St Joseph's University Medical Center Program

Paterson, NJ

Community (Uni. Aff.)STEP 220 - 267 DO Friendly IMG Friendly

Specialty:Emergency medicine

ACGME Code:1103300212

NRMP Code:1406110C0

Status:Continued Accreditation

Overview

St. Joseph’s University Medical Center's Emergency Medicine Residency Program offers a comprehensive training experience at one of the busiest emergency departments in the United States. The primary clinical site, located in Paterson, NJ, is recognized as the third busiest Emergency Department in the country, providing residents with exposure to a diverse patient population and a wide variety of clinical scenarios.

Program Overview

The Emergency Medicine Residency Program has been designed to prepare residents for various career paths in emergency medicine through a robust curriculum and hands-on clinical experience. This three-year ACGME-accredited program emphasizes evidence-based medicine, innovation in education, and physician wellness. The residency is located within a state-designated Level II Trauma Center, a comprehensive stroke center, and fully-fledged pediatric ED, offering residents a full spectrum of emergency medicine training.

Curriculum and Rotations

The training curriculum is structured to provide immersive experience in emergency medicine, with rotations encompassing various aspects of the field. Residents benefit from dedicated shifts in both the main campus and the community-based campus in Wayne, NJ, enabling them to experience diverse environments and patient care challenges.

Residents participate in a wide array of clinical experiences, including:

Hands-on training through a state-of-the-art simulation lab that aids in procedural learning.
Courses focused on critical areas such as airway management, trauma life support, and ultrasound.
Monthly grand rounds featuring renowned speakers and interactive educational sessions.

Throughout the program, residents are involved in patient care one-on-one with attending physicians, focusing on a model that allows for early proficiency in procedures and critical patient management.

Research and Scholarly Activity

Residents are encouraged to engage in scholarly activity throughout their training. The program's faculty includes fellowship-trained educators in key areas such as Critical Care and Ultrasound, assuring that residents receive mentorship and support in their research endeavors. Participation in national conferences and workshops is emphasized, allowing residents to present their original research and case studies.

Wellness Initiatives

Recognizing the high-stress nature of emergency medicine, the program incorporates wellness initiatives aimed at promoting resident well-being. Protected time for conferences and breaks during shifts allows residents to recharge and engage in self-care. This includes regular evaluation and support for physical and mental health, fostering a balanced lifestyle amidst the demands of residency training.

Diversity and Inclusion

A strong commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion is a hallmark of the Emergency Medicine Residency at St. Joseph’s. The program actively recruits diverse candidates and provides support for underrepresented students through scholarships and outreach initiatives, cultivating an inclusive learning environment.

Application and Admission

The residency program is highly competitive, welcoming applications from both MD and DO candidates. Special application requirements may include preferences for graduates within a specific timeframe or limits on the number of failed STEP exams. St. Joseph's supports applicants with visa sponsorship options, facilitating diversity among its residents.

Visa Support

The program offers visa support for international medical graduates, including sponsorship for J-1 and H-1B visas. This aspect contributes to the program's welcoming stance towards internationally trained physicians, further enriching the residency's multicultural environment.

Training Sites

Residents primarily train at St. Joseph's University Medical Center, with additional rotations at St. Joseph's Wayne Hospital. The program structure is designed to enhance exposure to critical and complex cases, ensuring that residents are well-prepared for their future careers in emergency medicine. The facility features a 96-bed ED equipped with the latest technology and comprehensive resources for patient care.

Web sources

1. St. Joseph’s University Medical Center 2. Emergency Medicine Residency Overview 3. Curriculum and Rotations 4. Visa Support Information 5. Training Sites and Facilities 6. Research and Publications 7. Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Initiatives 8. Wellness in Residency 9. Current Resident Profiles 10. St. Joseph's Health Center: Emergency Medicine Residency Program

