Fall 2022: Introducing Lakeland Regional Health

by Andrew Barbera, MD | Oct 5, 2022

We are excited to announce the newly ACGME accredited Lakeland Regional Health (LRH) Emergency Medicine Residency Program! Our three-year residency program is located in Lakeland, FL, directly between Tampa and Orlando along I-4. At 864 beds, LRH is among the largest hospitals in Florida and boasts as the 2021 second busiest emergency department in the nation with an average volume of approximately 200,000 patient visits annually.

Highlights of our program include: a diverse urban, rural, and international patient population in a large volume and high acuity emergency department; a dedicated pediatric emergency department; the only trauma center in the tri-county area; incredibly high procedural numbers and emergency department-owned procedures; a cardiac center stroke center and in-house simulation center; a large network for post-graduate employment; dedicated resources for scholarly activity and research; resident wellness programs, and much more!

Graduates of LRH’s Emergency Medicine Residency Program will be well-prepared for careers within community and academic emergency medicine or additional fellowship training. This will be accomplished through a focused and intense clinical and didactic curriculum, mentoring by ABEM/AOBEM board-certified core faculty members that have a variety of backgrounds and expertise, and centered around excellent patient care and bedside learning.

We have spent years working on the curriculum, resources, and framework of this program and have designed the curriculum for the modern emergency medicine resident. Our program has generous benefits including family leave policies, and places resident wellness as a top priority. We can’t wait to welcome our inaugural class of residents in July 2023!

Learn more about our emergency medicine residency program here.

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