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The UVA Department of Emergency Medicine has contributed to numerous innovative advances in emergency care and education of future physicians.  The past five years have been spent building the clinical and education enterprise.   

Currently, the areas of focus with some ongoing research include:
  • Cardiovascular emergencies
  • Neurosciences/stroke
  • Infectious diseases
  • Trauma/injury prevention
  • Education research (i.e. case-base, procedures and simulation training)
  • Toxicology/hyperbarics
  • Wilderness medicine/envenomation