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ACGME approves expansion of the Emergency Medicine Residency Program

Residency Program Director, Dr. Bobby Desai, received approval from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to increase the department’s complement of Emergency Medicine Residents from 8 residents per year to 14 residents per year. This complement increase will be realized starting July 2016. Over the next three…

Dr. Matthew Ryan recognized as outstanding peer reviewer by the AAMC

Dr. Matthew Ryan has been recognized as an Outstanding Peer Reviewer by the Association of American Medical Colleges. The AAMC’s MedEdPORTAL provides a peer review process to “ensure submitted resources are accurate, clear, complete, and relevant to health education.” As a peer reviewer who has provided an extraordinary amount…

Patients lack knowledge about freestanding emergency department costs and services

According to a research article published by Drs. Bucciarelli, Payton, and Falgiani, patients do not have adequate knowledge about the costs and services associated with freestanding emergency departments (FSED). These results were determined from a 19-item survey distributed to Springhill FSED patients over a 3-month span. The research emphasizes the…