Choosing the residency at UW means you will be well prepared to enter a variety of practice environments – from rural single coverage EDs to quaternary care academic referral centers and everything in between. Our graduates leave residency with skills and confidence to pursue their diverse passions and join a close-knit network of alumni spanning the globe.
From community medical directors to residency program leaders and professional sports team physicians, to institutional directors of disaster medicine, our graduates are advancing patient care, medical education, and healthcare policy across our field.
The impact that our graduates are making in our communities inspires us to move FORWARD, always FOCUSED on improving our specialty by developing game-changing leaders in emergency medicine who share our mission throughout Wisconsin and beyond.
Where our graduates practice
Since Dr. Azita Hamedani founded the emergency medicine residency program in 2007, we have graduated 148 resident physicians who currently practice in 28 U.S. states, as well as in Norway and Uganda.
Alumni hold leadership positions in major academic medical centers, including the UW Hospitals and Clinics, Cleveland Clinic, Duke, Mayo Clinic, Michigan Medicine, Harvard, Stanford, Yale, and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
And nearly 50 graduates of our program are currently practicing in Wisconsin to fulfill the critical need for a strong emergency care physician workforce in the state.
One of the best things about UW: graduating residents who are ready for anything.
"It's impossible to see and do it all in the short years of residency training, so what I love most is that UW gives all residents the tools to be a creative thinker, a hard worker, and a compassionate healer." – Meredith Masters, MD, Class of 2016
Job Placement for Recent Classes
Class of 2024
Thirty-eight percent of residents went immediately into clinical practice roles while 62% pursued fellowships:
- Three matched fellowships at academic medical centers in Critical Care Anesthesia, EMS, and Pain Medicine
- Four placements through our “3+1” program in Global Health, Med Flight, and Simulation
- One placement at a regional medical center in Wisconsin (Mayo Clinic)
- Three community ED placements in Wisconsin
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Role, Employer, Location
| Residency Graduate | Where They Are Heading Next |
| Husain Bawany, MD | Pain Medicine Fellowship NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center (NYPH/CUIMC) ACGME-accredited program New York City, New York |
| Michael Bezzerides, MD | Emergency Medicine Attending Physician Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire, Wisconsin |
| Jesse Conterato, MD | Retrieval & Critical Care Transport Fellowship UW Health Med Flight Madison, Wisconsin |
| Nicholas Genthe, MD Chief Resident |
EMS Fellowship ACGME-accredited program UW Hospitals and Clinics Madison, Wisconsin |
| Bradley Glazier, MD | Emergency Medicine Attending Physician Madison Emergency Physicians Dane County, Wisconsin |
| Cassandra Hardy, MD | EMS Fellowship ACGME-accredited program Regions Hospital Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| Matthew Heffernan, MD | Retrieval & Critical Care Transport Fellowship UW Health Med Flight Madison, Wisconsin |
| Priscilla Kennedy, MD Chief Resident |
Clinical Instructor, Focus in Simulation UW Hospitals and Clinics Madison, Wisconsin |
| Brittany Kotek, MD | Global Health Fellowship UW Hospitals and Clinics Madison, Wisconsin |
| Skylar Larsen, MD | Emergency Medicine Attending Physician Southern Wisconsin Emergency Associates South Central Wisconsin |
| Nicolas Rubel, MD | Anesthesia Critical Care Fellowship ACGME-accredited program UW Hospitals and Clinics Madison, Wisconsin |
| Mikko Sayre, MD | Retrieval & Critical Care Transport Fellowship UW Health Med Flight Madison, Wisconsin |
| Sarah Soderberg, MD, MPH Chief Resident |
Emergency Medicine Attending Physician Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital Portage, Wisconsin |
Class of 2023
Sixty-seven percent of residents went immediately into clinical practice roles while 33% pursued fellowships:
- Three matched fellowships at academic medical centers in Anesthesia Critical Care, Ultrasound, and Sports Medicine
- One placement through our “3+1” program with a focus in Administration
- Four placements at regional medical centers in Idaho, Iowa, Oregon, and Wisconsin
- Four community ED placements in Idaho, Indiana, and Wisconsin
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Role, Employer, Location
- Emily Duym, MD, MSc: 3+1 Administration Fellowship, UW-Madison
- Megan Hannemann, MD: Beloit Memorial Hospital, Beloit, WI
- Michael Kern, MD: Mayo Clinic Health System, Eau Claire, WI
- Miranda Kohli, MD: Madison Emergency Physicians, Madison, WI
- Kirk Meyers, MD: Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic
- Melissa Murray, MD: Adventist Health, Ukiah, CA
- Eric Neasi, MD: 3+1 Ultrasound Fellowship, UW-Madison
- Thaddeus Schmitt, MD: 3+1 Medical Education Fellowship, UW-Madison
- Matthew Stampfl, MD: 3+1 Flight Medicine Fellowship, UW Health Med Flight
- Haley Taormina, MD: EMS Fellowship, Regions Hospitals, St. Paul, MN
- Andrew Troger, MD: Harvard Affiliated Toxicology Fellowship, Boston, MA
Alumni Spotlight
Carrie Harvey, MD
Class of 2014
Following residency, Dr. Harvey became the first Emergency Medicine graduate to complete an Anesthesiology Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Michigan. Dr. Harvey serves as the Assistant Residency Program Director for Emergency Medicine at Michigan Medicine.
Dr. Harvey's clinical and research interests include delivery of palliative care in the ED and ICU, improving communication with critically ill patients and families, and the interface between ED management and ICU outcomes.
Alex Ebinger, MD, CAQSM
Class of 2013
Dr. Ebinger is dually boarded in Emergency Medicine and Sports Medicine (one of fewer than 200 in the country). In addition to his academic faculty position at CU Medicine, he maintains an outpatient practice and is a team physician for many pro and semi-pro sports teams (MLB, NFL, NHL) in Colorado, as well as for U.S. National and Olympic teams Ski, Snowboarding, and Speedskating teams.
Dr. Ebinger has spoken nationally at ACEP, the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM), and the International Extreme Sports Medicine Congress.
Meredith Masters, MD
Class of 2016
Dr. Masters completed an EMS fellowship with the FDNY Hofstra Northwell program. She is currently the Marc and Laura Andreessen Medical Director for Disaster Relief at Stanford University. Her research focuses on improving training for hospital disaster preparedness, the relationship between prehospital care and the ED, and ethics and health equity in EMS and disaster management.
Fun fact: The fictional character "Martha M. Masters" on the Fox medical drama television series House is named after our very own Dr. Masters!
