Welcome to the Academic Home Page for the Department of Emergency Medicine. Information for patients and the public can be found on the Clinical Home Page.

In our dual role as an academic department at Jefferson Medical College and as a clinical department at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital we support the following missions:

Patient Care: We pledge to provide the finest state of the art facilities and personal service to insure quality emergency care for each of our patients and their families. For more information, see our Clinical Home Page.

Education: In the training of current and future physicinas, we strive for excellence in teaching the practice of emergency medicine to all residents and students working with us. Our goal is to develop skilled and compassionate physicins through our residency training program. Our three-year residency program is affiliated with Jefferson Medical College and is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's Residency Review Committee for Emergency Medicine.

Research: We aim to improve emergency medical care by advancing knowledge through research in the laboratory and in the clinical environment.