UPDATES FROM FLORIDA’S EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAMS
Florida Atlantic University By Tony Bruno, DO, PGY-1 Winter has come and gone as we enter spring here in South Florida. While the cool temperatures were great, we look forward to longer beach days. Our FAU EM family has continued to grow. It’s hard to believe the match has already come and gone. We want to extend a big congratulations and welcome to all of our incoming residents. We have several more additions to announce: congratulations to Dr. Spencer Greaves, PGY-2 and his wife, who had a baby boy, Charles Greaves, and to Dr. Thomas Peterson, PGY-2 and his wife, who also had a baby boy, Santiago Peterson. We’re excited to have them as part of our family. During one of our beautiful spring days, we had our first inaugural Sim-
SOUTH FLORIDA ulation Olympics. We would like to give a big thank you to Dr. Hughes and everyone else who helped make this day a success. Events included various relay races with a variety of common procedures performed in the ED mixed with field day games. We are very happy to announce a partnership with the medical students in the emergency medicine interest group at FAU. Within this group, we have
started a mentorship program and have also begun virtual as well as in-person learning and skills sessions. We have continued our research with Dr. Spencer Greaves, PGY-2, who is planning to give an oral presentation at SAEM in May entitled, “Fluorescent Tracer in Personal Protective Equipment Training in the Era of Coronavirus Disease.” ■
AdventHealth East Orlando By Tyler Mills, DO, PGY-2 CENTRAL FLORIDA Hello again from all your EM friends at AdventHealth! Visit our ED and you will notice that it’s still a consistent 71 degrees and fluorescent. However, the department and the people seem different: smiles are bigger because it’s summertime. Interns have hit their stride and have bonded as a class. All the residents and ED staff appear closer now than they were a few months ago—and it has nothing to do with new CDC guidelines. There is renewed optimism and energy from both the continued vaccine rollout and the arrival of summer. As we approach the end of a memorable academic year that was full of unique challenges, we are grateful for each other and our health. We also have a lot to look forward to and celebrate. Since our last update, we celebrated two births: congratulations to Dr. Haus and Dr. Hoer on the newest additions to their families.
On the academic front, the year boasted academic achievements from residents in every class. Since our last update, multiple residents, including at least one from each class, presented at ACOEP’s Spring Seminar. We also announced the creation of the Advent EM Podcast and began researching and recording for initial episodes. We continue to be impressed by this group’s level of engagement in both academic production and extracurricular activity. Despite limitations on away rotations, our record application cycle in 2020 was followed by another, seeing even more applicants and conducting more interviews for 2021. Thank you to all the EM applicants for their interest in our program—we enjoyed meeting each of you and learning about your unique journeys to emergency medicine. Everyone is eager to meet the new intern class and welcome them to the EMpulse Spring 2021
family. To all of this year’s applicants and students: congratulations, and we wish you all the best in your future endeavors! Sadly, this time of year means saying goodbye to our seniors. In addition to securing the most fellowships in recent memory, this class will be remembered as one that always supported one another. They were a close group that eagerly embraced the challenge of teaching interns and medical students early in their second year. Dr. Muniz accepted a position in Daytona. Drs. Janevski and Coello have both accepted positions in Ohio as an attending physician and for an EMS fellowship, respectively. Drs. Risovas, Lawyer and Cartaya will all remain in Central Florida for ultrasound fellowships next year. We are proud of our seniors and will miss them next year. Stay cool and stay safe. ■ 27
