Washington University-B-JH-SLCH Consortium Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a four-year academic emergency medicine residency anchored at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, a Level 1 trauma center and the region's safety-net tertiary referral hospital with over 80,000 annual ED visits, supplemented by a network of community and pediatric sites (Christian Hospital, Missouri Baptist, Progress West, St. Louis Children's Hospital) that expose residents to a full acuity and demographic spectrum from urban safety-net to suburban community care. Research is deeply embedded in the department's identity, evidenced by a dedicated two-year Research Fellowship culminating in an MSCI degree, a Physician Scientist Pathway (PREP) track for residents, and a track record of 134 federal grants including 58 K awards, positioning the program for those pursuing academic or scientific careers. The department offers an unusually broad array of nine subspecialty fellowships (EMS, toxicology, ultrasound, administration, research, medical education, critical care, pediatric EM, neurological emergencies), signaling strong institutional support for post-residency subspecialization and academic career-building. Community engagement runs through disaster response teams, prehospital/EMS training, and safety-net care for uninsured patients, reflecting a program that values physicians comfortable operating across both high-acuity tertiary care and broader public health/systems roles.