FAQ’s & Facts

The Henry Ford Genesys Hospital ED is a Level II Trauma Center. It has 50 beds (plus a 7 bed physician triage area) that sees more than 67,000 patients per year with an admission rate of 30%.

All shifts are 9 hours in length. Residents have 18, 18, 17, and 17 shifts per block their first, second, third, and fourth years respectively.

Unfortunately, we do not accept Visas.

We accept 6 residents per year.

Required documents include ERAS application, USMLE/COMLEX scores, 2 letters of recommendation, transcripts, Dean's letter, and valid ECFMG certificate for IMGs. Go to our applying to the program section to find out more.

USMLE or COMLEX I & II must be passed on first attempt. USMLE 1 must be passed with a minimum score of 225. COMLEX I must be passed with a minimum score of 500. All medical school classes must also be passed on the first attempt.

Our interview season typically runs from October to December/January of each academic year. Click Here for this years interview dates.

Yes, as long as you are in good academic standing with the program.

We are affiliated with Hurley Medical Center, Beaumont Hospital, and Detroit Medical Center. Check out our curriculum section to find out more.

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Benefits include medical insurance, life insurance policy, dental/optical insurance, professional liability insurance, lab coat allowance, on-call quarters, and a meal stipend. ER Residents are also provided with EMRA and ACEP memberships.

Let us know and fill out the online form. You can get the link, contacts, and more information by going to our medical student section.

We are always open to students shadowing in our department and we encourage it! Usually we will pair you with a core faculty member to give you the best feel of the academic environment of our department. Contact the student coordinator, chief residents, and/or assistant program director. The contact information can be found in our medical student section. You will need to have identification (ID, passport, etc), up to date immunization records, and to fill out the paperwork which will be forwarded to you upon requesting a shadowing shift.

Henry Ford Genesys Hospital is an American College of Surgery designated Level II Trauma Center. The Emergency Department has approximately 67,000 visits annually of which 16,000 are trauma related.

• 70% of trauma visits are Level III
• 24% of trauma visits are Level II
• 6% of trauma visits are Level I

The trauma activation levels utilize evidence based criteria attempting to identify the potentially most severely injured patients.

Monthly peer review meetings dissecting each of the activations and looking for areas of improvement.

5% of our patients have penetrating injury.

95% of our patients have blunt trauma.

Our trauma service has less complications, wound infection rates, ventilator days and ICU utilization compared to the benchmark set by Michigan trauma centers.

In-house radiology 24/7