University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a long-established, academically anchored EM residency at a busy inner-city Level I adult and pediatric trauma center in Jacksonville, functioning as one of the region's only major referral points for trauma and acute pediatric care across Northeast Florida and South Georgia. The program pairs high-volume, high-acuity clinical training with substantial infrastructure for physician-scientist development, including a dedicated research division with embedded coordinators, biospecimen laboratory capacity, federal (NIH/DOD/AHRQ) and industry funding, and named K23/R01-track faculty mentors. Career pathways extend well beyond core residency through an unusually broad fellowship portfolio (pediatric EM, EMS/acute care research, ultrasound, patient safety, medical education), signaling a program that cultivates subspecialization and academic leadership rather than purely generalist community practice. The department values residents drawn to high-acuity resuscitation, trauma, and structured mentored scholarship, with research faculty tracking specific concentrations (AI/ML, toxicology, pharmacogenomics, EMS, asthma) available to residents who want longitudinal project involvement.