University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine Tulsa Program

Emergency Medicine Analyst Verified · Sep 24, 2026

University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine Tulsa Program

University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine Tulsa Program is a residency program specializing in Emergency Medicine, located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, directed by Cody A. Due, MD and coordinated by Melisa Garner. The program accepts applications through October 21, 2027. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at [email protected] or (918) 579-2367. 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

This is the only allopathic Emergency Medicine residency in Oklahoma, a community-based, three-hospital training model (Hillcrest Medical Center, Saint Francis Hospital, St. John Medical Center) built around high clinical volume and early, hands-on responsibility from intern year onward rather than graduated supervision. The program serves a broad socioeconomic mix in Tulsa, including underserved North Tulsa populations near Hillcrest, with added longitudinal exposure to rural emergency care at Muscogee Creek Nation Medical Center and pediatric EM at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City. Faculty expertise spans EMS, ultrasound, critical care, disaster medicine, social emergency medicine, and administration, and residents help develop and refine faculty-led clinical care pathways, indicating a functional but not central research culture. The program favors autonomy, procedural comfort across acuity levels, and community-oriented service, with moonlighting available from PGY-2 and a transparent, non-cutoff-based holistic application review.

Who it fits

A hands-on, service-oriented applicant who wants early clinical autonomy across high-acuity, safety-net, and rural settings rather than a heavily research-driven or subspecialty-fellowship-focused track.

Research intensity

Moderate - research infrastructure exists (clinical pathways development under a Research Director) and is encouraged through faculty mentorship, but it is not positioned as central to the program's identity.

Career orientation

Mixed - Community Practice, Fellowship

Important

The program states it does not filter or cut off applications and reviews every complete file, requiring at least one EM SLOE alongside standard ERAS materials.

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