SSM Health-Saint Louis University School of Medicine Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a university-affiliated, three-year ACGME-accredited EM residency anchored at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, an ACS-verified Level I trauma center and the tertiary referral hub for the SSM Health St. Louis region, with additional rotations at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, the VA (Cochran), and community sites (St. Mary's, St. Clare-Fenton) providing a deliberate high-acuity/community contrast. The curriculum emphasizes procedural competency through a dedicated cadaveric anatomy workshop (cricothyrotomy, thoracotomy, pericardiocentesis) and monthly simulation/SOUP days, reflecting a hands-on, procedure-heavy training philosophy rather than a research-driven identity. Career outcomes skew toward clinical and community EM practice with a meaningful fellowship stream (simulation, education, critical care, wilderness medicine) and some graduates advancing to medical director and academic faculty roles, indicating flexibility rather than a singular academic mandate. The program is embedded in SLU's Jesuit "cura personalis" mission, explicitly naming efforts to address social injustice and health disparities in an underserved urban population, and reserves two positions for the Air Force Military Match, signaling an institutional commitment to service-oriented and military-connected trainees alongside standard civilian applicants.