Emergency Medicine
Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine
Richard Everard Wolfe, MD
Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians (HMFP) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Richard Everard Wolfe, MD, has been the chief of Emergency Medicine at BIDMC since 1999. He trained for three years in emergency medicine at Denver General Hospital, where he subsequently became associate residency director and residency director for Emergency Medicine. In 1994, he became the residency director for the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency for Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Massachusetts General Hospital. In these two roles, Dr. Wolfe has trained and mentored many of the current leaders in Emergency Medicine across the country. In addition, he held a leadership role in the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Scientific Assembly, further impacting the Emergency Medicine curriculum nationally. In 2011, ACEP honored Dr. Wolfe by inviting him to give the prestigious John Mills lecture.
Richard Everard Wolfe, MD, has been the chief of Emergency Medicine at BIDMC since 1999. He trained for three years in emergency medicine at Denver General Hospital, where he subsequently became associate residency director and residency director for Emergency Medicine. In 1994, he became the residency director for the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency for Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Massachusetts General Hospital. In these two roles, Dr. Wolfe has trained and mentored many of the current leaders in Emergency Medicine across the country. In addition, he held a leadership role in the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Scientific Assembly, further impacting the Emergency Medicine curriculum nationally. In 2011, ACEP honored Dr. Wolfe by inviting him to give the prestigious John Mills lecture.
About Emergency Medicine
Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's (HMFP) Department of Emergency Medicine's mission is to serve our patients with clinical excellence and to expand the fund of knowledge of our specialty through research, teaching, and education. We seek to advance the quality of emergency healthcare through outreach, collaboration, and innovation. Our mission is driven by our commitment to personalized, excellent care for our diverse patient populations throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island; the partnership between academic and community providers; our role as a major Harvard teaching hospital and residency program; and our recruitment of the best physicians, scientists, and allied health providers to support these activities.
We are the largest employer of emergency physicians and allied health providers in Massachusetts, with more than 200 board-certified, attending physicians. Many of our physicians are also faculty at Harvard Medical School (HMS), and academically focused on scientific and translational research, population health, and education. Our HMS-affiliated emergency residency program is nationally ranked for training future generations of emergency physicians.
About
Emergency Medicine Leadership
An overview of the leadership team within the emergency medicine network, including our Chief, Chairs and Executive Vice Chair
Departments
Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (HMFP) includes 13 specialty clinical departments. HMFP has more than 2,200 specialty physicians and advanced practice professionals, providing services across the Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) system, and other hospitals across eastern Massachusetts. To learn more about a specific department, click below.
