Emergency Medicine Residency

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VTC Emergency Medicine Residency

As the only Level 1 Trauma Center and Pediatric ED servicing a 6,000-square-mile catchment area, our residency program offers a unique and unparalleled training experience. Residents are immersed in a dynamic, high-acuity, high-volume emergency department, exposing them to a remarkably diverse patient population. A longitudinal EMS curriculum and community and critical access ED rotations ensure residents are exposed to all aspects of emergency care.

At the Virginia Tech Carilion Emergency Medicine residency, we provide comprehensive training that prepares our resident physicians to confidently work in any ED setting. Set in the picturesque Roanoke Valley, our program offers an excellent place to live and work. Immediate access to outdoor activities, an affordable cost of living, and a high-acuity training site offer a work-life balance that cannot be replicated.

Our residents experience all aspects of emergency care. The majority of training occurs at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, (CRMH) our tertiary care, Level I Trauma Center, with 84,000 visits per year and a 30% admit rate. The patient volumes and complexities place CRMH in the top 5% of high-acuity academic emergency departments. Residents also rotate in our community and rural sites, a short commute from Roanoke. Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital provides the opportunity to experience emergency medicine critical access setting. Residents learn to practice with minimal in-house support and how to utilize regional resources and the transfer system. Carilion New River Valley Medical Center (CNRV) is a busy community ED and Level III trauma center with 30,000 annual visits. CNRV has ample specialty coverage in surgery, orthopedics, OB/GYN, peds, cardiology, urology, and gastroenterology.

We are committed to your development as an emergency physician and future leader in Emergency Medicine. With our tailored curriculum and 70+ faculty members, we have the resources to guide and mentor you into the field of your choice, inspiring you to reach your full potential.

Training Sites 

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Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital

Carilion Medical Center is a comprehensive healthcare facility that integrates Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital and Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital, offering state-of-the-art medical services, advanced research, and exceptional patient care, and serving as a central hub for medical education and training in the region.

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Virginia Tech School of Medicine

The Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine represents a new way forward in medical education. A unique, public-private partnership between a cutting-edge research university and a major health care institution, the school educates physician thought leaders through inquiry, research, and discovery.

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Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital

Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital’s (CFMH) team of health care professionals provides patients with reliable, safe care to get you on the road to recovery, close to home. For inpatient care, our physicians diagnose and treat illnesses, anticipate problems and rapidly respond to changes in patient conditions. Emergency services are onsite 24/7 and CFMH offers direct access to Carilion’s Level I Trauma Center if an advanced level of care is needed.

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Carilion New River Valley Hospital

Carilion New River Valley Medical Center (CNRV) is an award-winning 110-bed acute care facility offering modern medical ORs, state of the art technology (advanced imaging and robotic surgery) and multiple surgical and medical specialties. We treat more than 30,000 cases per year in our Level III Trauma Center.

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Carilion Rockbridge Community Hospital

Carilion Rockbridge Community Hospital (CRBH) is a 25-bed critical access hospital offering inpatient and outpatient care as well as outreach activities. We also offer an extended care recovery program (Swing Bed) that gives eligible patients an opportunity to grow stronger before going home.

On site are 24/7 emergency services, imaging and lab diagnostics, rehabilitation, and other outpatient services. The hospital’s imaging area includes nuclear medicine, digital mammography, 64-slice CT, bone densitometry and ultrasound. Carilion Clinic general surgery physicians are on staff, as are specialty physicians for Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Gynecology, Urology and Orthopaedics.

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Carilion Simulation Center

Carilion Clinic’s Center for Simulation, Research and Patient Safety is an 11,000 square-foot training facility, which includes a birthing suite and neonate care area, single patient room, operating room, trauma bay, debriefing rooms, classrooms and clinical skills lab. All rooms are equipped with video cameras and analysis software to observe and annotate simulations in real-time. The simulation center is used to train staff and faculty from Carilion Clinic as well as VTCSOM medical students and health professions students from Radford University Carilion.

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Populations We Serve

According to the 2021 Roanoke Valley Community Health Assessment Report, Carilion Medical Center served 121,095 unique patients in 2020. About 75% of those Patients live in the counties surrounding Roanoke Valley. The other 25% are transferred here from West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and North Carolina.

Local VTCEM Community Outreach

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Our mission is to bring free and equitable access to CPR and AED education to all communities with a specific dedication to those communities most adversely affected by cardiac arrest due to race, ethnicity, primary language, or access to healthcare education.

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The Bradley Free Clinic promotes a community of healthy and productive people by providing accessible and high quality health care services.

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The MedWAR Mission is to provide medical students, residents, health care professionals, and wilderness enthusiasts with a practical, interactive, and enjoyable curriculum for learning, applying, and evaluating emergency medical knowledge, skills, and techniques in a wilderness setting.

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Virginia Tech Partnership

Residents and fellows work closely with the students, medical educators, and research scientists from the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC. This partnership leverages Virginia Tech’s world-class strength in basic sciences, bioinformatics and engineering with Carilion Clinic’s highly experienced medical staff and rich history in graduate medical education.

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