Emergency Medicine Residency

Carilion Clinic's Department of Emergency Medicine (EM) strives to seamlessly incorporate exceptional, patient-centric care with leading-edge procedures and medical knowledge. Carilion's EM researchers are dedicated to providing a foundation of evidence-based, high-quality research relevant to EM medical practice. With emergency departments through the southwest of Virginia, all feeding our Level 1 Trauma Center, there is an abundance of conditions and illnesses. An integrated care system provides unique opportunities to examine both rural and urban issues. Our department’s partnerships with Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia, VTCSOM and FBRI have allowed a wide array of research projects, and our department’s research infrastructure has seen rapid and continued growth. We have a deeply committed academic faculty with diverse research interests who love working with residents and students. Our residents are provided with endless opportunities to advance their academic careers, with participation in investigator-initiated studies or by answering questions of their own design with mentorship and guidance that aligns with their interests.

All VTC EM residents are required to do a scholarly project, and many chose to implement at least one clinical research study during their residency. As well, all VTCSOM students are expected to conduct scientific research for the duration of the program. EM faculty mentor many students throughout their four-year study. The ED provides research opportunities that include basic science and clinical research, ranging from systematic analyses and chart review to investigator-initiated and sponsored, multicenter clinical trials. Areas of focus include traumatic brain injuries, environmental and wilderness medicine, sepsis, ultrasound and orthopedic procedures, opioid abuse and provider decision making. We have unique research opportunities in global health, including trauma and medical education, specifically in Nepal.

It is our expectation that students, residents and fully trained providers of all areas within the field of EM participate in, and benefit from, an integrated academic culture. As our academic assets, partnerships and fields of inquiry grow and mature, we remain committed to bringing this portfolio into the decades ahead to benefit patients in the current and future generations.

• Damon Kuehl, MD
  Vice Chair of Research and Academic Affairs
  Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, VTCSOM
   
• Allison McKell, PhD, MPH
  Research Director
  Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, VTCSOM
   
• Jonathan Murphy, MA
  Research Project Consultant
   
• Bridget Mason, MPH
  Clinical Research Coordinator
   
• Cameron Hooten
  Clinical Research Coordinator