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 federally funded clinical and translational research enterprise 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 aging emergency care, infectious diseases, prehospital medicine, pediatrics, and artificial intelligence, with considerable attention to vulnerable populations.
And our Emergency Department Research Coordinator Program provides cutting-edge clinical study coordination and enrollment services for UW campus researchers and industry sponsors, including device trials.
Providing Remarkable Patient Care
With four distinct emergency departments and internationally renowned air and ground critical care transport 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 joins national celebration for Match Day, welcomes Residency Class of 2027
The Department of Emergency Medicine successfully filled all 13 of its available residency program positions for the Match 2024 cycle...
March 17, 2024Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi receives 2023 Outstanding Women of Color Award
The award acknowledges and honors women of color at UW–Madison whose advocacy, activism, and scholarship have positively transformed...
March 13, 2024Therese McHenry receives Robert A. Alesch Award through Partners in Giving
The award goes to volunteers who have served in multiple Partners in Giving leadership roles over an extended period...
March 11, 202432nd Annual Wisconsin Emergency Medicine Research Forum: oral and poster presentations
Congratulations to all faculty, fellows, residents, medical students, researchers and staff who presented at the regional symposium...
March 7, 2024Department of Emergency Medicine collaborates with Madison Fire to address workforce diversity, reduce barriers toward Fire/EMS careers
Dr. Michael Spigner will serve as the academic partner for a Wisconsin Partnership Program community impact grant that will fund a pilot career pathway program...
March 6, 2024Drew Cathers named 2023 Medical Director of the Year by Air Medical Physician Association, receives international honor
AMPA, the largest professional organization in the world of physicians dedicated to critical care transport, recognized Cathers's leadership...
February 17, 2024- More News
Upcoming Grand Rounds
“Combating Racial Inequities in Maternal and Infant Mortality: A Personal and Professional Journey”
Jasmine Zapata, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Thursday, March 21, 2024, 10:00 a.m.
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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.