University of Colorado Department of Emergency Medicine

The Department of Emergency Medicine is based at the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora Colorado. The campus is a state of the art medical campus home to the University of Colorado Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy, the Colorado School of Public Health as well as the University of Colorado Hospital and Children’s Hospital Colorado both of which serve as major training sites for the Denver Health Residency in Emergency Medicine.

Who We Are
The University ED is a busy level 2 trauma center as well as serving as the entry point for the regional burn center, regional transplant center, and nationally recognized cancer center. The new department, which opened in April 2013, is designed to place the patient at the center of care, decrease waiting, and optimize quality and the patient experience.

During peak visit times, the traditional emergency department triage system has been eliminated; patients are now brought directly to a care provider. The most critically ill and injured patients are immediately cared for in one area of the ED, while less seriously ill patients are seen by a dedicated team of care providers and quickly treated.