Division of Social EM

The Center for Emergency Medicine's Division of Social Emergency Medicine houses the Section of Global Health and the Section of Community Health.  Both sections offer residents and fellows a wide range of opportunities to acquire and hone their skills that will help them to make significant impacts in the field of emergency medicine and public health during the course their careers.  

 
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Section of Global Health

  • Operates the UHCMC/IMC Global Emergency Medicine Tract of the Social EM Fellowship in collaboration with International Medical Corps (IMC), an international health non-government organization with programs in over 32 countries.  Our fellowship offers elite in training for emergency medicine wishing to specialize or have advanced knowledge of how to operate within the field of humanitarian aid.

  • Offers residency collaborations and exchanges with Emergency Departments in Bangkok, Thailand and Reykjavik, Iceland.

  • Offers qualified senior residents potential opportunities for field work rotations at International Medical Corps field sites during elective months.

  • Provides EM residents the opportunity to attend MPHP 540 “Operational Aspects of International Disaster Relief,” a 40-hour graduate-level course offered through the Case Western Reserve University and taught by UHCMC EM Faculty in collaboration with international experts in the field. 

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IMC Affiliation

Founded by emergency medicine physician, Dr. Robert Simon in 1984, International Medical Corps is a global, nonprofit, humanitarian aid organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering by providing emergency medical services, as well as healthcare training and development programs, to those affected by disaster, disease or conflict.  The UHCMC Division of Population Health has collaborated with International Medical Corps since 2014 through the UHCMC/IMC Global Emergency Medicine Training Fellowship.   Both academic and experiential training in the sectors of health, security, logistics, WASH, Gender-based Violence (GBV), and MHPSS (Mental Health and Social Services) is provided during

 Section of Community Health

  • Developed and oversees the UHCMC HIV and Syphilis Testing and Care Collaborative (HIVTCC) -  a collaboration between the Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Core Laboratory and the Cuyahoga Department of Public Health.   This platform improves, through augmented testing, research and monitoring, HIV and syphilis linkage to care and initiation of PrEP for at-risk populations. 

  • Collaborates with the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences Geospatial Labat the Case Western Reserve University by geospatially mapping common pathologies, as well as non-compliance within our patient population so we can better understand the barriers faced by our patient population in the Greater Cleveland Area.  Current research includes causes of asthma recidivism, opiate overdose trends and demographics, and risk factors for medication non-compliance among our patient population. We are also examining the factors of ED utilization pre and post COVID-19 to better serve our community. 

  • Collaborates with multiple academic centers in discovering the role that bedbugs and other ectoparasites have in human disease transmission in the ED population.