Rhode Island Hospital-Brown University Health Program

Program Identity & Fit

Brown Emergency Medicine is a large, academic, university-based four-year program anchored at Rhode Island Hospital, a Level I trauma center with one of the busiest EDs and trauma registries in the country, supplemented by pediatric (Hasbro), women's/newborn (Women and Infants'), and community (Miriam, Newport) sites for breadth across acuity and population. Scale is a defining feature: 14 categorical spots per year, over 100 faculty with subspecialty niches, and ten formal Academic Tracks (e.g., EMS, Global EM, Simulation, Toxicology, Resuscitation, Social EM) giving structured mentorship and project support toward a defined academic niche. The program explicitly leverages a large alumni network to place graduates into competitive fellowships and academic or community attending jobs, signaling that career-launching infrastructure and academic productivity are core to its identity rather than incidental offerings. Health equity and DEI are institutionalized through a dedicated Chief Resident of Health Equity role and a longitudinal anti-racism curriculum, reflecting a program that values engagement with an underserved, majority-minority, refugee-resettlement patient population in Providence.