Emergency Medicine Residency Program Coming Soon
UnityPoint Health – Des Moines is excited to introduce a new emergency medicine residency program. This will be a three-year program with six residents per year. Rotations will include the adult ED, pediatric ED, ICU, level 1 trauma surgery service, among others. The program seeks to ensure residents' exposure to rigorous scholarly activity, research, clinical training and a well-rounded practice of emergency medicine in a community-based setting. Core rotations will occur primarily at Iowa Methodist Medical Center and Blank Children's Hospital within UnityPoint Health - Des Moines. The program is funded and committed to by emergency medicine physicians and the hospital administration.
Stay tuned for more information.
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Emergency Medicine Program Director
This is an exciting opportunity to lead and shape a new residency program at UnityPoint Health – Des Moines, an organization highly supportive of graduate medical education located in a state with only one other EM residency program. See a full description of the program director requirements.
Interested candidates must submit a CV and cover letter to William J. Yost, MD, chief academic officer and DIO, at one of the following addresses:
Medical Education
1415 Woodland Avenue
Suite 140
Des Moines, Iowa 50309
Email: william.yost@unitypoint.org
Phone: office – (515) 241-4277 | cell – (515) 975-2603