Emergency Medicine Subspecialty/Fellowship Training

Major subspecialty concentrations and fellowship options include:

Administration
Cardiovascular emergencies
Clinical forensic medicine
Clinical pharmacology
Clinical research
Critical care, Internal Medicine
Critical care, Anesthesiology
Critical care, Surgical
Disaster medicine
Digital Innovation
Education
Emergency medical services
Environmental health
Faculty development
Geriatric emergency medicine
Hospice and palliative medicine
Injury control
International emergency medicine
Legal medicine
Medical informatics
Medical toxicology
Neurologic/neurovascular
Other/health policy
Pain medicine
Palliative care
Pediatric emergency medicine
Research
Simulation
Sports medicine
Telemedicine
Transport medicine
Underseas and hyperbaric medicine
Ultrasound
Wilderness medicine

Certification in one of the following subspecialties requires additional training and assessment as specified by the board.

Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine

An emergency medicine physician who specializes in Critical Care Medicine diagnoses and treats patients with critical illnesses or injuries, particularly trauma victims and patients with multiple organ dysfunction who require care over a period of hours, days, or weeks. These physicians also coordinate patient care among the primary physician, critical care staff, and other specialists and their primary base of operation is the intestive care unit (ICU) of a hospital.

Emergency Medical Services
An emergency medicine physician specializing in Emergency Medical Services has special knowledge and skills for the delivery of medical care of the acutely ill or injured patient in the pre-hospital setting. This care includes the initial patient treatment, stabilization, and transportation in specially equipped ambulances and medical helicopters. The initial care for conditions such as heart attack or stroke may occur in patient homes, public places, and wilderness settings. These medical specialists perform life-saving procedures outside the hospital setting, sometimes when people are still trapped in cars or buildings.

Hospice and Palliative Medicine
An emergency medicine physician who specializes in Hospice and Palliative Medicine provides care to prevent and relieve the suffering experienced by patients with life-limiting illnesses. This specialist works with an interdisciplinary hospice or palliative care team to optimize quality of life while addressing the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs of both patient and family.

Internal Medicine-Critical Care Medicine
An emergency medicine physician trained in Critical Care Medicine has expertise in the diagnosis, treatment and support of critically ill and injured patients, particularly trauma victims, and patients with multiple organ dysfunction. This physician also coordinates patient care among the primary physician, critical care staff, and other specialists.

Medical Toxicology
Medical toxicologists are physicians who specialize in the prevention, evaluation, treatment, and monitoring of injury and illness from exposures to drugs and chemicals, as well as biological and radiological agents. These specialists care for people in clinical, academic, governmental, and public health settings, and provide poison control center leadership. Important areas of Medical Toxicology include acute drug poisoning; adverse drug events; drug abuse, addiction and withdrawal; chemicals and hazardous materials; terrorism preparedness; venomous bites and stings; and environmental and workplace exposures.

Pain Medicine
An emergency medicine physician who specializes in Pain Medicine provides care for patients with acute, chronic, and/or cancer pain in an emergency department setting while coordinating patient care needs with other specialists.

Pediatric Emergency Medicine
An emergency medicine physician who specializes in Pediatric Emergency Medicine has special qualifications to manage emergency treatments in acutely ill or injured infants and children.

Sports Medicine
An emergency medicine physician who specializes in preventing, diagnosing, and treating injuries related to participating in sports and/ or exercise. In addition to the study of those fields that focus on prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of injuries, Sports Medicine also deals with illnesses and diseases that might have effects on health and physical performance.

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine
An emergency medicine physician who specializes in Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine treats decompression illness and diving accident cases and uses hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat such conditions as carbon monoxide poisoning, gas gangrene, non-healing wounds, tissue damage from radiation and burns, and bone infections. This specialist also serves as a consultant to other physicians in all aspects of hyperbaric chamber operations, and assesses risks and applies appropriate standards to prevent disease and disability in divers and other persons working in altered atmospheric conditions.