Alameda County Medical Center - Highland General Hospital is a busy, county-owned, 120-bed, acute medical/surgical hospital with approximately 35 full-time attending physicians and a house staff of more than 85. There are approved residencies in Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine (and a separate track in Primary Care IM), Surgery, and Oral Surgery, with residents from the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF), Children's Hospital of Oakland, California-Pacific Medical Center, and St. Mary's Medical Center to provide full-time coverage in Orthopedics, Pediatrics and Ophthalmology. All these programs have an institutional "umbrella" affiliation with UCSF. An active fourth year medical student clerkship is available in Emergency Medicine.

Founded in 1980, the Emergency Medicine Residency program at Highland General Hospital trains 10 housestaff per year in a PGY I-IV format. It is fully accredited by the American Council of Graduate Medical Education. The Emergency Medicine faculty consists of fourteen full-time full-time physicians and several part-time attendings, all residency trained and board certified in Emergency Medicine. There are also two ultrasound fellows, and soon a new International Emergency Medicine fellow. Together, they provide 42-49 hours of continuous staff attending coverage in the Emergency Department (ED) every day.


International Emergency Medicine Fellowship

Felloship Goals
The primary purpose of the International Emergency Medicine Fellowship is to develop expertise in Public Health and International Health for residency trained Emergency Physicians who are planning to pursue a career in International Health practice and administration.

The fellowship aims to:
-Provide the academic, clinical and administrative opportunities needed to prepare our fellows to assume leadership positions in International Health.
-Encourage international service
-Produce high quality scholarship
-Maintain a network of institutional relationships with organizations involved in various aspects of international health
-Contribute to the educational missions of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health and the Emergency Medicine Residency at Highland Hospital

Felloship Curriculum
1. Academic Public Health: Fellows will apply for either of two Masters in Public Health programs at the School of Public Health: Epidemiology or the Interdisciplinary Program. All classroom work will be completed during the first year of the fellowship. Research projects that fulfill course requirements may be completed during the second year of the fellowship. The MPH degree will not be conferred until all course requirements are complete.