Fall 2024: Orlando Health Residency

The year is off to an excellent start here at Orlando Regional Medical Center! We have several exciting updates to share about the program. We have a new class of interns that are flying through their first few months of residency with ease. Our senior class is about to travel out to Las Vegas for ACEP. Our class of 2026 has successfully completed intern year and is in the process of completing the rotations of second year.

Our entire Emergency Department is undergoing a renovation. The trauma bay, now one of the largest in the country, is completed. A new documentation station for providers with more computers than before is in the process of being built. Each room in the department is undergoing an update, with cleaner appearance, IV starting carts in each room, and computers for documentation assistance.

Exoworks is up and running. Exoworks allows our bedside ultrasounds to be uploaded into the patient’s medical record, so it can be seen by all who view the patient’s record. This has been a project the members of our ultrasound fellowship have been working tirelessly at for years, and it is exciting to finally see this program come to fruition.

Finally, ORMC made national news this year, as we began using the first blood test in the country to rule out intra-cranial injury after a TBI. Dr. Papa, one of our attendings at Orlando Health, helped to create this test that helps to prevent the need for CT scans of the head after a traumatic brain injury by testing blood biomarkers. This will not only protect patients from radiation, but also help with department throughput, as the test takes a mere 15 minutes.

We have had a record-breaking number of medical students interested in Emergency Medicine rotating through our department, and we cannot wait to meet more throughout interview season. We are excited for what the next year will hold and look forward to the new opportunities that will arise for our residents, fellows, and faculty.