HCA Florida Healthcare-Kendall Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

HCA Florida Kendall Hospital's Emergency Medicine Residency is a large, community-based, high-acuity training program (12 categorical residents/year) built around a Level I Trauma Center, Burn Center, Comprehensive Stroke Center, and an annual ED census exceeding 90,000 patients across adult and pediatric populations. Its academic affiliation with FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine provides simulation-center access, library resources, and research infrastructure, and the program embeds longitudinal curricula in ultrasound, critical care (MICU/TICU/PICU), business/leadership, and QI/research alongside standard EM rotations. Research and mentoring of medical students are expected rather than optional, and the program explicitly frames itself as training "physician leaders" through specialized leadership courses and tailored interest tracks rather than solely bedside clinicians. The heavy trauma/burn/critical-care exposure, structured wellness curriculum (tied to HCA's system-wide Pathways to Flourishing initiative), and emphasis on procedural and resuscitation volume suggest the program values residents who thrive in high-volume, protocol-driven, multidisciplinary acute care settings.