Welcome to the University of North Carolina’s Department of Emergency Medicine. Our Emergency Department consists of 40 clinical and research faculty—as well as additional adjunct faculty—involved in providing top-tier teaching, administration, research, and clinical care. Our department sees approximately 70,000 adults and 15,000 pediatric patients yearly. As one of the largest referral centers in North Carolina, we see some of the highest acuity patients in the state, with an admit rate near 30%. We are a certified Level I Trauma Center, state Burn Center, and JCHAO Stroke Center.
News
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UNC Emergency Medicine’s Forensic Nursing Program Expands its “Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner” (SANE) Services
UNC Medical Center SANE team members are now seeing patients at UNC Hillsborough so patients don’t have to be transferred to Chapel Hill for care.
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CCHI Team in Emergency Medicine Publishes New Insights Regarding: “EMS Injury Cause Codes More Accurate than ED Visit ICD-10-CM Codes for Firearm Injury Intent in N.C.”
The research findings were published in PLOS ONE.
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Dr. Jane Brice is Elected as SAEM’s “President of the Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine”
The AACEM is part of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM).
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Emergency Medicine Faculty and Trainees are Recognized at UNC Academy of Educators (AOE) Evening of Scholarship
During the annual event, each of the AOE members was recognized for their enthusiasm, dedication and talents.
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Dr. Christina Shenvi Receives Prestigious Academic Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Geriatric Emergency Medicine (AGEM)
The AGEM is an academy of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM).
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UNC Emergency Medicine Receives “Global Health Endeavors Department Award”
The award was presented during the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Conference.