The Emergency Department at Brigham and Women’s Hospital sees an annual patient volume of 68,000 and is a high acuity level 1 Trauma Center. The ED is currently undergoing a renovation and will open a new state of the art clinical space in December 2020 which will ultimately double the physical footprint of the department. The hospital serves as a referral center for multiple subspecialties and serves as the inpatient and emergency facility for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, exposing residents to multiple oncologic emergencies and complications of those diseases. Additionally, the active transplant services provide exposure to pre and post-transplant care in the ED. At BWH, the ED observation unit is housed within the ED and the fourth-year residents round in this unit with the attendings providing valuable experience in this aspect of emergency medicine.
Mass General is the original and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. The ED at Massachusetts General Hospital sees over 120,000 patients each year and is a Level 1 Trauma Center for both adults and children as well as the only regional burn center. The Acute section of the ED has a high volume of resuscitations and procedures and is run by our PGY-4 residents. The ED residents are the primary caretakers of any pediatric resuscitation as well in the ED. MGH serves a diverse patient population including tertiary care and referral medicine, in addition to the primary hospital for its surrounding communities. Mass General trains the next generation of medical and scientific leaders and conducts the largest hospital-based research program in the United States.
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) is a 404-bed comprehensive center for pediatric health care. The Emergency Department at BCH cares for over 65,000 children each year. As one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States, Boston Children’s offers a complete range of health care services for children from birth through 21 years of age. It functions as a regional pediatric trauma center and referral center for much of New England.
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton-Wellesley Hospital (NWH) is a comprehensive medical center located about twenty minutes outside of Boston. This community hospital is a busy Emergency Department providing the opportunity for residents to rotate outside of the tertiary centers within Boston. The Emergency Department at Newton Wellesley sees approximately 82,000 patients each year, of whom 30% are children.
Harvard Medical School
Residents enjoy the benefits of our affiliation with Harvard Medical School. BWH and MGH are core teaching sites for the Harvard Medical students and residents will have significant opportunity to work with students on shift as well as take part in many of the teaching experiences offered by our faculty to the students. As appointees as Clinical Fellows at Harvard, residents will have access to all of the resources and facilities throughout the Harvard system, including access to the digital libraries.
Mass Eye and Ear
Mass Eye and Ear (MEE) is a world-renowned specialty hospital for ophthalmology and otolaryngology care. During their rotation at MEE, residents work alongside the Anesthesia service and gain a large volume of pediatric intubations, building core airway management skills. Residents also spend time in the MEE Emergency Department, where they encounter a high volume of ophthalmologic and ENT emergencies under the direct supervision of subspecialty faculty.