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Scholars: Physician Scientist Development Program
Welcome from the Chief
The University of Chicago, Department of Medicine, Section of Emergency Medicine offers a unique environment for the training of emergency medicine physician scientists. It is our privilege to be a well-established academic program within the University of Chicago and the University of Chicago Medical Center, world class institutions that host many of the country’s best clinical training programs and are nationally recognized for research, scholarship, and innovation. The Emergency Medicine Physician Scientist Development Program (PSDP) integrates clinical training in emergency medicine at the residency and fellowship levels with entry into a junior faculty position within the Section of Emergency Medicine. Throughout these years, PSDP trainees will be participating in research in their areas of interest. This program is intended to support the development of our country’s future physician scientist leaders in emergency medicine. We look forward to the opportunity to show you our program and introduce you to potential mentors for both your clinical and research careers.
Associate Professor and Interim Chief, Section of Emergency Medicine
Overview
The Physician Scientist Development Program (PSDP) in the Section of Emergency Medicine is a post-graduate training program intended to produce clinically-trained scientists with interests ranging from basic to translational and clinically oriented research. The program accepts qualified applicants who have completed combined MD-PhD degrees (or an MD with research experience) into a pathway that includes integrated clinical emergency medicine training and participation in a rigorous research fellowship that will lead to a junior faculty position within our Section. The current areas of fellowship training and scientific inquiry available to PSDP trainees include:
Research fellowship in Resuscitation Medicine The PSDP scholar will be actively engaged in the University of Chicago Emergency Resuscitation Center (ERC), whose mission is to significantly improve cardiac arrest survival through multi-disciplinary science and training that develop innovative diagnostic, treatment and education strategies. The ERC brings together basic scientists, bioengineers, and healthcare providers who share a common goal of improving our understanding of ischemia-reperfusion injury and developing new therapies and devices to enhance survival following cardiac arrest and other ischemic events such as myocardial infarction, stroke and severe trauma. The projects within the ERC are highly collaborative and diverse, including basic science, bioengineering, translational research, and clinical initiatives. The scholar will be immersed in a milieu that provides access to state of the art resuscitation medicine research.
Research fellowship in Health Care Disparities The study of health care disparities is a rich and rapidly developing field at the University of Chicago. With infrastructure provided by the Program in Health Disparities Research and Training thought leaders throughout the University gather to create a cohesive curriculum and inter-departmental communication. This affords the opportunity to approach disparities in health and health care with an interdisciplinary strategy, incorporating theories of social science medicine and policy. The scholar will be afforded the opportunity to engage at the interface of emergency medicine and a community based participatory approach to understanding health and health care disparities that face our patient population. This research training will also include the development of educational and advocacy tools that move beyond study to actively narrow health care disparities in our community.
PSDP Structure
Emergency Medicine Residency Training
The pathway begins with clinical training in the University of Chicago Emergency Medicine Residency Program. Residents benefit from exposure to complex and diverse patient populations in three level I trauma centers located in distinctly different geographical and socio-economic areas of metropolitan Chicago. The program is remarkable for its teaching, camaraderie, and a high level of graduated responsibility. There is unparalleled opportunity for leadership at the senior resident level in clinical care and the supervision of junior residents and University of Chicago Pritzker medical students. In addition, our residents serve as flight physicians in the University of Chicago Aeromedical Network (UCAN) helicopter-based regional medical transport service and have the opportunity to participate in international medical transports and a 4-8 week international health care elective. Innovative curricular features of the program include the first PGY1-3 program format to be solely based in the ED or intensive care unit settings. And our program was the first in the country to provide continuous monthly ultrasound workshops and the availability of emergency physician ultrasound imaging and instruction in every emergency medicine clinical training site.
Unique Aspects of our PSDP Curriculum
Immediately upon entering the PSDP, scholars will enjoy a formal mentorship program wherein they meet regularly with a senior physician scientist of their choice to explore career paths and potential areas of interest. During the first year, participation in journal clubs and laboratory meetings in the trainees' chosen area of interest will be encouraged.
After the first year of clinical training is completed, there is dedicated time for course work and research during and between clinical rotations, thus assuring a rapid immersion in research and inquiry during the final two years of residency training. Resuscitation Medicine fellows will have the opportunity to attend regular seminar series in their area of interest, which might include, for example, the Department of Medicine (DOM) Molecular Medicine Seminar program, Immunology series, Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series, and most importantly, the Seminar Series in the Emergency Resuscitation Center. The Health Care Disparities trainees will have available to them weekly workshops sponsored by the DOM Outcomes Research Group; in addition, they may avail themselves of opportunities for collaboration across the University, e.g. the University of Chicago Center for Study of Race, Politics, and Culture. It is noteworthy that virtually every department in the University holds regular workshops that address ongoing research and these meetings are open to all University scholars.
