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"Welcome to UMass Chan Medical School"

These are the words that will greet you when you visit the Emergency Medicine Residency Program. Jeannine will welcome you to UMass Medical School (virtually this year) and guide you through interview day and keep you moving forward during your residency training!

Residency Coordinator
Jeannine Bottis - 508-421-1439

Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program

Richard Church, MD, FACEP, FACMT

Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology

Dr. Church is a board certified emergency medicine and medical toxicology physician. He currently serves as the UMass Chan EM Residency Program Director as well as the EM Medical Education Fellowship Associate Program Director. He mentors EM residents as well as UMass Chan medical students and serves a variety of local committees and programs including the UMass Chan Graduate Medical Education Committee, the SNMA Mentorship Program and the Committee on Equal Opportunity and Diversity as well as national committees such as the ACMT Diversity Workgroup and the CORD-EM Advising Students Committee.

Associate Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program

Viral Patel, MD

Associate Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program

Dr Patel is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine who currently serves as the Associate Program Director for the EM Residency. He completed his residency in emergency medicine at UMass Chan where he has been employed since graduating. His educational interests include medical education, resident assessment and evaluation, and curriculum development/innovation.

Assistant Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency

Alexandra Nordberg, MD

Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine and Emergency Ultrasound

Dr. Nordberg...