Cleveland Clinic Foundation-Akron General Program

Program Identity & Fit

Cleveland Clinic Akron General's Emergency Medicine residency is the oldest community-based EM program in the country (est. 1973), NEOMED-affiliated, and built around a Level I Trauma Center/Stroke Center ED that more than tripled in size in 2018, plus three freestanding community EDs, together seeing over 100,000 visits annually. The program explicitly frames itself as bridging "real world" community-based clinical training with academic output (publications, presentations, chapters), rather than positioning itself as a quaternary academic powerhouse. Curriculum is resident-facing and varied (simulation, oral boards, small-group learning, ultrasound rotations, EMS and freestanding ED blocks), and named faculty hold leadership roles in state EMS, ultrasound, and research, with a designated Resident Research Director. Graduate placement is overwhelmingly into community and health-system practice (many staying within the Cleveland Clinic enterprise) with a steady minority pursuing EMS, ultrasound, critical care, or simulation fellowships, reflecting a program that values clinicians comfortable operating independently across varied acuity and volume settings.