Welcome to the University of North Carolina’s Department of Emergency Medicine. Our Emergency Department consists of 40 clinical and research faculty—as well as additional adjunct faculty—involved in providing top-tier teaching, administration, research, and clinical care. Our department sees approximately 70,000 adults and 15,000 pediatric patients yearly. As one of the largest referral centers in North Carolina, we see some of the highest acuity patients in the state, with an admit rate near 30%. We are a certified Level I Trauma Center, state Burn Center, and JCHAO Stroke Center.
News
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UNC’s Emergency Medicine Residency Program Celebrates its First “Legacy Match,” as Dr. Matthew Harmody is Followed by His Son Andrew, 25 Years Later!
Dr. Matthew Harmody is an alumnus of the UNC Emergency Medicine residency class of 2000, the third emergency medicine class trained at UNC Hospitals. He and Andrew recently celebrated Match Day together as part of the festivities in UNC’s Roper Hall.
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Exploring Exciting Future Careers: UNC Emergency Medicine Team Visits Middle School to Speak With Students About the Field of Medicine
For the second consecutive year, UNC E.M. colleagues visited A.L. Stanback Middle School in Hillsborough N.C. to teach 7th graders about medical topics and discuss many different potential careers paths in the medical field.
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Match Day 2025!! UNC Emergency Medicine Warmly Welcomes Our Residency Class of 2028!!
We are pleased — and extremely proud — to announce the newest additions to our E.M. family, and the future leaders in the field of Emergency Medicine.
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UNC Emergency Medicine Investigators & International Colleagues Publish a Second Paper Regarding the WHO/ICRC’s Basic Emergency Care Course in Kenya
The latest findings were recently published in the International Journal of Emergency Medicine.
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Dr. Sam McLean Speaks to CBS17 Regarding Implications & Treatment Options for Those Who Experience Trauma, Including Current & Returning Israeli Hostages
Among the list of hostages scheduled for release is a local Chapel Hill man, whose wife was released at an earlier date.
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Dr. Joel Glotfelty and E.M. Residency Colleagues Raise $20K, Benefiting Nearly 200 Local Families and 400 Children During the Holiday Season
The team provided families with gas cards, holiday gifts, and stockings, as well as a community meal by partnering with Carrboro-based “TABLE NC.”