Fellowship Training
During the clinical training years and continuing into the research fellowship years, PSDP participants will be involved in advisor mentorship activities, ongoing research seminar series, and social get-togethers with other emergency medicine and Department of Medicine (DOM) PSDP participants. The goal of these combined activities is to create camaraderie amongst fellows from emergency medicine and participating PSDP fellows from virtually every traditional specialty plus non-ACGME fellowship trainees in general medicine, hospitalist medicine, and medical ethics across the DOM.
Once clinical training in emergency medicine is completed, trainees continue to have flexibility in their selection of additional mentors and laboratories during their fellowship years. Trainees will pursue research within the Section of Emergency Medicine and take advantage of a host of opportunities located throughout the Biological Sciences Division and other Centers and Institutes within the University. The University of Chicago is the home to a number of world class research centers; of relevance to the interested applicant for Resuscitation Medicine would include the Emergency Resuscitation Center, the Institute for Cardiovascular Research, the Center for Systems Biology, the Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, the Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, and the MacLean Center for Medical Ethics.
The Health Care Disparities fellow would have opportunities for formal coursework and collaborative interactions with scientists and researchers organized by the Program in Health Disparities Research and Training and includes representatives from the Center for Interdisciplinary Health Disparities Research and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture. It is noteworthy that there are fellow Scholars in health and health care disparities housed in other graduate programs, including the Department of Health Studies, the Harris School of Public Policy, and the School of Social Services Administration. In addition, the University of Chicago is home to the National Program Office for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation initiative: “Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change.”
Additional Support During the Residency and Fellowship Years
Trainees within the PSDP are guaranteed stipend support for residency and fellowship training. Throughout the entire length of the program, the trainees receive additional financial resources to support their educational needs:
PGY1-3: During residency, trainees will receive educational funding for emergency medicine specialty conferences that their peers receive plus additional support for the purchase of computers, software, journal subscriptions and financial support for annual attendance at a meeting in their area of their research interest
Fellowship Years: During the fellowship years trainees will receive a $15,000/year supplement to their salary. In addition, fellows will receive educational funding of at least $3000/year to support the purchase of computers, software, journal subscriptions and conference attendance expenses for meetings that address their research interests.
A scholar who successfully completes an external career development grant application in the final year of fellowship that is deemed likely to result in successful funding during the following year will be strongly considered for a faculty position in the Section of Emergency Medicine. This position is contingent upon the trainee being awarded a DOM sponsored “Fellowship to Faculty Transition Award” that provides generous bridge funding to the Section in order to fully support the new faculty member research activities. The Section will fully support the efforts of the fellow to successfully compete for an external career development grant award and the DOM “Transition” award. The commitment of the Section of Emergency Medicine would be full support for a minimum of two years for the junior faculty member.
Eligible candidates have an MD-PhD or an MD with a significant background in research. They must also meet eligibility requirements for the University of Chicago Emergency Medicine Residency Program.
Candidates for the PSDP will have a one day interview process. The day will be a visit and interviews with the emergency medicine residency training program leadership and meetings with PSDP faculty members. This day will be tailored to the candidates needs based on their stated area of scholarly interest. Applicants should contact Dr David Howes via email- please write "PSDP Program" in the subject heading, address your intended interest and attach a C.V.
For More Information Contact: David S Howes MD Physician Scientist Development Program Director Professor and Residency Program Director Section of Emergency Medicine 5841 S Maryland Avenue,. MC5068 Chicago, IL 60637 773-702-9500 dhowes@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
Emergency Resuscitation Center (ERC): Terry VandenHoek MD Associate Professor and Director, ERC Section of Emergency Medicine 5841 S Maryland Avenue,. MC5068 Chicago, IL 60637 773-702-9500 thoek@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
Health Care Disparities: Thomas Fisher MD Assistant Professor Section of Emergency Medicine 5841 S Maryland Avenue,. MC5068 Chicago, IL 60637 773-702-9500 tfisher@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
Fellowships Administrative Faculty
Advisor: Robert Mulliken, MD EMS/Transport Medicine Faculty
Advisor: James Walter, MD Medical Education Faculty
Advisor:David S Howes, MD Resuscitation Medicine Faculty
Advisor: Terry Vanden Hoek, MD |
