Academic Promoters
INDUS-EM is a coalition of Global Partners Lead by USF, SUNY, AIIMS & Baroda Medical College in partnership with MCI Recognized Medical Colleges of India.
All
India
Institute
of Medical
Sciences –Emergency
Medicine
Situated
in
New
Delhi,
AIIMS
is
a
world
renowned
institution
and
is
the
top
medical
school
of
India
(India
Today,
June
2005).
Known
for
its
research
and
education
expertise,
AIIMS
has been
at
the
forefront
of
revolutionizing patient
care
in
India.
Developing
Academic
and
Clinical
Emergency
Medicine
is
one
of
its'
frontline
goals.
The
Division
of
Emergency
Medicine
boasts
of
over 60
doctors
and
patient
load
of
over
1,50,000
patients
per
year. It intends
to
start
international
exchange
programs
and
a
residency
in
Emergency
Medicine.
AIIMS-EM
aims
to play
leadership
role for
developing
emergency
medicine
in
the
developing
world.
University
of South
Florida – Emergency
Medicine
USF-EM
is
one
of
the
youngest
academic
EM
programs
in
the
world.
It
has
expertise
in
developing
Global
EM
via
its
faculty
assets.
Situated
at
Tampa
General
Hospital
the
USF-EM
boast managing
over
70,000
patients
per
year with over
20
academic
faculties
and 18
residents.
This
conference
will
be
co-sponsored
by
the
Division
of
Emergency
Medicine
at
the
University
of
South Florida,
USA.
USF-EM
has
intent
to
play
a
vital
role
in
supporting the
movement to
develop
academic
Emergency
Medicine
in
India.
Baroda Medical College-SSG Hospital, Gujarat, India
Founded on 16th June 1946 Medical College, Baroda is a premier medical institution in Western India. Over six decades BMC has produced the best of the medical graduates and postgraduates who occupy prestigious leadership and academic positions in India, UK, USA and Africa. Well known for their academicism and high standards of medical education, it is one of the leading centers of excellence whose research is funded by the Indian Council of Medical Research and the National Institutes of Health. Recently in 2007 BMC was awarded the Prestigious NIH-Fogarty Research Training Grant to create experts and infrastructure for Research in Adolescent HIV. Baroda Medical College is not only a center for learning to medical Students but also has programs for post graduates and researchers.
In western India it is the only Medical College to have taken extra effort to develop a post graduate program and a faculty development program in Emergency Medicine and Trauma. It has been a part of the INDO-US Collaboration since inception and enjoys strong support of the government and its alumni all over the world.
State University of New York, USA
The SUNY Downstate Emergency Medicine-Kings County Hospital is a medical school based, academic program that is committed to training competent and compassionate physicians who can manage all aspects of emergency medical care, and who feel at ease in the most challenging circumstances that our profession affords.
The program at Kings County offers unparalleled training in evidence-based medicine and cultivates leadership potential. The primary training site is a large level-one urban trauma center located in the heart of Brooklyn, New York. Kings County Hospital was founded in 1831 and has served generations of immigrants who have arrived in this country in the last century and continue to arrive to this day. The Department of Emergency medicine is a National Leader in fields of Disaster Management, Ultrasound, Simulation Technology, Resuscitation protocols and academic research. SUNY has committed itself to the INDUS-EM collaboration in the effort to foster academic acute Care in India.
