Emergency Medicine

AP Fellowship

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Fellowship Overview

The Emergency Medicine Advanced Provider (EMAP) Fellowship at Riverside University Health System is a 12.5-month intensive post-graduate training program for certified PAs or NPs in the specialty of Emergency Medicine. This Fellowship is designed to train APs in Emergency Medicine (EM), utilizing didactic and clinical experience. Education will occur under the direct supervision of Board-Certified Emergency Medicine Physicians and highly experienced Advanced Providers. Our graduates will become highly skilled, highly competent, compassionate, and efficient emergency medicine providers.

Eligibility

  • Graduate of a PA program or ACEN accredited NP program
  • Eligible for and/or possess current CA Medical Board Physician Assistant licensure (must be fully licensed by the start of the program) or California Nurse Practitioner licensure 
  • Eligible for and/or possess current DEA licensure (must be fully licensed by the start of the program)
  • Current certification in ACLS, BLS, and PALS
  • Previous EMS/ED work experience is highly desirable but not required
Important Dates: Cohorts start mid April and mid November (interviews in December and April / May)

Curriculum

  • Fellows will work a total of 2100 clinical hours in acute EM over the 12.5-month fellowship, plus lecture time. Shifts are 10 hours and will include days, nights, and weekends.
  • 3 hours of didactic lecture time weekly
  • Clinical time is primarily spent in the core ED
  • ALTS certification course provided within first 3 months of training
  • Off service rotations include 2 weeks each of: Internal Medicine, ICU, Orthopedics, Bedside POCUS Ultrasound
  • 2 weeks total of elective specialties (may be broken into 2 different week-long electives)

 

Events for Prospective Students:

FLYER

View a Lecture:

Every Thursday, residency & fellowship lecture @ 7-10am contact Ben.juarez@vituity.com for information.

Compensation & Benefits

  • Paid Fellowship: annual total stipend approximately $70,000
  • 3 weeks PTO
  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • Paid malpractice Insurance

Leadership

Michael Mesisca
Michael Mesisca, DO

Medical Director and Chair, RUHS Department of Emergency Medicine
Director of RUHS Disaster Medicine Team

Joel Labha
Joel Labha, DO

Medical Director of RUHS APP Fellowship
Assistant Residency Director

Giselle Ludi
Giselle Ludi, P.A.-C PA

Site Lead Advanced Provider
Director of RUHS EM APP Fellowship

Alyssa Weiner
Alyssa Weiner, P.A.-C PA

Assistant Site Lead Advanced Provider
Director of RUHS EM APP Fellowship

Ben Juarez
Ben Juarez, PA-C

Assistant Director of RUHS EM APP Fellowship

Troy Matthews
Troy Matthews

Undergrad: Central Washington University
PA school: Point Loma Nazarene University
I enjoy hiking and camping with my family and traveling to Oregon every year for our family vacation

Riverside University Health System is a pillar of excellence in health care and medical education in the region that offers great opportunity, to include:

A 439-bed hospital with a Level I Trauma Center, Primary Stroke Center, and Fully Operating Paramedic Base Station.
A 45-bed Emergency Department that sees 100,000+ ED patients annually.
An Emergency Room with operational excellence with a Rapid Medical Examination (RME) process for rapid assessment.
A nation leader in sepsis resuscitation strategies and decreased mortality.