Spectrum Health/Michigan State University

The emergency medicine residency at Spectrum Health, in partnership with Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, follows a PGY 1-3 format, accepting ten residents annually. Residents train at two primary locations, Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital and Helen DeVos Children's Hospital. Our curriculum is ever changing to keep pace with the rapid evolution of emergency medicine. We use a variety to teaching methods to help residents learn the foundational knowledge of emergency medicine and hone critical thinking skills. We have a robust, interactive academic curriculum as well as utilizing simulation activities to help further develop the procedural skills necessary to practice emergency medicine.

Spectrum Health/MSU EM Residency
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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Advocacy , Health Care Administration , Social EM

Health Policy Journal Club: Cheaper Isn't Always Better

9/6/2021 Michael J. Rushton Jr., DO , Vidya Eswaran, MD
Urgent care centers fill a need in the U.S. healthcare system, providing access to care. But as the Health Policy Journal Club explains, this step in the right direction must be supported by appropria
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Admin Ops Literature Review , Administration & Operations

Patient Outcomes in Emergency Department Observation Units for Syncope

6/11/2021 Wes Spiro, MD , Jared Ditkowsky, MD , Vineet Kumar Sharma, MD, MS , Nicholas Cozzi, MD, MBA , Nicholas Stark, MD, MBA
It is estimated that syncope workup and management costs the U.S. healthcare system an annual $2.4 billion. How can ED observation units impact those expenses?
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Administration & Operations , Awards

EMRA & EDPMA Scholarship: A Worthy Investment

2/4/2021 Nicholas Cozzi, MD, MBA , Tehreem Rehman, MD, MPH , Allen Chang, MD
In a year ravaged by a global pandemic and uncertainty, three EMRA physicians-in-training were selected for the unique opportunity to be 2020 EMRA/EDPMA Scholars.
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Wilderness Medicine , COVID-19 , Wellness

Recreate Responsibly: Exploring the Wilderness in the Age of COVID

2/4/2021 Kathryn Kammert, DO , Capt. Yev Maksimenko, MD, MA, DiMM, FAWM, FP-C , Michelle Skuba-Gray , Elaine Yu, DO, MS, FAWM
How can you safely get outdoors? What do you need to plan to stay safe? How can you spend time in the wilderness responsibly? What impact can you have on the health of our planet and its future after
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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Advocacy

Health Policy Journal Club: Healing at Home

1/6/2021 Michael J. Rushton Jr., DO , Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP
Emergency physicians understand that hospital admissions are far from benign. Is it time to consider "home hospitals" that provide services traditionally reserved for inpatient care? A new randomized
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Administration & Operations , Admin Ops Literature Review

Emergency Department Boarding: Literature and Strategies Review

12/17/2020 Vineet Kumar Sharma, MD, MS , Jared Ditkowsky, MD , Ynhi Thomas, MD, MPH, MSc , Nicholas Stark, MD, MBA , Nicholas Cozzi, MD, MBA
Emergency departments across the United States have been plagued with overcrowding. In 2006 the U.S. Institute of Medicine declared crowding a national epidemic. Despite well-documented detrimental ef
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Leadership , EMRA Board of Directors

Get to Know EMRA Representative to ACEP Nicholas Cozzi, MD, MBA

12/1/2020 Nicholas Cozzi, MD, MBA
Nicholas Cozzi, MD, MBA, of Spectrum Health/Michigan State University, has been selected as the next EMRA Representative to ACEP - advocating for the concerns and issues important to the EM trainee.