Department of Emergency Medicine
Chair
Brian J. Zink, MDEstablished in 2004, the Department of Emergency Medicine's mission is to provide exceptional emergency medical care, education, research, and service to the people of Rhode Island and beyond. The Department's seventy-nine faculty members see over 225,000 patients per year in the emergency departments at Rhode Island Hospital (a Level 1 trauma center), The Miriam Hospital, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, and Hasbro Children's Hospital - the only pediatric emergency department in southeastern New England. The Department has a highly regarded emergency medicine residency program (established in 1993) that trains twelve residents per year to become future leaders in emergency medicine. A robust and diverse research program attracts over $2.4 million in external funding. The Department of Emergency Medicine has active research and education programs in Pediatric EM, International EM, Injury Prevention, Medical Simulation, Emergency Medical Services, and Emergency Ultrasound.
