Medical Education
Dr. Hillier
Jennifer Donze-Filiatraut, D.O.
Asst. Program Director
Dr. Hillier

Emergency Medicine

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

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

Chief Resident:
Andy Coil, D.O.

AOA 4-year accredited program
ACOEP 16 approved positions - 100% filled - Four (4) 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!

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

  • Total ED Patients — 34,601
  • Percent of ED Pediatric Patients — 7,883 (22.8%)
  • Percent of ED Adult Patients — 26,718 (77.2%)
  • # Trauma Patients — 400
  • # Surgical (non-trauma) — 302
  • # Medical — 8,349
  • # OBGYN — 185
  • % Patients hospitalized following treatment — 6,889 (20%)
  • % admitted to Critical Care following treatment — 496 (7.2%)

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