Research Associates (RA) Program in Emergency Medicine
St. Vincent's Medical Center, Bridgeport CT
"St. V's"
St. Vincent's Medical Center (popularly known as "St. V's")
  • 397-bed community hospital, a major teaching
    institution in the "panhandle" of Connecticut
  • serves a catchment area of tremendous cultural and
    socioeconomic diversity
  • on the front-lines of urban health care in the largest city
    in Connecticut
  • Centers of Excellence in
  • cancer prevention, diagnosis, and
    treatment
  • cardiovascular disease
  • orthopedic services
  • bariatric services
  • women's and family services
  • senior services
  • behavioral services
The "ED," the real acronym for the Emergency Department,
is home for the RA Program
  • cares for over 60,000 patients per year

  • sees almost half the ED visits in the largest city in Connecticut

  • training site for residents, medical students, PA students, nursing
    students, paramedic students, and students in other health
    professional disciplines

  • Level II Trauma Center
Department of Emergency Medicine at St. Vincent's Medical Center
"The ED"
  • affiliated with New York Medical College and
    the University of Connecticut School of Medicine
  • trains residents in internal medicine, radiology,and
    surgery