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Program data

ACGME History

Accreditation Last updated: Jul 16, 2026

Initial accreditation3

Full accreditation0

Continued11

Warning0

Probationary Accreditation0

Withdrawal0

#	Academic Year	Status	Effective Date
01	2011 - 2012	Application	--
02	2012 - 2013	Application	--
03	2013 - 2014	Initial Accreditation	Jul 1, 2014
04	2014 - 2015	Initial Accreditation	Jul 1, 2014
05	2015 - 2016	Initial Accreditation	Jul 1, 2014
06	2016 - 2017	Continued	Sep 16, 2016
07	2017 - 2018	Continued	Jan 8, 2018
08	2018 - 2019	Continued	Jan 7, 2019
09	2019 - 2020	Continued	Jan 9, 2020
10	2020 - 2021	Continued	Jan 7, 2021

Program

Program Size

-- (3 years)

Accreditation Status

Continued Accreditation

(Effective: January 14, 2026)

Composition

MD · 25%

DO · 56%

U.S. IMG · 6%

Non-U.S. IMG · 13%

Training

Faculty-to-Residents Ratio:1.2X

Quality of Life

First Year Paid Sick Leave: --

First Year Paid Vacation: 28 days

First Year Salary: $71,886

Program source

Admission

Visa Sponsorship:--

YOG Cutoff:--

Gender

Rotation Duration by Site

Rotation Duration Chart Data

Benchmarks

Scores

Match History

Track ID: 1406110C0

2020

8 of 8

2021

8 of 8

2022

8 of 8

2023

8 of 8

2024

8 of 8

2025

8 of 8

2026

8 of 8

Filled Position

Unfilled Position

Roster

Publications

12 Publications (5 yr)

Peer-reviewed output from faculty and residents, last 5 years

12 Publications (5 yr)

The western journal of emergency medicine2025

Comparison of Emergency Physicians' and Hospitalists' Attitudes Toward Fecal Occult Blood Testing in Gastrointestinal Bleeding.

Doris Ilic,¹Joseph Bove,¹

PMID: 41380073doi.org/10.5811/westjem.47193

Clinical case reports2025

A Rare Case of Quincke's Disease With an Unknown Trigger.

Katrina J Villegas,¹Mazhar Mustafa,²Shivanck Upadhyay,²John Kashani,³

PMID: 40012932doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.70270

Location

Paterson, NJ

Population

159,732

Median income

$56,907Below

Education

11.8%Below

Employment

60.6%Above

Health

20.8%Above

Age

33On par

Above the national average
Below the national average
Similar to the national average

