Global EM Fellowship

The Emory University Department of Emergency Medicine’s Global Emergency Medicine (GEM) two-year fellowship includes:

• Clinical practice as an attending emergency medicine physician at one of the Department’s clinical sites
• MPH work in Global Health at the Rollins School of Public Health
• Global emergency care capacity building projects at one of the Department’s international collaborating sites
• A rotation/project at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)or other Atlanta-based global public health organization

Our vision is to build GEM capacity and preparedness through the training of the next generation of leaders in sustainable global emergency care partnership and systems development, education, and research.

Fellows will be encouraged to attend annual conferences to network and present on work, such as ACEP, SAEM, or region-specific international conferences. Additionally, fellows will be encouraged to attend additional courses specific to global health interests such as Health Emergencies in Large Populations course or the Humanitarian Response Intensive Course.

Fellows are expected to be active members of the Global Health in Emergency Medicine section, and expected to attend monthly meetings, and participate in the Global Emergency Medicine Pathway resident didactics, journal clubs, and ad hoc experiences.

Competencies

At the end of the training, the fellow will have acquired the following competencies:

• Design and conduct research in Global Health
• Build global partnerships for GEM education
• Develop emergency care systems through sustainable, bilateral relationship building
• Understand large population health and humanitarian response techniques
• Participate in national organizations conducting GEM work
• Understand global public health and the intersection between public health and global emergency medicine

Why Emory EM?

It's an honor to have been selected as the inaugural Global EM fellow at Emory! Emory stood out among the programs in my interview process for a variety of reasons including:

• Breadth of opportunities to engage in global health work
• Partnerships with international and local public health organizations
• The institution's strong interest in promoting health and research in the global setting
• Ability to work alongside residents in an excellent EM residency
• The exceptional public health training at the Rollins School of Public Health. My specific public health interests include the development of EM infrastructure in resource-limited settings, establishing global systems to mitigate the spread of infectious disease, and participating in humanitarian response initiatives to address large-scale disaster events

What Developed Your Interest in Global Health?

I was first introduced to Global Health in my childhood; my parents worked with United States government agencies, the United Nations, and non-profit organizations in the public health sector. Their passion inspired me to pursue further education in health policy as an undergraduate to better understand public health systems. I developed a passion for clinical medicine and ultimately chose to pursue a career in emergency medicine, in part because it allowed me to work with patient populations indiscriminately and better understand the underserved parts of the communities in which I practiced. I chose to take this a step further and pursue additional training in Global Health through my fellowship to utilize the skills gained from my EM training to improve the health and wellbeing of communities across the world.

https://www.saem.org/gemfc

Applicants must graduate from an ACGME-accredited EM residency, and must join the NRMP Match for the match process.