Wake Emergency Physicians, PA is an independent, democratic
group comprised of 101 emergency medicine specialists.
Our providers include 66 physicians who are board certified or board
eligible in emergency medicine, two physicians who are board certified as
pediatric emergency medicine sub-specialists, and three physicians who are dually
boarded in both emergency medicine and pediatric emergency medicine.
In addition to our physicians, WEPPA utilizes 30 midlevel providers who
are experienced in emergency medicine and employs a full staff of support
personnel to manage our daily operations.
WEPPA provides emergency medical services through WakeMed
Health and Hospital’s emergency departments at the Raleigh Campus, Cary
Hospital, North Healthplex and Apex Healthplex and through Johnston Health’s
emergency department at the Clayton Medical Center.
The emergency department at WakeMed’s Raleigh Campus is a Level I Trauma
Center, Certified Chest Pain Center and the area’s only Stroke Center.
The Raleigh Campus also houses North
Carolina’s first autonomous Children’s Emergency Department.
In July 2005, WEPPA, in conjunction with WakeMed, opened the state’s
first stand-alone emergency department at WakeMed’s North Healthplex in Raleigh,
NC. In February 2008, we began
staffing the region’s second stand-alone emergency department at WakeMed’s Apex
Healthplex in Apex, NC. In October
2009, we joined forces with Johnston Health to open a third free-standing
emergency department in Clayton, NC.
Physician coverage for all of these emergency department facilities is provided
24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
In 2009, WEPPA physicians and midlevel providers treated over
200,000 patients in the emergency departments we staff.
This includes caring for almost 41,000 kids in WakeMed’s Children
Emergency Department.
In addition to patient care, Wake Emergency Physicians, PA is
involved in training new physicians throughout their residency and fellowship.
Along with the University of North Carolina’s Department of Emergency
Medicine, WEPPA shares equal responsibility for providing didactic and clinical
teaching for UNC’s Emergency Medicine Residency program.
Additionally, our Children’s Emergency Department serves as the primary
pediatric emergency medicine teaching side for resident physicians training at
the University of North Carolina and East Carolina University.
In July 2008, WEPPA began training fellows as part of our new Pediatric
Emergency Medicine Fellowship program which is co-sponsored by WakeMed and UNC.
We are proud to announce that, beginning in July 2010, WEPPA’s fellowship
program will grow to include four physicians seeking a pediatric emergency
medicine sub-specialty.
WEPPA is very proud of the care we deliver to our patients each
and every day. Our
relationships with WakeMed and Johnston Health provide the
opportunity to work in outstanding emergency departments and
enhance our ability to deliver exceptional emergency care.
Our relationships with UNC and ECU give us the privilege
of training new physicians in our chosen fields of emergency
medicine and pediatric emergency medicine.
Both the clinical and educational components of our
practice make working within this group a very unique and
exciting career path for all of us.