Fellowship Opportunities
The Vanderbilt University Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine offers six fellowships:
- Emergency Medical Services
- Global Emergency Medicine
- Advanced Emergency Ultrasound
- Simulation
- VA Chief Resident in Quality and Safety
- VA Quality Scholars Fellowship
Fellowships in additional specialty areas are offered through other departments at VUMC.
Emergency Medicine Fellowships
Become an EMS-accredited physician while working as an assistant medical director for Nashville Fire, flying with Vanderbilt LifeFlight, and practicing event medicine at Bridgestone Arena, Vanderbilt Athletics and NASCAR.
Train in the challenging field of global emergency medicine (EM). Learn about global EM systems development, delivery of acute care in low resource settings, global EM education and global research. Spend three months a year abroad in Guyana and other fieldwork settings.
Train to become a leader in emergency simulation. Develop a skillset in curriculum development while working with cutting-edge equipment. Learn to apply simulation techniques to multidisciplinary teaching in low- and high-resource environments.
Master the skills of emergency ultrasound and become an expert ultrasound educator. Augment your fellowship through our partnerships with the global emergency medicine and research divisions.
Become a physician leader in clinical care quality improvement through the VA Chief Resident in Quality and Safety program. Develop expertise in QI methods, implementation science and patient safety through didactic and experiential learning.
Develop expertise in healthcare improvement research and scholarship, operational leadership, and teaching quality and safety through a partnership between the Nashville VA Medical Center and Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Life as an Emergency Medicine Fellow
Fellowships outside the department
Department of Medicine
Train to be a leader in clinical and academic addiction medicine while preparing for the certification exam offered by the American Board of Preventive Medicine.
Department of Anesthesiology
ACGME-accredited two-year program that provides an unparalleled, innovative and in-depth critical care training opportunity.
Department of Biomedical Informatics
Become an ACGME accredited Clinical Informatics specialist primed to enter the Health IT workforce while training in one of the largest biomedical informatics departments in the United States.
Department of Medicine
One-year clinical program to develop consultants and independent providers of hospice and palliative care.
Department of Pediatrics
Train to provide expert patient care as a pediatric emergency medicine physician while becoming an educator and future leader in the field.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
One-year program to develop experts in Sports Medicine through clinical experiences, team coverage and research training.