Henry Ford Health-Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

Henry Ford Macomb's EM residency is a community hospital-based, academically-affiliated program built around high-volume (60,000+ annual visits), high-acuity Level II trauma care in a rapidly growing Detroit suburb, with strong dedicated blocks in critical care and pediatric emergency medicine at outside institutions (Children's Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, Shock Trauma Baltimore). The program explicitly frames itself around "compassion, collaboration, and curiosity," emphasizing team-based practice, resident autonomy balanced with faculty support, and physician wellness rather than a tertiary-referral or subspecialty-driven identity. Scholarly activity (including QI/patient safety projects) is required of all residents but framed as one of several developmental components rather than a research-first mission, consistent with alumni outcomes that overwhelmingly show community and TeamHealth-style practice placements with only occasional fellowships (EMS, anesthesia critical care, ultrasound, administrative). The program values self-motivated, team-oriented residents who want broad-based, hands-on community EM training with exposure to select tertiary/pediatric/trauma rotations rather than an academic-fellowship pipeline.