The University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) consists of 27 buildings spread over 82 acres. It is the largest concentration of such facilities on a single site in the world. UMHS includes the nation's first university hospital, one of the country's leading medical schools, and well respected schools of public health and nursing. The medical complex includes three hospitals with a total of 884 beds. These facilities support training programs in almost every conceivable specialty and sub-specialty.

Dr. O'hAodha shows off his work at the U of M ED

Approximately half of the overall Emergency Medicine program and slightly more than half of the emergency medicine rotations are conducted within the University of Michigan. In 2000, a new 27,000 sq. ft. facility opened which includes new adult and pediatric Emergency Departments, a 17-bed observation unit, and on-site CT scanner and ultrasonography suite within the Emergency Department.

The Emergency Department includes both Adult and Children's Emergency Services and serves as a major point of referral for critically ill patients in south and central Michigan. The patient population includes a high percentage of adults and children with very complicated medical problems. Not only are these tertiary referral patients well represented, but the recent development of an integrated University of Michigan Health System has substantially increased the percentage of patients with the more common types of problems treated in the typical emergency department. The University Health System is certified as a Level I Trauma Center for both adults and children by the American College of Surgeons. It is the only such center in a large geographic area and therefore receives a high volume of major trauma cases.

Staffing of the Adult Emergency Department is provided by nineteen full time faculty who are all certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. For fourteen hours each day there is double faculty coverage, with single coverage the remaining eight hours. The Children's Emergency Service is staffed sixteen hours a day by seven Department of Emergency Medicine Faculty with specialized training in pediatrics or pediatric emergency medicine.

Trauma/Resuscitation Bay at UMHS

In 1999, Emergency Medicine was recognized as an independent academic department in the University of Michigan School of Medicine. This designation was made with overwhelming support of the University faculty, and reflects the development of a highly regarded residency program as well as success in the clinical and research arenas. Dr. William G. Barsan was appointed as the first Chair of the Department Of Emergency Medicine.

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