Welcome to The University of Arizona
Department of Emergency Medicine
The Department of Emergency Medicine at The University of Arizona College of Medicine is close to 40 faculty members strong. As part of University Medical Center (UMC)’s Level One trauma center, and the University Physicians Hospital at Kino Campus, the Emergency Department sees more than 70,000 patients annually at UMC, 30,000 at UPHK and is responsible for almost 50 percent of both hospital's admissions.
The Emergency Medicine Residency program at The University of Arizona in Tucson is known throughout the United States as one of the best programs out of 120+ programs in the country. The Combined Emergency Medicine/Pediatric Residency program is the only program of its kind West of the Mississippi and one of three in the country.
Emergency Medicine faculty and residents have authored more than 500 publications. Emergency Medicine faculty have also received several million dollars in grants and contracts.
As you peruse the Web site, we hope you will enjoy the many contributions the Department of Emergency Medicine has made to the specialty and the community.
Department Highlights
- Three UA Department of Emergency Medicine Faculty have been named Best Doctors in America. Congratulations to: Albert Fiorello, MD; John Sakles, MD; and Arthur Sanders, MD. Read more about the Best Doctors in America
- The Department of Emergency Medicine at The University of Arizona is proud to introduce two new faculty members embarking on a novel journey – The Arizona Clinician Scientist Program. Read more about this program.
- The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) announced it has recognized Peter Rosen, MD, as a “Hero of Emergency Medicine.” Dr. Rosen currently serves as a lecturer for the UA Department of Emergency Medicine and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and is residency director emeritus of the emergency medicine residency program at the University of California San Diego. Read more about Dr. Rosen and this award.
- University Medical Center is expanding its Emergency Department and adding inpatient beds with a new 211,000 square foot, six-story building directly north of the existing hospital. The Emergency Department will contain a 16-bed Clinical Decision Unit where emergency patients requiring observation will receive care. All three phases are scheduled to be completed early Fall 2009. More information
