An emergency physician in Texas, Dr. Anthony Amoroso works at a Level II trauma center that helps approximately 60,000 patients a year. Dr. Anthony Amoroso received his MD from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and trained as an emergency medicine resident at St. John Hospital in Detroit, Michigan.
Emergency medicine, as a distinct specialization, is relatively young. Because of the lack of acute-care services, the number of medical professionals dedicated to emergency treatment started rising in the 1950s and ‘60s.
In 1968, the American College of Emergency Physicians was formed, and formal residency programs were created in the 1970s. The American Board of Medical Specialties approved emergency medicine in 1979, and the field has grown rapidly, now spanning over 140 approved residency training programs.
Visits to the emergency room have been growing for some time and amounted to more than 100 million visits per year in the early 2000s. The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine predicted in the 1990s that there would be an oversupply of emergency physicians, but current trends show a lack of qualified personnel that will persist for the foreseeable future.
Emergency medicine, as a distinct specialization, is relatively young. Because of the lack of acute-care services, the number of medical professionals dedicated to emergency treatment started rising in the 1950s and ‘60s.
In 1968, the American College of Emergency Physicians was formed, and formal residency programs were created in the 1970s. The American Board of Medical Specialties approved emergency medicine in 1979, and the field has grown rapidly, now spanning over 140 approved residency training programs.
Visits to the emergency room have been growing for some time and amounted to more than 100 million visits per year in the early 2000s. The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine predicted in the 1990s that there would be an oversupply of emergency physicians, but current trends show a lack of qualified personnel that will persist for the foreseeable future.