The Administration Fellowship is designed for emergency medicine-trained physicians interested in operations, administration and leadership. Educational goals focus on developing knowledge and skills in these areas and providing opportunities for their practical application. The curriculum is designed to be comprehensive but flexible. Fellows learn the core aspects of emergency department operations through participation in ACEP’s Emergency Department Directors Academy (EDDA) I/II and through readings from a core text. Fellows identify an area of interest (e.g., ED flow, billing and coding, informatics, patient satisfaction) and apply this knowledge in the form of committee assignments, journal club topics, quick-hit QI projects, as well as a larger scholarly project.

Fellowship Position

Year Fellowship Started: 2022

Length of Fellowship: 1 Year (with option for 2-year experience that includes earning a related advanced degree)

Number of Clinical Hours: 8 shifts per month (8-hour shifts)

Other Duties

Fellows attend meetings of the Emergency Department and The University of Kansas Health System in each core education module. Fellows learn from program mentors who hold departmental and hospital-level leadership roles. Fellows teach emergency medicine residents core administration and operations topics. In addition, fellows work as attendings in an academic emergency department staffed by emergency medicine and off-service residents as well as mid-level providers.

Number of Sites

One - The University of Kansas Health System Emergency Department

Number of Positions per year: 1

Application and Interview Schedule

• Application Deadline: Rolling
• Interviews Scheduled: Rolling
• Fellows Chosen: Rolling

Educational Experience

The curriculum is structured around the following core learning modules:

• July - Leadership
• August – Tools to Drive Change
• September to November - Operations
• December to January - Patient Experience and Quality
• February to March - Finance
• April – Human Resources and Informatics
• May – Legal Policy
• June – Wrap Up

Meetings, didactics, and online tools/learning modules will supplement module-based readings from the core text (Strauss & Mayer’s Emergency Department Management). Together with these modules, ACEP’s EDDA form the backbone of the learned content. Projects, resident education and journal club allow for practical application and in-depth study of topics within the fellow’s specific area(s) of interest.

Research and Quality Improvement

The fellow will be required to submit at least one research project to the KU Medical Center IRB and plan for publication of original research or a review article and/or have at least one submission for presentation at national professional meeting. The fellow will also identify, lead and execute at least one ED-related QI/QA project with measurable improvement goals. Fellows may also participate in any ongoing administration research and quality improvement projects.

Administration Fellowship Faculty

Fellowship Director: Bryan Imhoff, M.D., MBA

Dr. Bryan Imhoff is an assistant professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center in the Department of Emergency Medicine. He received a medical degree from the University of Kansas and subsequently completed an emergency medicine residency at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

Prior to becoming a physician, Dr. Imhoff spent 13 years as a management consultant and business leader. He worked for Intel in Silicon Valley and Deloitte Consulting in Chicago. He received an MBA in finance and business strategy at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Chicago. He has expertise in strategic planning, operations, complex analysis and project management.

Dr. Imhoff’s research and quality improvement (QI) interests stem from his non-traditional background and include emergency department (ED) operations and flow, ED staffing, health care administration and finance.

Interested applicants may contact Dr. Bryan Imhoff, bimhoff@kumc.edu for further information.

Core Fellowship Faculty, Emergency Department Medical Director: Kenneth Marshall, M.D., M.A., FACEP

Dr. Ken Marshall is an associate professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center in the Department of Emergency Medicine. He received medical and graduate degrees from Georgetown University and subsequently completed an emergency medicine residency at Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Dr. Marshall has expertise and research interests in ED clinical operations, care integration across health systems, medical ethics, health policy and disaster management. Dr. Marshall has served various roles in the American College of Emergency Physicians, including the national ethics committee and currently as the president of the Kansas chapter. He has served as the director of operations at The University of Kansas Health System since 2019.