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EMS Fellowship Program

The Fellowship is designed to give graduates of ACGME recognized residencies in emergency medicine a broad introduction to all aspects of EMS Medical Direction including ground EMS (both fire-based and private), air medical transport, tactical medicine and disaster medicine. Depending on specific interests and long-term goals fellows may focus on any one of these areas. There are also opportunities to participate in international and wilderness EMS.

Fellowship Curriculum:

  • Orientation: The first month of the curriculum is spent doing intensive training for to staff the UNM Physician Field Response vehicle (EVOC, fire-ground awareness, tactical medicine awareness, HazMat, vehicle extrication, radio communications, providing care when first on scene, etc), familiarization ride-alongs.

  • Didactics: Fellows meet for didactics at the UNM EMS Academy every Tuesday afternoon (except the first Tuesday of the month when Faculty Meeting is held) from 1 pm to 3 p.m. following our resident conference. All aspects of EMS and Disaster Medicine are covered over the span of the year. We use NAEMSP EMS and Medical Oversight as our primary text with supplementation.

  • Courses and Conferences: All fellows are sponsored to attend either their choice of either the NAEMSP National EMS Medical Director’s Course or the ACEP Medical Direction course. In addition fellows may use their generous training and travel stipend to attend courses such as CONTOMS, Confined Space, the AMPA Core Curriculum, etc. Each fellow usually attends the NAEMSP or Air Medical Transport Meeting though other conferences may be acceptable depending on individual interests.

  • Hands-on: The practical component of the curriculum, which consumes the majority of the fellows’ time has several components:
    •    1) Each Fellow is assigned to be the Associate Medical Director of one major EMS service under the mentorship of        one of the EMS Faculty. In this capacity the fellow will act as the primary point of contact and progressively       assume more responsibility over the course of the fellowship. Fellows will be involved in all aspects of medical       direction including protocol development, training, personnel matters, finances, politics, etc.
    •    2) Physician Field Response Program
    •    3) Ride-alongs
    •    4) Participation in local and state EMS meetings
    •    5) Participation in the education of residents on their EMS rotation and students at the EMS Academy.
    •    6) Other
  • Research: Fellows are expected to complete at least one academic project for publication over the year though we recognize that it can be difficult to conceive, implement and complete a research project within a one-year time frame. Other acceptable projects include book chapters, review articles, etc. Fellows will meet with Drs. Braude and Weiss in the first month to pick an appropriate project.

  • Clinical: After an appropriate orientation Fellows function as regular faculty in the adult and pediatric ED supervising residents, mid-levels and students. Fellows are assigned 16 clinical hours (i.e. two shifts) per week for 48 weeks.

  • Electives: Fellows are may spend up to two months off-site to focus on particular areas of interest.

Vacation: Fellows accrue 4 weeks of vacation over the year

Salary and Benefits:

Fellows receive a competitive salary along with a $5000 travel and education stipend. Fellows are full-time University employees with full health and other benefits.

Fellow offices: Fellows have dedicated office space at the EMS Academy.

Questions? Please email the Fellowship director or contact one of our current Fellows.

Application Process: Please send a letter of interest and your CV to the Fellowship Director using email or snail mail to:

dbraude@salud.unm.edu

Darren Braude, MD, EMT-P
EMS Fellowship Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
MSC 10 – 5560
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

Click here to view the EMSA Fellowship Calendar.

Faculty

Fellowship Director: Darren Braude, MD, EMT-P

Associate Fellowship Director: Andrew Harrell, MD

Research Director: Steven Weiss, MD

Core EMS Faculty:

Andrew Harrell, MD

Darren Braude, MD, EMT-P

Joy Crook, MD

Paul Cheney, MD

George Kennedy, MD

Darryl Macias, MD

Marc-David Munk, MD

Michael Richards, MD

Steve Weiss, MD

Current Fellows 2011-2012:

Danniel Stites, MD

Adjunct EMS Faculty:

Laura Banks, DVM

Phil Froman, MD

Justin Hazen, MD

Diane Rimple, MD

Paul Roth, MD

Previous Fellowship Graduates

Andrew Harrell, MD

Brad Greenberg, MD

Justin Hazen, MD

Kari Peterson, MD

Laura Kay, MD

Gina Wilson-Ramirez, MD