GrandRapidsMedicalEducation

GRMEP/ Michigan State University Emergency Medicine Residency has a long history of training first class Emergency Medicine physicians since 1977.  I am honored to be only the fifth program director. Our mission remains to develop excellent emergency medicine physicians and leaders. We accomplish this by integrating enthusiastic teaching faculty and a diverse patient population with a structured educational program. 

I am excited to meet you and show you how much our residency has to offer. 

Bryan Judge, MD

• Established 1977 - one of the first 10 EM programs in the nation
• 3-year program with 10 residents per year
• Census 138,470 visits per year with 28% pediatric patients, 99,276 adults and 39,194 pediatrics (2010-11 data)
• High acuity - over 50% of hospital admissions thru ED
• 8-hr shifts - 21 per month as PGY 1; 19 per month as PG 2 & 3
• Grand Rapids - 2nd  largest metropolitan area in Michigan (1 million)
• Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Grand Rapids campus opened Fall 2008
• Training occurs at Spectrum Health Medical center in downtown Grand Rapids. The Medical Center includes Butterworth Hospital, the brand new Helen DeVos Children's Hospital (with pediatric ED), and Meijer Heart Center.
• Spectrum Health was named one of the nation's top 10 health systems in 2010 by Thomson Reuters. It was also the only health system in Michigan to receive the "Thompson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals" honor.
• Excellent benefit package (including free health insurance, free parking, and free food), combined with Grand Rapids' low cost of living makes GRMEP a very affordable and family-friendly program.

• First-class academic environment
• One-month July orientation for new PG1’s
• Didactics clinically relevant and evidence-based
• Strong reading program with monthly quiz, that ensures medical knowledge competence
• Dynamic leadership that responds quickly to the changing needs of the program
• Enthusiastic, energetic faculty who are dedicated to your education
• Residents are part of the team and their input is actively solicited
• Resident feedback and ideas are valued and have resulted in many positive changes in the educational process
• A healthy work environment and a program values physician wellness
• Talented and friendly group of residents who work collegially but consistently challenge each other to be excellent EM physicians
• Strong off-service rotations - EM residents respected throughout the hospital
• Monthly interactive ultrasound sessions a highlight of PG1 year
• Selected for an 8-year ACGME accreditation to renew in 2013
• Monthly procedure lab, including patient simulation cases developed by the 3rd year residents

• Graduates excel on the certification exams and obtain employment or fellowship of their choice
• Well prepared to enter a fellowship, academics, or community-based practice
• 100% written boards pass rate
• 256 Graduates

• 65+ bed ED with in-department CT and radiology
• Level I Trauma Center, Chest Pain Center / Observation Unit
• Minimal ED patient boarding
• Low acuity Fast Track covered by physician extenders - allows residents to see more critical cases
• Social workers and translators in the department 24 hours/day
• De Vos Children’s Hospital  - opened in January 2011
• Nearly 200 pediatric physicians in more than 50 pediatric specialties and programs
• More than 7,600 inpatient admissions annually
• More than 190,000 outpatient visits annually
• More than 38,000 pediatric ED visits annually and Level 1 pediatric trauma center