The two-year Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship at Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center is a unique fellowship that focuses on equipping emergency medicine physicians to become experts in their chosen area of interest. In addition to continuing to develop their clinical skills in the emergency department, fellows will have the opportunity to complete a Masters in Public Health from USC in a specialty of their choice, such as Global Health, Biostatistics and Epidemiology, etc. 

Additional coursework will be funded based on the fellow’s individualized mentorship plan. Possible courses include the Health Emergencies in Large Populations (HELP) course, the Harvard Humanitarian Intensive Response Course, and others. Prior to beginning, fellows will pick from one of three areas of focus: humanitarian practice, emergency care systems development, or public health research. Fellows will then be paired with a faculty mentor with expertise in their area, as well as a relevant partner agency, such as Doctors without Borders or Partners in Health. 

During their first year, fellows with spend 6 months abroad in the field with this partner agency, followed with a second extended field deployment in their second year. This early and focused field experience ensures fellows with gain deep expertise and make meaningful connections within your chosen area of concentration. The goal is to ensure that graduating fellows have all the skills, knowledge, and connections to become successful junior faculty at their future institutions.