University of Maryland Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a large academic emergency medicine department in downtown Baltimore that also trains combined EM/Pediatrics residents alongside its categorical and EM/Internal Medicine tracks, drawing on clinical sites spanning University of Maryland Medical Center's downtown and Midtown campuses, Mercy Medical Center, and the Baltimore VA. The department explicitly frames itself around research productivity ($16M in grants since 2021, an annual Research Day with resident presentations) and fellowship development, offering in-house fellowships in simulation, cardiovascular emergencies, administration, risk management, and faculty development that graduates routinely pursue. Training emphasizes high-acuity resuscitation, trauma, and critical care exposure (intubations, code leadership, STEMI/stroke management), consistent with a tertiary academic referral environment rather than a community-volume model. Graduate outcomes split between academic medicine and community practice, and the combined EM/Peds pathway signals a program built for residents pursuing dual competency in emergency and pediatric acute care rather than a single-specialty focus.