MedStar Emergency Medicine Health Policy Fellowship Program

There is no greater place in the country to learn health policy than in Washington, D.C., the city where policy is made, regulations are set, and major research is accomplished.

The MedStar Health Emergency Medicine Health Policy Fellowship is a unique program focused on three main pillars:

We offer both a one-year and two-year option for the fellowship, with two-year fellows earning a Master in Policy Management (MPM) degree from Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy. Those who have already received graduate level training in public policy or public health (i.e. MPP, MPH) are eligible for the one-year option, which will focus on policy experience and clinical work.

Our fellows are policy-trained through a rigorous and well-respected executive level master’s program and gain professional experience, mentorship, and networking at the heart of U.S. policymaking in the nation’s capital. Fellows in our program gain the following:

Policy education year (for two-year fellows)

Fellows participating in the two-year program will spend the first year earning a Master in Policy Management degree at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy, as well as working clinically as an emergency medicine attending physician at a high-volume, high-acuity emergency department in the Washington, D.C., and Baltimore metropolitan area.

Core courses:

Example health policy electives:

For those who have already completed their graduate level training–either as a first-year fellow in this program or after earning a degree elsewhere–this program year focuses on experiential learning and clinical work.

The fellow does two to three rotations on-site at agencies or organizations that do substantial policy work. Exact site placement will depend on the interests of the fellow and will be arranged by the fellowship director in partnership with the fellow.

Staff-level experience working in the office of a Member of the House of Representatives or on a major health committee

Possible sites include:

The fellow will also continue to develop skills in emergency medicine by working clinically as an attending physician with MedStar Health Emergency Physicians. The clinical sites include high-acuity and high-volume emergency departments within the Washington, D.C., and Baltimore metropolitan areas.