Becoming a leader in the field of emergency medicine requires many special talents. Emergency management skills, medical knowledge, and an inherent ability to quickly and accurately recognize the seriousness of a patient’s condition presenting to the ED are all critical to optimum patient care. The recognition and development of these talents is what separates the best training programs from the rest. The University of Nevada (UNSOM) offers a program tailored to excellence in every category and an atmosphere that is contagious about teaching, resident learning, and helping you achieve those goals.

As the newly appointed Director of an emerging program, I am personally 110% committed to creating an environment of excellence and going above and beyond in every area of your experience here. And my entire fellow faculty feels the same. At UNSOM, you will have the unique and unprecedented opportunity to be a part of an exciting time in the program’s history and participate in the structuring and development of how the program unfolds. You are unlikely to find a group that will be more receptive, sensitive, and responsive to your input and needs, because we are on a path toward becoming one of the premiere programs in the country and know that we’ll get there faster by encouraging and valuing your feedback.

You’ll also live and learn in Las Vegas - the fastest-growing, most exciting, and diverse city in the country. Our residency program mirrors those qualities and will prepare you for anything and everything that your future in emergency medicine may expose you to. The experience you will get in just a few years at UNSOM could take a decade of clinical practice in many other areas of the country.

This is a truly unique time for an exciting program in an fast paced work environment in the most exciting city in the world! Your future as an emergency physician is only as good as your foundation and we are prepared to help ensure that the initial step in paving the way for your future is rock-solid. Accept nothing but the best, as do we, from yourself and our program.

Are you ready?

Michael L. Epter, DO, FAAEM
Program Director, University of Nevada
Emergency Medicine Residency Program