Medical Education

"I cannot tell you how lucky I feel to have completed my residency at St. John Medical Center, Westlake. All the physicians, nurses, and paramedics prepared me to be the doctor I am today! I feel confident in my knowledge base and my skills because of your program. This is an amazing residency program." - Dr. Melanie Aaberg - 2012 Graduate "I just wanted to let you know that the NEOCOM EM Consortium is top notch! The training we get, the skills labs and actually working at St. John’s is invaluable. I think the attendings at St. John’s are top notch as well. If I could do it over again, I would definitely do it at St. John’s. So thanks for everything and keep doing what you do!" - Dr. Paul “Joe” Porres - 2012 Graduate
Dr. Hillier
Jennifer Donze-Filiatraut, D.O.
Asst. Program Director
Todd O’Neil
Dr. Jenny ArmanJenny Arman
Dr. Todd O’Neil

Emergency Medicine

Program Director:
Gregory Bloxdorf, D.O., FACOEP/FACEP

Assistant Program Director
Jennifer Donze-Filiatraut, D.O.
jsdonze@yahoo.com

Co-Chiefs:
Dr. Todd O’Neil
Dr. Jenny Arman

AOA 4-year accredited program
ACOEP 16 approved positions - 100% filled - Three (3) OGME-1 positions open for 2012/13.

Program features:

  • Level III Trauma Status
  • Trauma & Life Flight rotations at MetroHealth
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Akron Children’s Hospital
  • Part of the Northeast Emergency Medicine Consortium sharing weekly didactics
  • Animal lab to practice ATLS procedures
  • ED Ultrasound training
  • Oral Board Review, Journal Club, Skills Lab
  • ACLS & PALS annually
  • Educational Stipend
  • Community EMS experience
  • Resident Research Project
  • Monthly lectures with EM residents throughout Ohio
  • Attend Ohio ACEP & Chicago ACOEP Review Course

Emergency Medicine Clinical Curriculum


New Building

Current Emergency Medicine Research Topics:

  • CPAP use in ARF in the outpatient setting
  • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and airway procedures
  • Pharmacotherapy to reduce arterial pressure in hypertensive emergency
  • Patient presenting in the ED with abdominal pain
  • Segregating left bundle branch block into those with chest pain and those without

Dr. Hillier

"You will get the right blend of
autonomy and responsibility.”
- Dr. Hillier

Skills Lab Action

Anthony Hillier, D.O. (EM4) ranked #2 (99 percentile) in the nation on the ACOEP In-service exam!

2011 Case Mix/Patient Population (only patients evaluated and treated in the ED):

  • Total ED Patients — 38,319
  • Percent of ED Pediatric Patients — 7,917 (20.7%)
  • Percent of ED Adult Patients — 30,402 (79.3%)
  • # Trauma Patients — 456
  • # Surgical (non-trauma) — 357
  • # Medical — 37,497
  • # OBGYN — 1,460
  • # Psychiatric — 624
  • % Patients hospitalized following treatment (excluding ED) — 8,914 (23.3%)
  • % Patients admitted to Critical Care Units following treatment (excluding observation & number & % of deaths in ED) — 2174 (5.67%)

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