Atlantic Health Program

Emergency Medicine Analyst Verified · Oct 10, 2026

Atlantic Health Program

Atlantic Health Program is a residency program specializing in Emergency Medicine, located in Morristown, New Jersey, directed by Frederick Fiesseler, DO and coordinated by Nicole Riley. The program accepts applications through December 31, 2026. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at [email protected] or (973) 971-7926. IMGPrep analysts have verified and compiled this program’s IMG acceptance rate, USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 score requirements, Visa Sponsorship Policy, graduation year cutoff, and ECFMG certificate requirements — available to IMGPrep subscribers.

Program Identity & Fit

Atlantic Health Morristown's Emergency Medicine Residency is New Jersey's oldest ACGME-accredited EM program, based in a high-volume (111,000+ visits/year) tertiary academic-community hybrid with Level 1 trauma, Comprehensive Stroke, and Level 1 Geriatric ED designations. The curriculum is heavily structured around graduated ED autonomy, a mandatory rural medicine longitudinal experience at Hackettstown Medical Center, and required subspecialty exposure (toxicology, pediatric EM, trauma, ultrasound, EMS), with an optional PGY-3 Baltimore Shock Trauma rotation for those seeking higher-acuity trauma volume. Fellowship pathways are institutionally embedded (ultrasound, EMS, pediatric EM) and alumni outcomes split heavily between community/private practice and academic practice in NJ, indicating the program produces well-rounded generalist clinicians rather than research-first physician-scientists. The program values broad clinical competency, procedural exposure across settings (urban tertiary, rural, pediatric, trauma), and resident-driven selective/elective customization (research, administration, wilderness/tactical medicine, social EM) in the senior year.

Who it fits

An applicant seeking broad-spectrum, high-volume clinical training with built-in exposure to rural and pediatric emergency care who envisions community or regional academic practice rather than a research-heavy fellowship trajectory.

Research intensity

Moderate - research is available as a PGY-3 selective/elective and supported through a named Associate Research Director role, but it is not positioned as central to the program's identity.

Career orientation

Mixed - Community Practice, Fellowship, Academic Medicine.

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