University of Cincinnati Medical Center-College of Medicine Program

Program Identity & Fit

The University of Cincinnati is the founding Emergency Medicine residency (established 1970), a 4-year academic program built on a graduated-responsibility model that pushes residents toward leadership, resuscitation expertise, and teaching roles by the senior years. Clinical training spans a high-volume, urban, quaternary Level I trauma center with an underserved patient base, an integrated top-3 pediatric hospital, two community suburban EDs, VA experience, and a resident-staffed Air Care aeromedical program (three bases, ~1300 flights/year) alongside a robust EMS/tactical/disaster medicine curriculum. Research is institutionally central rather than optional: a dedicated Research Division with NIH K/T/R/U-funded faculty, an EM-RSI mentorship structure, resident research grants, and an optional Resident Research Track produced 176 peer-reviewed publications in one year, feeding directly into fellowships such as an NIH T32-funded neurovascular/neurocritical care pathway. The program explicitly values residents who will become national leaders in EM, evidenced by resident-driven Grand Rounds requiring every resident to lecture annually, structured elective time for individualized career-building, and an alumni network oriented toward early post-residency leadership positions.