Emergency Medicine Divisions

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Our Divisions

Our divisions bring together expertise across specialties.

The U-M Medical School Department of Emergency Medicine’s specialized divisions bring together expertise in Critical Care, Emergency Medical Services, Ultrasound and Clinical Informatics. Across these areas, our faculty and teams advance emergency care through clinical excellence, innovation, research and education—improving how care is delivered from the prehospital setting through the emergency department and beyond.

  • Advancing Clinical Care: Our divisions provide specialized expertise across the continuum of emergency care, supporting critically ill and injured patients, prehospital systems, point-of-care diagnostics, and data-driven improvements in care delivery.

  • Driving Innovation: Our divisions bring specialized expertise to complex challenges in emergency care, developing new approaches, tools, and technologies that improve care and shape the future of emergency medicine.

  • Discovery & Impact: Division faculty lead research and quality improvement initiatives that address complex challenges in emergency medicine and translate new knowledge into better systems and practices for patients and communities.

  • Educating the Next Generation: Through hands-on clinical education, mentorship, fellowships, and interdisciplinary training, our divisions prepare physicians to lead and innovate across the evolving landscape of emergency care.

 

Our Divisions

  • Critical Care
  • Clinical Informatics
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Ultrasound

Featured News & Stories

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Department News

Meet Our New Emergency Medicine Fellows and Faculty

This year’s group brings a wide range of experience and interests to Michigan EM — from point-of-care ultrasound and medical education to traumatic brain injury, pain medicine, and acute neurological emergencies. Some are new to U-M, while others are familiar faces continuing their Michigan journeys. Get to know our new Emergency Medicine fellows and faculty.
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Department News

From walk-in clinic to national leader: How Michigan Medicine’s Pediatric Emergency Division was built

In the late 1980s, Michigan Medicine’s pediatric emergency care was more like a walk-in clinic tucked in a corner of the adult emergency department. With limited resources and space, and only two physicians trained in pediatric emergency medicine (PEM), with others moonlighting, it was a humble start fueled by a love for kids, grit, and a vision for something better.
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Research News

Weil researchers study blood biomarkers to improve stroke diagnosis, reduce testing in older adults

Age-related factors can complicate stroke diagnosis, but signals in blood could help clinicians make a clearer and more rapid determination.
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Medical School News

Medical School well-represented among Strategic Initiative Fund’s first recipients

On Aug. 26, the University of Michigan announced 37 projects that will receive $40 million in initial funding from the Strategic Initiative Fund to pursue bold ideas.
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Department News

The Long Road to Emergency Medicine: How Michigan Built a New Specialty

Michigan Emergency Medicine evolved from a small emergency service into an independent department and national leader in care, research and education.
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Health Lab

Waiting for a bed, but not for care: ED boarding study finds wide variation in handoffs

As the emergency room boarding crisis continues, researchers examine how long admitted patients wait to be seen by an inpatient team even while they wait for an inpatient bed.