Emergency Medical Services Fellowship

EMS Fellowship
Marc Restuccia, MD, Fellowship Director
Stacy Weisberg, MD, Associate Program Director

The EMS Fellowship offered through by UMass Medical School in conjunction with UMassMemorial Medical Center, is a two year program designed to train the future medical directors and leaders in pre-hospital medicine. The Fellowship accepts up to two fellows per year and is restricted to graduates of ACGME Accredited residency program.  Fellow will also earn an MPH through the University of Massachusetts/Worcester Campus.

UMMMC operates the only air medical program, Life Flight, which has a physician as a team member.  As a Fellow there is the opportunity to fly as a Flight Physician as well as being involved in every facet of Life Flight operations.  Fellows will share in the ongoing training and education of flight nurses and flight physicians as well as participating in Life Flights continuous quality improvement efforts.

UMMMC also operates Worcester EMS, the all ALS 911 provider for the City of Worcester and the town of Shrewsbury.  With a call volume in excess of 30,000 per year, Worcester EMS is the second busiest provider of 911 services in New England.  Fellows will participate in Paramedic Education, Quality Improvement initiatives and will be able to spend time in the field with Paramedics.

The EMS Division provides Medical Direction and oversight for EMS agencies in the community.  EMS Fellows will participate in such direction and oversight, under the supervision of the EMS Faculty.  EMS Fellows will also  be expected to participate in local, regional and statewide EMS planning and development.

The MPH program, which all fellows are expected to take and complete during their two year Fellowship, is an essential part of the training.  During their MPH program, each fellow will learn the fundamentals behind Public Health and Public Health Research.  Each fellow will participate in a research project exploring some aspectof Public Health and how it relates to pre-hospital medicine.

In addition, UMass and UMass Memorial sponsor a Level 1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT MA-2) and there is the possibility for joining the team and deploying to natural disasters all across the United States. 

Finally, UMass Memorial sponsors a Tactical EMS Team and the opportunity exists, for well qualified individuals to apply to the Team as a Medical Provider.

Graduates of the Fellowship have secured positions here at UMass Memorial as well as high profile Medical Director positions around the country.

Contact:

 For further information, including application materials, contact:

Martha Wright, MBA, Program Manager
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Department of Emergency Medicine
55 Lake Avenue North, LA-166
Worcester, MA 01655
Tel: (508) 421-1417
Fax: (508) 334-7411