HCA Florida Healthcare-USF Morsani College of Medicine GME - Tampa South-Brandon Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a new three-year community-based emergency medicine program under HCA Florida/USF Morsani College of Medicine sponsorship, combining the resources of two busy emergency departments (Brandon and Blake Hospitals) with pediatric emergency and trauma exposure via partnerships with Johns Hopkins All Children's and Nemours Children's Hospitals. The program emphasizes high procedural volume, a fellowship-trained ultrasound curriculum with a longitudinal, multi-year progression, structured simulation and oral boards preparation, and a conference structure built to cycle through the full ABEM EM Model twice during training. Research is institutionally supported through HCA's national research infrastructure and access to system-wide clinical data, with core faculty holding USF professorships and active scholarly portfolios, though the program frames itself as training physicians equally suited to community, academic, or fellowship pathways rather than pushing a single track. As an inaugural program, it explicitly values candidates who show growth orientation and community commitment, and it prioritizes a tight-knit resident culture with structured wellness programming.