Washington, DC · Maryland · Virginia

Physician-owned. Physician-run.

Academic Emergency Medicine Partners (AEMP) is an independent, physician-led academic group covering emergency departments across Washington, DC and the surrounding region.

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AEMP carries a rich history in academic emergency medicine. Its physicians teach residents and students, run clinical research, and practice named subspecialties spanning critical care, toxicology, disaster medicine, and bedside ultrasound. The group is independent and physician-led, and the academic depth came with it.

For health systems

Coverage that doesn't depend on a national roster. Scheduling, leadership, and quality work led by physicians who live in the region and answer to your operations directly.

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For physicians and APPs

A group small enough that your voice reaches the people deciding, with real academic depth and a teaching mission built in.

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Leadership

AEMP is a physician-led group, staffed by physicians and advanced practice providers across the DMV.

Raymond Lucas, MD

“We started AEMP so the physicians doing the work are the ones deciding how it gets done.”

Raymond Lucas, MD

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Academics

Physicians here teach residents and students, run clinical research, and hold named subspecialty work inside the department, not as a credential earned somewhere else. That work runs alongside the clinical schedule, not squeezed into the margins around it, which is the actual difference between a staffing vendor and an academic group.

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Emergency ultrasoundA probe at the bedside answers it before the patient leaves the room Injury prevention & toxicologyThe same physicians handle a 3am overdose and a citywide prevention program Disaster and operational medicineMass-casualty plans get written and drilled here, before anyone needs them Geriatric emergency medicineProtocols built for how older patients actually present Critical careICU-level treatment starting at the doors, not after a transfer

Health policy and advocacyThe physicians called to testify when policy hits the department floor Health equityResearch on the social factors sitting behind a diagnosis Innovative practice and telehealthCare that reaches past the department's own doors EM operations and leadershipThroughput studied by the physicians standing in the hallway Global healthThe same expertise practiced here, exported through consulting abroad

EducationA first shift and a hundredth shift, taught by the same faculty Clinical researchEvery study starts as a real question raised on shift Diversity, equity, and inclusionBuilt with intention, for a department that reflects its patients