McLaren Health Care Corporation-McLaren Greater Lansing Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a brand-new (inaugural class January 2026), university-affiliated, community-based emergency medicine residency at McLaren Greater Lansing, a Level III Trauma Center and PCI/Stroke Center adjacent to Michigan State University, seeing roughly 40,000 annual ED visits across a socioeconomically diverse population. The three-year curriculum emphasizes broad core rotations (MICU, PICU, trauma, toxicology, EMS, OB/Gyn, ultrasound) with affiliations extending to Children's Hospital of Michigan and University of Maryland Shock Trauma for high-acuity exposure, while scholarly activity is structured but modest, requiring a first-year regional research day project and one scholarly activity per resident rather than a research track. Career orientation favors community emergency medicine practice, with an EM Track lecture series touching fellowship-relevant topics but no dedicated fellowship pathway, and the program's newness means it likely values residents willing to help shape culture and processes in a startup academic-community hybrid environment.