wellness in medicine...
August 24, 2023UW Organ and Tissue Donation recognized for remarkable care; honors organ donors and families at recent Gift of Life Ceremony
In a heartwarming event that underscored the profound impact of organ donation, the recent Gift of Life Ceremony paid homage to the selflessness of organ donors and their families...
August 22, 2023Kristin Merss awarded National Institute of Nursing predoctoral research grant
Kristin, a project assistant with the Gilmore-Bykovskyi Lab and PhD candidate in the UW School of Nursing, will investigate incarceration health disparities...
August 16, 2023- More News
Upcoming Grand Rounds
Maame Yaa “Maya” A.B. Yiadom, MD, MPH and Debadutta (Dev) Dash, MD, MPH
Department of Emergency Medicine
Stanford University
Thursday, October 26, 2023, 10:00 a.m.
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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.