Emergency Medicine Residency Program
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Scott Melanson, MD
Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director
“What makes Graduate Medical Education at St. Luke's Hospital special is the environment. Residents and faculty work collegially in a supportive atmosphere that values both medical education and patient care. St. Luke’s is a place I would-and do- recommend to any patient who needs excellent and compassionate care, including my own family members. And, I recommend it also to any candidate who seeks excellent training at this critical point in their medical career.”
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Emergency Medicine Training in an Active, Tertiary Care Hospital
The three-year (PGY 1-3) ACGME-approved Emergency Medicine Residency Program at St. Luke's Hospital & Health Network accepts eight residents per year and provides an academically rigorous curriculum in a tertiary, academic medical center. The Emergency Medicine Residency program is fully accredited, as are all of the residency education programs at St. Luke's Hospital & Health Network.
Our overriding goal is to provide comprehensive, academic emergency medicine training in an active tertiary care hospital. The program exposes resident to a broad spectrum of pathology providing them with experience in managing the breadth of conditions seen in emergency medicine.
The three-year program primarily utilizes the facilities of St. Luke's Hospital-Bethlehem Campus and provides for training at a major pediatric facility. St. Luke's is a Regional Resource (Level One) Trauma Center utilizing two helicopters to provide care to patients throughout the Lehigh Valley and surrounding areas. St. Luke's is also a certified Stroke Center and a Regional Heart Center. St. Luke's has been recognized as a national leader in cardiac care and was recently recognized by HealthGrades as one of the 50 best hospitals in the United States. The newly renovated Emergency Department utilizes a paperless electronic medical record and one of the most advanced communications systems available. The Vocera communications badges allow members of the Emergency Department team to communicate with each other wirelessly from anywhere within the department and hospital.
The faculty is comprised of board-certified emergency physicians and there are residency programs in Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Orthopedics, Family Practice, Podiatry, and Dentistry. St. Luke's also offers fellowships in Sports Medicine and Critical Care/ Trauma.
Residents have the opportunity to rotate through all major subspecialty areas including trauma, EMS, medical and surgical critical care, and anesthesia. Our core curriculum places a strong emphasis on didactic sessions and staying current with the latest emergency medicine literature and clinical practice. We make special efforts to prepare out residents for both their written and oral board examinations. We are proud of our academic record of peer-reviewed publications and impressive pass rate on the Board exams. We are even more proud of the close-knit, friendly environment that characterizes our program, our hospital, and our community.
Scott Melanson, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Program Director
St. Luke’s Hospital & Health Network
801 Ostrum Street
Bethlehem, PA 18015
610-954-4903