Creighton University School of Medicine- Phoenix Program

Program Identity & Fit

Creighton's Phoenix Emergency Medicine residency is anchored at Valleywise Health, a high-volume safety-net Level I adult and pediatric trauma center, and supplemented by rotations across community, tertiary, and quaternary sites including Banner Good Samaritan, St. Joseph's, Phoenix Children's, Banner Cardon, and Mayo Clinic. This multi-site structure deliberately exposes residents to both county/safety-net medicine and busy community-hospital workflows, explicitly preparing residents for the community ED environments where the program states many graduates will ultimately practice. Pediatric emergency medicine is emphasized across all three years through a dedicated PGY-3 pediatric block and multiple pediatric trauma center rotations, and residents access one of the country's largest simulation programs for procedural and resuscitation training. The program's stated mission centers on graded autonomy, mentorship, wellness, and developing versatile board-certified emergency physicians capable of practicing in any clinical environment, with academic scholarship encouraged but not framed as the program's central identity.