Housing — Rental prices

Rental prices

Typical Observed Market Rent Index - ZORI Over Time

Date

Region - Paterson, NJ

State - New Jersey

United States

1/31/2015

N/A

$1,601

$1,193

2/28/2015

N/A

$1,653

$1,199

3/31/2015

N/A

$1,672

$1,206

4/30/2015

N/A

$1,674

$1,213

5/31/2015

N/A

$1,680

$1,228

6/30/2015

N/A

$1,674

$1,233

7/31/2015

N/A

$1,685

$1,235

8/31/2015

N/A

$1,686

$1,241

9/30/2015

N/A

$1,704

$1,245

10/31/2015

N/A

$1,705

$1,253

11/30/2015

N/A

$1,719

$1,259

12/31/2015

N/A

$1,723

$1,263

1/31/2016

N/A

$1,791

$1,275

2/29/2016

N/A

$1,791

$1,279

3/31/2016

N/A

$1,791

$1,282

4/30/2016

N/A

$1,799

$1,285

5/31/2016

N/A

$1,765

$1,291

6/30/2016

N/A

$1,766

$1,294

7/31/2016

N/A

$1,721

$1,295

8/31/2016

N/A

$1,729

$1,303

9/30/2016

N/A

$1,736

$1,307

10/31/2016

N/A

$1,750

$1,311

11/30/2016

N/A

$1,784

$1,312

12/31/2016

N/A

$1,722

$1,313

1/31/2017

N/A

$1,761

$1,317

2/28/2017

N/A

$1,768

$1,324

3/31/2017

N/A

$1,767

$1,335

4/30/2017

N/A

$1,769

$1,346

5/31/2017

N/A

$1,778

$1,353

6/30/2017

N/A

$1,785

$1,357

7/31/2017

N/A

$1,789

$1,359

8/31/2017

N/A

$1,822

$1,363

9/30/2017

N/A

$1,795

$1,406

10/31/2017

N/A

$1,841

$1,414

11/30/2017

N/A

$1,845

$1,413

12/31/2017

N/A

$1,858

$1,420

1/31/2018

N/A

$1,924

$1,422

2/28/2018

N/A

$1,909

$1,427

3/31/2018

N/A

$1,911

$1,429

4/30/2018

N/A

$1,915

$1,434

5/31/2018

N/A

$1,918

$1,438

6/30/2018

N/A

$1,924

$1,444

7/31/2018

N/A

$1,930

$1,449

8/31/2018

N/A

$1,937

$1,455

9/30/2018

N/A

$1,940

$1,461

10/31/2018

N/A

$1,942

$1,465

11/30/2018

N/A

$1,945

$1,473

12/31/2018

N/A

$1,953

$1,482

1/31/2019

N/A

$1,958

$1,492

2/28/2019

N/A

$1,963

$1,495

3/31/2019

N/A

$1,969

$1,503

4/30/2019

N/A

$1,980

$1,509

5/31/2019

N/A

$1,988

$1,514

6/30/2019

N/A

$1,993

$1,519

7/31/2019

N/A

$2,001

$1,526

8/31/2019

N/A

$2,006

$1,531

9/30/2019

N/A

$2,012

$1,534

10/31/2019

N/A

$2,011

$1,541

11/30/2019

N/A

$2,005

$1,545

12/31/2019

N/A

$1,973

$1,552

1/31/2020

N/A

$2,007

$1,560

2/29/2020

N/A

$2,009

$1,565

3/31/2020

N/A

$2,013

$1,565

4/30/2020

N/A

$2,006

$1,566

5/31/2020

N/A

$1,981

$1,563

6/30/2020

N/A

$1,978

$1,562

7/31/2020

N/A

$1,977

$1,571

8/31/2020

N/A

$1,968

$1,574

9/30/2020

N/A

$1,961

$1,586

10/31/2020

N/A

$1,962

$1,593

11/30/2020

N/A

$1,967

$1,602

12/31/2020

N/A

$1,970

$1,606

1/31/2021

N/A

$1,954

$1,613

2/28/2021

N/A

$1,956

$1,620

3/31/2021

N/A

$1,962

$1,629

4/30/2021

N/A

$1,967

$1,649

5/31/2021

N/A

$1,982

$1,663

6/30/2021

N/A

$1,997

$1,686

7/31/2021

N/A

$2,017

$1,707

8/31/2021

N/A

$2,040

$1,729

9/30/2021

N/A

$2,067

$1,752

10/31/2021

N/A

$2,074

$1,767

11/30/2021

N/A

$2,095

$1,777

12/31/2021

N/A

$2,126

$1,791

1/31/2022

N/A

$2,123

$1,800

2/28/2022

N/A

$2,125

$1,820

3/31/2022

N/A

$2,162

$1,829

4/30/2022

$1,687

$2,161

$1,841

5/31/2022

$1,699

$2,206

$1,852

6/30/2022

$1,697

$2,235

$1,861

7/31/2022

$1,720

$2,246

$1,868

8/31/2022

$1,754

$2,274

$1,872

9/30/2022

$1,794

$2,280

$1,875

10/31/2022

$1,790

$2,288

$1,873

11/30/2022

$1,783

$2,298

$1,875

12/31/2022

$1,761

$2,303

$1,874

1/31/2023

$1,757

$2,291

$1,877

2/28/2023

$1,745

$2,311

$1,879

3/31/2023

$1,745

$2,306

$1,884

4/30/2023

$1,739

$2,322

$1,886

5/31/2023

$1,781

$2,321

$1,886

6/30/2023

$1,785

$2,342

$1,886

7/31/2023

