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The Department of Emergency Medicine 1st Floor
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170 Manning Dr.
CB# 7594
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7594

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Residency

UNC department of emergency medicine

Founded in 1996 by Dr. Judith Tintinalli, our Residency Program consists of a 3 year, RRC accredited Emergency Medicine program.  We have 10 residents per year who staff the 65,000 patient-per-year UNC Hospital Emergency Department in Chapel Hill.  Our residents also spend 40% of their clinical time at Wake Med Medical Center in Raleigh, NC, which yearly sees over 75,000 adults and 45,000 pediatric patients, making it the highest volume emergency department in the Chapel Hill-Durham-Raleigh region. 

Since our inception, our talented residents have initiated distinguished careers all over the country.  We currently have a 100% pass rate for the ABEM Emergency Medicine Boards.  We are innovators in the use of medical simulation, ultrasound, international health, pediatric training, and emphasize experience in both community settings and academic settings to optimally prepare each graduate for leadership in whichever career in Emergency Medicine they chose to pursue.  We aim to train the next generation of Emergency Medicine leaders.
 
     
 
Leadership
left to right: Craig Frater, Kevin Biese, Ian B.K. Martin, Graham Snyder, and Nikki Waller
 
Headed by Program Director Dr. Kevin Biese; co-led by Associate Program Directors Drs. Graham Snyder and Ian Martin; and Assistant Program Directors Craig Frater and Nikki waller. We are one of the few emergency medicine programs in the country to have received 8 year RRC approval.  Our Residency Coordinators Jennifer Link and Deborah Foster are the best anywhere and ensure that things always run smoothly!  We currently have fellowships in EMS, directed by Dr. Jane Brice; Pediatrics, directed by Dr. Courtney Mann; and have plans to add Research and International Medicine fellowships.  We are excited to have the support of our chair Dr Charles Cairns and to be part of the UNC EM Division of Education led by Dr Cherri Hobgood.

 

Kevin Biese, M.D. MAT
EM Residency Director

Graham Snyder, M.D.
EM Associate Residency Director, WakeMed

Ian B.K. Martin, M.D.
EM Associate Residency Director, UNC

Craig Frater, MD.
EM Assistant Residency Director, WakeMed

Nikki Waller, MD.
EM Assistant Residency Director, UNC

Charles B. Cairns, M.D.
Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, UNC

Jennifer Link
UNC Residency Coordinator

Deborah Foster
WakeMed Residency Coordinator

 
     
 
     
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Our philosophy here at UNC is "Great people make great doctors.” This doctrine is best exemplified by the comradarie displayed by our residents in their daily interactions with each other, their attendings, and their fellow hospital staff.  Here at UNC we strive to have a family atmosphere as we believe this results in better, more compassionate care for our patients as well as happier residents.  If you choose to train at UNC, we want you to be personally fulfilled while becoming an excellent emergency medicine physician.  If interested in our program, please feel free to contact me or anyone one of our faculty or residents with questions. 

Kevin Biese, MD, MAT, FACEP
kbiese@med.unc.edu

Program Director, UNC Department of Emergency Medicine
 
     
 
     
     
 
Philosophy

 
 
 
Background

 
 
     
     
 
     
     
 
Curriculum

 
 
 
Benefits

 
 
     
     
 
     
 
Meet The Residents

 
 
     
 
     
 
Resident Life
 
We belive in our program not just because of what goes on in the hospital, but also what goes on outside. We have a very outgoing and active resident life here at UNC, especially with all the things that Chapel Hill, the Triangle, and even North carolina has to offer.

 
 
     

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