Wake Emergency Physicians, PA is an independent, democratic group
comprised of 101 emergency medicine specialists.
Our providers include 67 physicians who are board certified or board
eligible in emergency medicine, six physicians who are dually board certified as
pediatric emergency medicine sub-specialists, and
one physician who is dually boarded in both emergency medicine and
pediatric emergency medicine. In
addition to our physicians, WEPPA utilizes 35 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, a Certified Chest Pain Center, and a 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
stand-alone 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 addition, we are pleased to announce that we will begin
providing services at the WakeMed Brier Creek HealthPlex beginning January 9,
2012.
In 2011, WEPPA physicians and midlevel providers treated over
230,000 patients in the emergency departments we staff.
This includes caring for almost 40,000 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 site 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.
WEPPA’s fellowship program includes
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.