Clinical Sites

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (TJUH), Center City

The home base of Jefferson Emergency Medicine, TJUH Center City is a Level 1 Trauma Center and has every service and subspecialty you would expect of a nationally recognized academic hospital including comprehensive centers for NCI, Stroke, LVAD, ECMO, Cardiac Emergencies, Trauma, Burn, SCI, and Transplant. Located in the heart of Center City, TJUH is where you will spend most of your time as a Jefferson EM resident.

Jefferson Methodist Hospital

A resident favorite, Methodist is a community hospital located five miles south of TJUH Center City in the tight-knit South Philly community. Here, you’ll work intimately with attendings as the only resident in the ED and get a feel for the community environment while having the academic powerhouse of TJUH just a JeffSTAT ride away. The acuity is high and the patients are sick. You’ll rotate in the ED as a senior resident and in the ICU as a PGY-1 and PGY-3.

Paoli Hospital

Located about 45 min from downtown Philadelphia, Paoli is a community hospital and a Level II Trauma Center – the only one for the entire county. Here you’ll learn how practice patterns differ in a high-resource community ED and as the only resident, you’ll have first crack at all procedures and the opportunity to work directly alongside our Jefferson Trauma Surgeons without any other residents present. You’ll rotate here for 1 block during each of your senior years.

Jefferson Torresdale Hospital

Torresdale is located in North Philly where you’ll do your senior trauma rotation as a PGY-2 (twice!). This is a great rotation to grow and stretch your independence as you’ll be the senior trauma resident responsible for covering the entire Trauma Service overnight. You’ll work with some of the nicest Trauma Surgeons you’ll ever meet and have plenty of opportunities to take the lead in the resus bay and managing critically ill patients in the Trauma ICU. This rotation is popular among the residents.

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

Located in West Philly, you’ll rotate here as a PGY-3. You’ll work in the world renowned Level I pediatric hospital taking care of complex pediatric patients. At CHOP you will also work alongside EM residents from other programs in the city, making this rotation an awesome opportunity to network and meet new friends.

St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

St. Chris is located in North Philly near Temple and Einstein and serves a primarily underserved pediatric population. You’ll rotate here as a PGY-2 taking the lead caring for bread and butter pediatric EM cases. You will also rotate here over the course of intern year getting a sense of how to care for pediatric patients.

Mercy Fitzgerald

Mercy Fitzgerald is a busy community hospital located in Darby, PA, approximately 30 min from downtown Philadelphia. You’ll rotate here as a PGY2 and PGY3, get all the critical care procedures and cases as the only EM resident in the department and work alongside seasoned community EM attendings taking care of an underserved suburban community.

Nemours Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

DuPont is Delaware’s only Level I Pediatric Trauma Facility. You’ll rotate here as a PGY-1 in the PICU. This is a good opportunity to learn how to treat sick children.