Emergency Medicine Fellowships

Updated January 2020

The following is a list of fellowships currently approved by the Board of Certification in Emergency Medicine. Completion of one of these fellowship programs satisfies part of the eligibility requirements to become board certified in Emergency Medicine by the Board of Certification in Emergency Medicine (BCEM). For the complete list of requirements, click here.

Institutional leaders who are interested in receiving AAEP recognition for their Emergency Medicine fellowship(s) can contact info@abspsus.org.

Alabama

• AlteonHealth Emergency Medicine Fellowship, Decatur Morgan Hospital – Decatur Campus, Decatur, Alabama
  Program Directors: Bruce Burns, M.D., FACP/ Jason Smith, M.D., FACEP
  Fellowship Coordinator: Melena Corsino

• AlteonHealth Emergency Medicine Fellowship, Princeton Baptist Medical Center – Birmingham, Alabama
  Program Directors: Bruce Burns, M.D., FACP/ Jason Smith, M.D., FACEP
  Fellowship Coordinator: Melena Corsino 
• AlteonHealth Emergency Medicine Fellowship, Shelby Baptist Medical Center –  Alabaster, Alabama
  Program Directors: Bruce Burns, M.D., FACP/ Jason Smith, M.D., FACEP
  Fellowship Coordinator: Melena Corsino
• AlteonHealth Emergency Medicine Fellowship, Cullman Regional Medical Center – Cullman, Alabama
  Program Directors: Bruce Burns, M.D., FACP/ Jason Smith, M.D., FACEP
  Fellowship Coordinator: Melena Corsino

Arkansas

• Baptist Health Fort Smith – Fort Smith, Arkansas (Formally known as Sparks Regional Medical Center)
  Program Director: Ryan Sullivan, D.O.
  Administrative Assistant: Nicole Johnson

Indiana

• Professional Emergency Physicians Emergency Medicine Fellowship, Parkview Regional Medical Center & Parkview Randallia Hospital – Fort Wayne, Indiana
  Program Director: Tracy R. Rahall, M.D., FACEP
  Chief Operations Officer: Joe Pressler, MBA, BSN, RN (Use contact form on website)

Louisiana

• AlteonHealth Emergency Medicine Fellowship, St. Francis Medical Center – Monroe, Louisiana
  Program Director: Paul M. Petty, M.D.
  Fellowship Coordinator: Melena Corsino

Maine

• Maine General Medical Center – Augusta, Maine
  Program Director: Julie Albanese, D.O.
  Administrative Assistant: Sharon Judkins

Mississippi

• North Mississippi Medical Center – Tupelo, Mississippi
  Program Director/VP, Education Relias Emergency Medicine Specialist of Tupelo, LLC: Val Serio, D.O.
  Fellowship Coordinator: Bethany Garner

Tennessee

• University of Tennessee at Jackson, Tennessee
  Program Director: Gregg E. Mitchell, M.D.
  Administrative Recruiting Coordinator: Heather Cavness
• University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Tennessee
  Program Director: Leonard M. Lamsen, M.D.
  Fellowship Coordinator: Khristy Harris

Texas

• Texas Tech Health Sciences Center – Permian Basin, Medical Center Hospital – Odessa, Texas
  Program Director: Jeffery M. Pinnow, M.D., FACEP, FAAEM
  Fellowship Coordinator: Neeley Taylor
• Christus St. Michael Health System – Texarkana, Texas
  Program Director: Andrew J. Frost, D.O.
  Fellowship Coordinator: Jeff White
  

West Virginia

• Wheeling Hospital – Wheeling, West Virginia
  Program Director: Kevin Clarke, M.D.
  Operations Director Family Medicine Residency & Fellowships: Sherry Sarcopski 
  

Wisconsin

• Monroe Clinic and Hospital – Monroe, Wisconsin
  Program Director: Ameen Taleb, M.D.
  Medical Education & Residency Coordinator: Lori Rodefeld

Discontinued Programs

• Methodist Hospital, Henderson, Kentucky – This program closed in January 2020, but graduates of this program remain eligible under the Graduate Training Program option.
• North State Emergency Medicine Fellowship, Mercy Medical Center, Redding, California – This program closed in September 2019, but graduates of this program remain eligible under the Graduate Training Program option.
• Methodist North Memphis Health System-This program closed in 2018, but  graduates of this program remain eligible under the Graduate Training Program option.
• Hospital Physician Partners Rural & Community Emergency Medicine Fellowship, Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center, Hazard, Kentucky – This program closed in September 2015, but graduates of this program remain eligible under the Graduate Training Program option.
• University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, Alabama – This program closed in February 2012, but graduates of this program remain eligible under the Graduate Training Program option.