The Osteopathic Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Muhlenberg offers an exceptional opportunity to train in a superb and growing community hospital. Muhlenberg is a 188 bed, accredited community hospital located in Bethlehem, PA, a historic city in the heart of the Lehigh Valley. Muhlenberg is part of Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, which is comprised of three hospitals located in close proximity to each other and serving a population base of more than 450,000 people.

Residents will train in the emergency room at Muhlenberg, as well as at Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest & 1-78 in Allentown. The Cedar Crest site includes Pennsylvania's first and busiest Level I Trauma Center, which includes an accredited pediatric trauma program and Burn Center. The emergency rooms are staffed by one emergency medicine group under a single department of emergency medicine. Residents will be part of a team that cares for more than 104,000 patients a year, including more than 3,000 trauma patients. As part of the region's largest tertiary care facility, Muhlenberg offers the opportunity to acquire the distinct training needed to care for the vast spectrum of illnesses encountered in the emergency department setting. Serving both urban and suburban communities with a diversity of ethnic and socioeconomic groups, the residency assures clinical variety and continual challenges.

Graduates from the Muhlenberg Osteopathic Emergency Medicine Residency Program are assured the finest preparation for a successful career as an emergency physician. They will learn with advanced equipment and laboratories, and with a faculty firmly committed to teaching. The curriculum is tailored to the year-in-training and emphasizes fundamental core knowledge, proficiency in multiple critical patient management and life-saving procedures.