Nazareth Hospital Program

Emergency Medicine Analyst Verified · Sep 16, 2026

Nazareth Hospital Program

Nazareth Hospital Program is a residency program specializing in Emergency Medicine, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, directed by Kanika Gupta, MD and coordinated by Kelly Collins. The program accepts applications through December 31, 2026 and holds an accreditation status of Initial. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at [email protected] or (302) 584-8656. IMGPrep analysts have verified and compiled this program’s IMG acceptance rate, USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 score requirements, Visa Sponsorship Policy, graduation year cutoff, and ECFMG certificate requirements — available to IMGPrep subscribers.

Program Identity & Fit

Nazareth Hospital's Emergency Medicine Residency is a new, community-based program (currently in its third accredited class) built around a 205-bed Northeast Philadelphia hospital serving an underserved, high-acuity urban population of over 51,000 annual ED visits. Clinical training is anchored at Nazareth with dedicated away rotations for trauma at Penn Presbyterian (Level 1, high-volume), pediatrics at St. Christopher's, and OB at St. Mary Medical Center, giving residents broad procedural exposure (intubations, central lines, chest tubes, reductions) despite the community setting. Research is present only at the ACGME-minimum level (case reports, M&M, QI posters), signaling a clinical-training rather than research-driven identity, with explicit goal of producing physicians competent in both community and academic-centered practice. As an inaugural-cohort program, it explicitly seeks residents willing to help build culture, curriculum, and program identity alongside faculty rather than step into an established structure.

Who it fits

An applicant drawn to hands-on, high-acuity community emergency medicine who wants an active role in shaping a young program's culture and curriculum rather than joining an established one.

Research intensity

Low - only ACGME-minimum research/QI participation is described, with no dedicated research track or scholarly infrastructure.

Career orientation

Mixed - Community Practice, Academic Medicine

Important

The program explicitly seeks residents excited to help shape and develop a new program, describing itself as looking for applicants with "a sense of adventure" who will actively participate in building the curriculum, culture, and educational structure.

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