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==History==
The Desert Regional Medical Center (DRMC) is located in Southern California, in the historic city of Palm Springs; an area that enjoys nearly 354 days of sunshine a year and is nestled right at the foot of mountains, a national park and is a short drive from multiple beautiful beaches. The DRMC is a Level II Trauma Center and the only designated trauma center in the Coachella Valley, covering more than 8,000 square miles, 3 states and 2 countries. It has received advanced certification as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by the Joint Commission and is also a STEMI center and a Level I Methamphetamine receiving center.

The Emergency Medicine program is a 3 year ACGME accredited program with over 70,000 emergency department visits per year of which  roughly 20 percent  are pediatric visits. In addition, we receive over 2000 trauma visits per year and have an 18.3 percent general admissions rate and a 3 percent critical care admissions rate. There are only four other residency programs within the DRMC: Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Neurology and Neurosurgery. We also have only 10 residents (starting with the class of 2023) in each emergency medicine class. This means that we have an excellent faculty/staff to resident ratio and from the first day, access to very high numbers of high acuity procedural and clinical experiences.

==Leadership==
*'''Department Chair / Medical Director:''' Babak Khazaeni, M.D.
*'''Assistant Medical Director:''' Jacqueline Le, M.D.
*'''Program Director:''' Joel Stillings, D.O.
*'''Assistant Program Director:''' Michelle Mouri, D.O.
*'''Assistant Program Director:''' Ryan Roten, DO
*'''Research Director:''' Babak Khazaeni, M.D.
*'''Ultrasound Directors:''' Grant Nelson, M.D.; Korbin Haycock, M.D.

==Training Locations==
===Primary Hospital===
Desert Regional Medical Center - Palm Springs, CA
===Secondary Hospital===
Hi-Desert Medical Center - Joshua Tree, CA
*Emergency Medicine
Sutter Health - Sacramento, CA
*Pediatric Emergency medicine

==Curriculum==

===PGY1===
*Emergency Medicine - 16 weeks
*Anesthesiology - 2 weeks
*Ophthalmology - 2 weeks
*Orthopedic Surgery - 4 weeks
*Internal Medicine - 8 weeks
*Medicine ICU - 4 weeks
*Pediatrics - 4 weeks
*Surgical ICU - 4 weeks
*Vacation - 4 weeks
*Ultrasound - 4 weeks

===PGY2===
*Emergency Medicine - 28 weeks
*Medicine ICU - 4 weeks
*Obstetrics - 4 weeks
*Trauma ICU - 4 weeks
*Ultrasound - 4 weeks
*Selective - 4 weeks
*Vacation - 4 weeks

===PGY3===
*Emergency Medicine - 30 weeks
*Pediatric EM - 6 weeks
*Selective - 4 weeks
*Vacation - 4 weeks
*EMS - 4 weeks
*Administration/Related activities - 4 weeks

===Fellowships===
*Clinical Ultrasound - 1 year

==Contact Information==
'''Lizet C. Martinez, MHA'''
:Program Coordinator, Emergency Medicine Residency <br / >
:DESERT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | Graduate Medical Education <br />
:1180 N. Indian Canyon Drive, Suite E418, Palm Springs, California 92262 <br />
:'''Phone:''' 760.323.6830 | '''Fax:''' 760.323.6489 | '''Email:''' [mailto:Lizet.Martinez@tenethealth.com lizet.martinez@tenethealth.com]

==External Links==
*[http://www.desertemergency.com Desert Regional Medical Center EM]

==See Also==
*[[Council_of_Emergency_Medicine_Residency_Directors|Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD)]]
*[[Emergency medicine residency programs]]

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