| Our Chief Residents Welcome You to North Florida! |
Welcome to the UCF/HCA North Florida Emergency Medicine Residency! As the chief residents, we are excited to tell you about our program and show you why we love training at North Florida. Our program is more than just a residency, we are a family. Our close-knit group includes attendings, residents, APPs, nurses, paramedics, and all of the ED staff. This family atmosphere makes coming to work everyday enjoyable and fun!
Our Emergency Department is a fast-paced, high-acuity, busy referral center for the entire North Florida network of affiliated hospitals. This means we see a very diverse, often sick, population. North Florida is a Comprehensive Stroke Center and Chest Pain Center of Excellence. North Florida has a variety of specialists with whom we work closely to ensure the best care for our patients. Our shifts always keep us on our toes; there is rarely a shift that goes by without multiple highly acute patients, and more often than not, a major resuscitation!
We see approximately 109K patients per year between our main Emergency Department, fast-track area, and three freestanding Emergency Departments. Our volume and acuity of patients allows residents to become comfortable with procedures and resuscitations by the end of their intern year! As North Florida has no surgical residencies, there are no residents competing with us for procedures. We do all of our own reductions, sedations, nerve blocks, ENT procedures, chest tubes, intubations/airways, joint aspirations and more!
Outside of the hospital setting we get to learn and challenge our procedural skills in our state-of-the-art simulation lab. We have a simulation lab experience every month and get hands-on experience with procedures like cricothyrotomies, bronchoscopies, difficult intubations, joint aspirations, thoracotomies, lumbar punctures, complicated infant deliveries, and so much more!
The icing on the cake is our amazing attendings! They consistently attend our weekly conferences and are available at any time for questions, concerns, or extra help with study material, procedures, anything, you name it! They continue to invest time and energy into making our resident experience the best that it can be.
We are thrilled that you have shown interest in our program and can’t wait for the class of 2028 to join us!
Hometown: Allerton, Iowa
About me: I was born on the west coast in Coos Bay, Oregon. My family then moved to rural Iowa where I grew up. I moved to Arkansas for undergraduate and then proceeded to medical school there as well at the NYIT campus in Arkansas. I have a strong interest in procedures, POCUS, and austere/disaster medicine. I am currently an officer in the Army Reserves and I plan to practice in critical access hospitals post-graduation.
Hobbies: Cooking, Jiu Jitsu, Camping, and working on my project truck that I tell my wife will run someday.
Hometown: St. Petersburg, FL
About me: I was born and raised in St. Pete, Florida, where I went to undergrad at USF. I received my MPH during medical school and hope to incorporate what I have learned to address health care discrepancies affecting patients in the ED. I am also a fiancé and a mom to a rambunctious two-year-old.
Hobbies: When I'm not working, I love to hang out with my family and co-residents! I'm excited to kayak the springs near Gainesville and enjoy the outdoors with my fam. My fiancé is a sous chef so we love checking out new restaurants and local breweries on our days off!
Hometown: Chicago, IL
About Me: I was born in Chicago and raised in the northwest Chicagoland suburbs. I am a first generation Polish-American and am proficient in the language. I'm a big foodie, so I am excited to check out all of the restaurants and cafes in Gainesville! On my days off, you can find me taking long walks through local trails and spending time with family/friends.
Hobbies: travelling to tropical destinations, soccer (Manchester United fan for life), wine tasting