UPDATES FROM FLORIDA’S EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAMS
SOUTH FLORIDA
St. Lucie Medical Center By Shelby Guile, DO, PGY-3
WEST FLORIDA
Brandon Regional Hospital By Rashmi Jadhav, MD, PGY-2 Congratulations to the Class of 2024! We are thrilled to welcome our new class of interns to our program. After a grueling match season, we are excited to begin this upcoming academic year strong and have many new and exciting things planned. Although COVID has not left us quite yet, we have all learned to work within its confines and make sure we continue to train hard and effectively. We recently had another great Simulation Extravaganza at our HCA Simulation Center led by Simulation Director, Dr. Martin Kim. He has been a huge asset to our program and has enhanced our education through simulation. We had a very educational day working with all our new simulation equipment and performed various procedures, like lumbar punctures and transvenous pacing. In one short year, our simulation program has really taken off! Additionally, our ultrasound attendings, Drs. Kalivoda and Cabrera, have been especially active in our scholarly work and have published numerous articles in various prestigious journals. They have worked with resident Dr. Rivera to publish an article on the use of POCUS for identification of intraabdominal abscess in a Crohn’s patient; resident Dr.
Al-Marzoog, who published in JACEP Open on the use of POCUS to identify pyomyositis; and Drs. McClure and Patel, who wrote a case report describing the use of POCUS to identify a liver abscess. Congratulations on all your hard work and continued research. Lastly, while we welcome another class of residents, our program will graduate its first residency Class of 2021 this June. This particular class holds a special place at Brandon Regional Hospital as it is the inaugural class of this residency program. All our seniors have grown tremendously over the last three years and it is with a heavy heart that we will be leaving our hospital, our peers, and most importantly, our incredible staff of attendings who trained us. Words cannot describe how we feel about you! You have created a family here for us and no matter where we go, we know we will always have you behind us. We will miss you all tremendously, and words cannot express the gratitude we have for each of you. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you! Welcome to the Class of 2024! You are about to join a very special family and you’re in for a fun ride. ■
EMpulse Spring 2021
Here at St. Lucie, we have been enjoying some of the changes that the spring has brought and are very excited to be nearing the end of the academic year. Many of the residents have been able to be a part of administering the COVID-19 vaccine to our fellow healthcare colleagues over the past few months. We are so happy to have been given the opportunity to help defeat the virus that has changed our education and all of our lives over the past year. Even with vaccinations in full force, we continue to wear our PPE and maintain virtual conferences. After a long and unusual interview season, we are very excited to welcome the Class of 2024! Though the interviews were virtual and students did not have as much opportunity for rotations in the department, we are confident that our new interns will find their home here and fit right in. Our current interns are very excited to pass down their knowledge and take on more responsibility. It is also the time of year again to welcome our new chief resident, Dr. Lam Tran. Dr. Tran has been a natural leader since his first month here and we have no doubt that he will continue to display all of the characteristics that we want our program to embody. We hope to begin in-person learning again soon, as well as attending our quarterly simulation labs. Despite the limitations of virtual learning this year, we have continued to grow closer, test our creativity, and become more resilient than ever. ■
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