Portsmouth Emergency Medicine Residency

Emergency Medicine Interviews are scheduled April through September 2024

Interview Scheduling is now open. If you have scheduled your rotation with us already, no need to reach out to schedule the interview. It will happen during your rotation.

Anyone not rotating with us should reach out to our program coordinator as early as possible to schedule interviews.

dha.hampton-roads.Portsmouth-NMC.list.nmcp-em@health.mil & nmcpempd@gmail.com

No job in clinical medicine today is more challenging than Emergency Medicine.

The hallmark of our specialty is the ability to evaluate a patient in distress with an undifferentiated complaint and quickly stabilize, treat, and disposition.

Our Philosophy

Emergency Medicine is a specialty of breadth. Our scope of practice touches on almost every medical specialty. Every shift is unique as one manages a variety of patients and problems in parallel in a high-tempo environment. Military emergency physicians take this one step further. Not only are we required to know how to treat civilian emergent conditions, but we must also have the capability to manage high-velocity rifle wounds, severe blast injuries, and other unique combat injuries that may occur in a host of extreme environments. Practicing good medicine in unconventional environments is what attracts many of us to the specialty. Military Emergency Medicine requires the ability to think on one’s feet, improvise, adapt, and overcome.

Highlights of Emergency Medicine training at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth

  • Arguably the nation’s premiere military emergency medicine residency training program.

  • Strong in academics with a nearly perfect pass rate on written and oral boards.

  • Our state-of-the-art simulation center allows realistic training on advanced and difficult-to-manage resuscitations, improving patient outcomes when faced with similar real-life scenarios.

  • Our curriculum is always improving with new rotations and innovative clinical advancements to enhance the learning experience.

  • Graduates can serve overseas in Spain, Italy, Guam, Okinawa, and Japan.

  • Emergency Medicine is a “Tip of the Spear” specialty.

Emergency Medicine: Jack of All Trades. Masters of Fun.