The GW Department of Emergency Medicine provides emergency patient care to four hospitals, educates the next generation of health professionals and provides a wide range of innovative emergency medicine consulting services.

The Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) of The George Washington University is actively involved in a wide range of Emergency Medicine-related clinical, educational, research, and consulting programs. In support of our medical student, resident, and fellowship education programs and clinical research programs, the DEM staffs the ED’s of four hospitals including one hospital-based Hyperbarics / Wound Care program. The DEM also offers a wide range of Emergency Medicine consulting activities including: medical support for the travel assistance and commercial shipping industries, staffing solutions for remote clinics, telemedicine-related services, community-oriented emergency care programs.

Our mission is to provide excellent emergency patient care, train the next generation of health professionals, create new knowledge in the fields of Emergency Medicine and Emergency Management, and continually innovate.

Programs & Services

Featured Programs

Operated out of the GW Department of Emergency Medicine, Maritime Medical Access utilizes telemedicine to aid ships at sea.

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Education

Emergency Medicine Residency

The Emergency Medicine Residency Program at the George Washington University is sponsored by the George Washington University Medical Center in collaboration with the INOVA Fairfax and Prince George's Hospital Center. The DEM also sponsors a series of Fellowships that will create a new generation of Emergency Medicine leaders domestically and globally. Click on the link below to learn more.

Chair's Message

Shesser

Welcome to the website of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the George Washington University.

We are the seventh academic Department of Emergency in the United States. The Department and its faculty and staff have been working since 1979 to expand the definition and scope of activity of Emergency Medicine practice, teaching, and research. We have developed an extensive series of educational and consulting activities described in this site that literally span the globe.

We currently provide physician and PA staffing for three hospitals, manage a hospital-based Hyperbaric/Wound Care program and have a broad range of academic and consulting activities. The Department has been divided into sections to help organize our academic focus. These sections include:

In addition to our medical school and EM residency programs, we offer Fellowships in International Emergency Medicine, Toxicology, Health Policy, EMS Disaster, and ED Administration. Consulting activities include work for the travel assistance industry, US commercial fishing and commercial shipping industries, and base operations support for the US military. As part of an academic multispecialty group practice, we actively collaborate in both the clinical and academic realms with our colleagues in other specialties.

We look forward to growth and development of all the programs described in this site and hope that we can continue to make contributions to societal well-being through direct clinical care, teaching, research, and consulting.

Sincerely,
Robert Shesser, MD
Professor & Chair