The UNMC Emergency Medicine Residency Program marked its 20th anniversary in June, with a recognition of the far-reaching impact the training program has had across Nebraska and beyond.
Over the past two decades, the emergency medicine residency program has been a cornerstone of excellence in shaping the careers of emergency physicians, said Michael Wadman, MD, professor and Robert L. Muelleman, MD, Distinguished Chair of Emergency Medicine.
All told, the residency program has graduated 151 emergency physicians.
From its beginning, the program set out to improve emergency care for people across Nebraska by directing a pipeline of specially trained physicians into the regional health care system, Dr. Wadman said.
To celebrate the program, supporters and alumni of the program held a gathering June 7 at the UNMC Davis Global Center that included a research poster presentation. On June 8, the program held a banquet at the DoubleTree by Hilton in downtown Omaha.
The keynote speaker was Marion Bishop, MD, PhD, a graduate of the program who was in the first class of residents. Dr. Bishop delivered the Tran Lecture, named for T. Paul Tran, MD, one of the founding faculty members of the emergency medicine department.
Past department and residency program leaders also spoke, including: founding department chair Robert Muelleman, MD; past program directors Dr. Wadman and Claudia Moore, MD; and current residency program director Chad Branecki, MD, who was in the program’s first class of residents.
Dr. Wadman said the residency program’s graduates have helped to shape the program and its unique focus on training in rural emergency departments. But beyond that, program alumni have become academic medical center faculty, teaching future generations of emergency physicians and contributing to advancements in health care.
“As alumni, faculty and staff, your dedication, expertise, and passion have been instrumental in the success of our program,” Dr. Wadman said. “We honor this legacy and look forward to the future of the program you have helped build.”
20 years! An incredible milestone. I often hear from others around the country who now work with UNMC EM trained docs. Congratulations.
The residents of this program are lucky. You are learning from the best Emergency Medicine doctors!