$1,808

$2,349

$1,891

8/31/2023

$1,826

$2,364

$1,908

9/30/2023

$1,879

$2,377

$1,912

10/31/2023

$1,908

$2,394

$1,916

11/30/2023

$1,921

$2,404

$1,918

12/31/2023

$1,906

$2,412

$1,921

1/31/2024

$1,938

$2,649

$1,928

2/29/2024

$1,959

$2,644

$1,932

3/31/2024

$1,993

$2,684

$1,935

4/30/2024

$1,998

$2,692

$1,942

5/31/2024

$1,983

$2,709

$1,946

6/30/2024

$1,996

$2,724

$1,973

7/31/2024

$1,989

$2,727

$1,958

8/31/2024

$1,984

$2,735

$1,992

9/30/2024

$1,949

$2,751

$1,993

10/31/2024

$1,944

$2,766

$1,995

11/30/2024

$1,955

$2,769

$1,999

12/31/2024

$1,970

$2,758

$2,003

1/31/2025

$1,981

$2,749

$2,006

2/28/2025

$1,977

$2,565

$2,007

3/31/2025

$1,963

$2,777

$2,016

4/30/2025

$1,975

$2,775

$2,019

5/31/2025

$1,983

$2,763

$2,022

6/30/2025

$1,990

$2,777

$2,026

7/31/2025

$1,998

$2,777

$2,029

8/31/2025

$2,006

$2,781

$2,027

9/30/2025

$2,019

$2,780

$2,030

10/31/2025

$2,031

$2,787

$2,052

11/30/2025

$2,041

$2,779

$2,095

12/31/2025

$2,064

$2,816

$2,086

1/31/2026

$2,066

$2,748

$2,160

2/28/2026

$2,088

$3,035

$2,178

Crime — All violent offences

Rate per 100,000 residents

Rate per 100,000 people Over Time

Date

Region - Paterson, NJ

State - New Jersey

United States

4/1/2021

183

5/1/2021

192

6/1/2021

7/1/2021

8/1/2021

9/1/2021

10/1/2021

11/1/2021

12/1/2021

1/1/2022

176

2/1/2022

151

3/1/2022

195

4/1/2022

175

5/1/2022

207

6/1/2022

200

7/1/2022

187

8/1/2022

198

9/1/2022

167

10/1/2022

198

11/1/2022

157

12/1/2022

170

1/1/2023

185

2/1/2023

143

3/1/2023

143

4/1/2023

170

5/1/2023

174

6/1/2023

179

7/1/2023

182

8/1/2023

174

9/1/2023

197

10/1/2023

164

11/1/2023

151

12/1/2023

166

1/1/2024

153

2/1/2024

150

3/1/2024

164

4/1/2024

187

5/1/2024

183

6/1/2024

193

7/1/2024

193

8/1/2024

215

9/1/2024

171

10/1/2024

186

11/1/2024

164

12/1/2024

152

1/1/2025

161

2/1/2025

119

3/1/2025

140

4/1/2025

168

5/1/2025

171

6/1/2025

178

7/1/2025

204

8/1/2025

165

9/1/2025

168

10/1/2025

135

11/1/2025

133

12/1/2025

128

1/1/2026

129

2/1/2026

118

3/1/2026

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External Links

1. Program website - salary and benefits - https://stjoesemresidency.com/faq/

2. United States Census Bureau - https://data.census.gov/profile/City,_VS?g=160XX00US3457000

3. Zillow Research - Observed Rent Index (ZORI) - https://www.zillow.com/research/data/

4. FBI - Crime/Law Enforcement Stats (Uniform Crime Reporting Program) - https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/ucr

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St Joseph's University Medical Center Program

Overview

Program Overview

Curriculum and Rotations

Research and Scholarly Activity

Wellness Initiatives

Diversity and Inclusion

Application and Admission

Visa Support

Training Sites

Web sources

SmartPick

Program data

Program

Training

Quality of Life

Admission

Gender

Rotation Duration by Site

Benchmarks

Scores

Match History Matched positions of the program in previous years

Roster

Publications

Comparison of Emergency Physicians' and Hospitalists' Attitudes Toward Fecal Occult Blood Testing in Gastrointestinal Bleeding.

A Rare Case of Quincke's Disease With an Unknown Trigger.

Location

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Other specialties near Paterson, NJ

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Match History