University of Miami Miller School of Medicine/Jackson Health System
Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Our Mission Statement
To train our residents to be compassionate, conscientious, and expert emergency medicine physicians, as well as future leaders and innovators. To provide accessible, high-quality, patient-centered care to those in our community while advocating for affordable health care for all.
Clinical Exposure
Residents rotate in community, academic, and county hospital settings, preparing them for diverse careers in emergency medicine.
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The Jackson Experience
Established in the heart of Miami in 1918, Jackson Memorial Hospital is one of the largest public hospitals in the nation, with more than 1,550 beds and an average of 120,000 emergency department patient visits annually.
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Curriculum
Our curriculum was developed to incorporate multiple learning modalities, including simulation, small group sessions, lectures, and oral board preparation, to develop outstanding future clinicians and scholars.
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Our New Emergency Department
A $300 million renovation will transform the current 48,000 square foot emergency department to a state-of-the-art facility spanning 178,800 square feet, making it one of the largest in the nation.
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Welcome from the Program Director
“Choosing the Jackson Health System/University of Miami residency program offers a unique chance to experience a vibrant emergency medicine setting. Our focus on top-tier training, progressive teaching approaches, and both county and community experience guarantees your growth into an excellent and adaptable emergency physician, prepared for any scenario in this high-energy field.”
We truly appreciate your interest in our program and look forward to showing you what makes us so proud of our Emergency Medicine Residency Program.
Established in the heart of Miami more than 100 years ago, Jackson Memorial Hospital is the largest public hospital in the nation with more than 1,550 beds and serves as the major teaching facility for the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine. Jackson Memorial is a safety-net hospital that serves the diverse population of Miami-Dade County, with an emergency department that sees an average of 120,000 patients annually. It is also home to Holtz Children’s Hospital, the Miami Burn Center, Miami Transplant Institute, and Ryder Trauma Center, the highest volume Level I adult and pediatric trauma center in Miami-Dade County.
Serving as the major academic and teaching hospital in South Florida, patients come to Jackson Memorial from all over the world for a level of care they cannot obtain elsewhere. When combined with the ED experience obtained at Holy Cross Hospital, a UM Miller School of Medicine-affiliated community site, our residents are truly exposed to a wide array of patients and pathology, which is essential for training as an EM resident.
Our EM faculty has decades of experience educating students, interns and residents and is dedicated to teaching, promoting and advancing emergency medicine. We combine our bedside teaching with multiple modalities of learning such as simulation, small group and didactics to prepare our residents to be excellent emergency medicine physicians. We are confident that our unique residency program is what you are looking for, and more.
Your exposure to emergency medicine will be like no other and the result will be an education and work readiness beyond compare. Not to mention the exciting and invigorating lifestyle Miami has to offer. Situated in one of the world’s premier destinations, we invite you to come see for yourself why patients, faculty and students from across the country and the world are drawn to Miami and the UM/Jackson Health System Emergency Medicine Residency Program!
Christopher Freeman, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Program Director