Loyola Medicine to Offer Residency Program in Emergency Medicine
October 7, 2018Categories: Emergency Medicine & Trauma
MAYWOOD, IL – Loyola University Medical Center, which treats some of the Chicago area's most critically ill and injured patients, is establishing a residency program to train new doctors in emergency medicine.
A residency in emergency medicine lasts three years. Loyola will start six physicians for each year of residency, for a total of 18 residents once the program is fully implemented.
Loyola's emergency residency program, newly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, will begin July 2019. Faculty from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine’s department of emergency medicine will supervise residents. The faculty is a diverse group with expertise in emergency medicine, as well as subspecialized areas such as emergency medical services, pediatrics, toxicology, sports medicine and ultrasound.
"Our mission is to train emergency medicine physicians for excellence in leadership, care and service," said Mark E. Cichon, DO, FACEP/FACOEP, chair of Loyola's department of emergency medicine.
David Snow, MD, MSc, FACEP, will be program director of the residency program.
The program will benefit greatly from Loyola University Medical Center's status as a level 1 trauma center and emergency medical services resource hospital, as well as Loyola's burn intensive care unit, pediatric hospital and specialized patient care areas. The program also offers an academic affiliation with Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, with a simulation education center featuring computerized manikins that simulate real-life medical emergencies.
The three-year curriculum, based on the latest educational theory and methods, is designed to provide residents with the optimal educational and clinical experience.
"We have the infrastructure and critical mass to offer residents a great program," Dr. Cichon said.
Loyola offers a full range of emergency medicine services. Loyola serves as a primary emergency department (ED) to the local community, a secondary ED that receives patients from Loyola's ambulatory clinics, a tertiary referral center for trauma, stroke, burns and pediatric ICU and a quaternary ED for complex cases such as organ transplants and advanced cancer treatments.
Loyola is the only level 1 trauma center in Illinois to be verified by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. Verification helps ensure optimal quality care and excellent patient outcomes.
About Loyola Medicine
Loyola Medicine, a member of Trinity Health, is a nationally ranked academic, quaternary care system based in Chicago's western suburbs. The three-hospital system includes Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC), Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, MacNeal Hospital, as well as convenient locations offering primary care, specialty care and immediate care services from nearly 2,000 physicians throughout Cook, Will and DuPage counties. LUMC is a 547-licensed-bed hospital in Maywood that includes the William G. and Mary A. Ryan Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine, the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, the John L. Keeley, MD, Emergency Department, a Level 1 trauma center, Illinois's largest burn center, the Nancy W. Knowles Orthopaedic Institute, a certified comprehensive stroke center, transplant center and a children’s hospital. Having delivered compassionate care for over 50 years, Loyola also trains the next generation of caregivers through its academic affiliation with Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine and Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing.
For more information, visit loyolamedicine.org. You can also follow Loyola Medicine on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram or X (formerly known as Twitter).
About Trinity Health
Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, faith-based health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 127,000 colleagues and more than 38,300 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 26 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity Health system includes 93 hospitals, 107 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 142 urgent care locations and many other health and well-being services. In fiscal year 2024, the Livonia, Michigan-based health system invested $1.3 billion in its communities in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs. For more information, visit us at www.trinity-health.org, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and X (formerly known as Twitter).