Hello from Sarasota! We are excited to welcome our new class of PGY-1s and complete our residency program. Since our last update, we have had another successful Research Day, which highlighted research from faculty, residents, EMS, medical students, pharmacists and nursing. In addition, we announced our collaboration with the University of Michigan in the Emergency Medicine Education and Research by Global Experts Network. All of this is possible due to our Director of Research, Dr. Sagar Galwankar, who was named this year’s recipient of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) Amin Kazzi International Emergency Medicine Leadership Award. 

Under the leadership of Dr. Ashley Grant, Ultrasound Director, we are moving forward in implementing transesophageal echography for cardiac resuscitation in the emergency department. As we continue to advance our own ultrasound training, we are also starting to help train our internal medicine and medical student colleagues. 

At our resident retreat, we enjoyed the sun and beautiful waters of the Gulf Coast. Residents, faculty and family came together to celebrate the success our program has enjoyed since its inception two years ago, all of which culminated with the announcement of leadership roles of our rising PGY-3s. Additionally, we would like to congratulate our new Chief Residents, Drs. Courtney Kirkland and Geoffrey Wade.

We wish everyone around the state a happy, exciting and safe start to the new academic year.