UPMC Medical Education Pittsburgh Program

Program Identity & Fit

Pitt Emergency Medicine is a large, university-affiliated, tertiary/quaternary academic program built around six distinct UPMC clinical sites - two Level 1 adult trauma centers, a Level 1 pediatric trauma center, a burn center, a women's/OB hospital, and a community hospital rotation - giving residents exposure spanning critical care, toxicology, pediatric EM, and OB/anesthesia. The program's defining feature is its unusually deep prehospital infrastructure: residents serve as on-air medical command physicians for City of Pittsburgh EMS ("The Jeep") and as flight physicians with STAT MedEvac, the nation's largest academic nonprofit air-medical service, positioning EMS leadership as a core identity rather than an elective add-on. Research is institutionally robust, with translational bench-to-bedside investigation, an NHLBI T32 program, and a dedicated Fellowship in Emergency Care Research producing independent investigators, alongside fellowships in toxicology, EMS, ultrasound, and administration. The program explicitly trains residents for administrative and leadership roles (dedicated PGY-3 management course, Pitboss shift-command role) and values operational/system-level leadership alongside clinical excellence.