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EMS Fellowship

Overview

UNC Department of Emergency Medicine is proud to offer an ACGME-accredited one year EMS Fellowship led by nationally renowned EMS faculty. The Fellowship goal is to provide promising EMS physicians with the opportunity to explore innovative systems management, prehospital research, and challenging educational objectives under the guidance of established EMS physician mentors in an academic setting.

Program Director

Curriculum

The UNC EMS Fellowship will provide a solid education in all aspects of both ground and aeromedical systems over a period of 12 months. The fellow will join the UNC faculty in medical direction for two very different EMS systems; an innovative EMS system in Orange County (urban/rural mix) which includes Chapel Hill, and a much larger EMS system in Wake County (urban/suburban) which includes the city of Raleigh. The fellows will also be involved in critical care transport through medical direction of Carolina AirCare, a busy ground and aeromedical transport service which includes both rotor and fixed wing. They will provide medical direction at large events in the area including UNC sporting events, campus events such as the Chapel Hill Halloween celebration, and big events in Raleigh such as the State Fair. The fellow will also be involved in tactical EMS concepts through medical direction of the NC State Highway Patrol. Finally, fellows will also be introduced to Wilderness EMS concepts through a relationship with Dr. Seth Hawkins, medical director of the NC State Parks System.

Application Instructions

Send your updated CV, a personal statement outlining your reason for pursuing an EMS fellowship program, and three letters of recommendation (one must be from your program director) to Dr. Joseph Grover using the link below.

Apply

Fellowship Core Faculty

Salary and Benefits

As an ACGME accredited fellowship, fellows are provided standard GME benefits at the PGY-4 level. Refer to the GME website for the most up to date benefits provided.

Alumni

  • Brent Myers, MD, MPH – CMO of ESO Solutions; former Director and Medical Director of Wake EMS, former President of NAEMSP
  • Tripp Winslow, MD, MPH – Medical Director for the NC Office of EMS
  • Paul Hinchey, MD, MPH – Former Medical Director of Austin-Travis EMS, Chief Operating Officer University Hospitals of Cleveland
  • Jose Cabanas, MD, MPH – Director and Medical Director of Wake County EMS, Past President of NAEMSP
  • Jefferson Williams, MD, MPH – Deputy Medical Director of Wake County EMS
  • Phillip Moy, MD – Medical Director ARCH Air Medical Services, Board of Directors of NAEMSP
  • Mark Quale, MD – Medical Director of Alamance County Emergency Services
  • Stephanie Crapo, MD – Medical Director of Liberty Ambulance Service and Medical Director of Ridgecrest Regional Hospital Emergency Department in Ridgecrest, CA
  • Diane Miller, MD, MS – Medical Director NC State Highway Patrol, Associate Medical Director Orange County EMS
  • Stephanie Trowbridge, MD – Former Medical Director of Haywood County Emergency Services
  • Joseph Grover, MD – Chief Medical Director of Orange County Emergency Services and EMS Fellowship Program Director
  • Taibah Alabdrabalnabi, MD – Northern Light Health in ME
  • Shaun Patterson, DO – Medical Director of EMS at Hackensack University Medical Center
  • Richard Benson, MD – Medical Director of Maria Parham Emergency Department and Medical Director of Vance County EMS
  • Benjamin Smith, MD – Medical Director for Carolina AirCare, Clinical Assistant Professor at UNC
  • David Arbona, MD – Core Faculty Brandon Regional Emergency Medicine Residency, Medical Director for Reliable Medical Response, Assistant Medical Director for Bay County Fire Rescue
  • Irfan Husain, MD – Clinical Assistant Professor at Emory Department of Emergency Medicine
  • Glenn Burket, DO – EM Physician and EMS Medical Director in Grand Junction, CO
  • Johannah Merrill, MD – EMS Medical Director in Lawrence, MA
  • Mariecely Luciano-Feijoo, MD – Deputy Medical Director of the NC State Highway Patrol and Medical Director for Durham Tech Community College EMS Program
  • Aiman Saleh, MD – {Updated info pending}
  • Nate Miller, MD – Medical Director for Harnett County EMS, Medical Director for FirstHealth EMS
  • Jon Pozner, MD – Faculty at UPMC, where he is Associate EMS Medical Director for the Eastern Region within their EMS Division
  • Cecilio Padron, DO – Medical Direction Team for USAR team in Florida
  • John Wooten, MD – Medical Director for Johnson County Community College EMS Program, Assistant Medical Director Johnston County EMS
  • Laura Hanson, DO – EMS faculty at Yale
  • Zachary Mauro, DO – South Shore Hospital EMS Medical Director in Boston, MA area
  • Carla Tayes, DO – EMS faculty at Duke
  • Alix Heyes-Darwin, MD – Assistant Medical Director for WakeMed Mobile