a) dedicated to providing children in our community - regardless of their ability to pay - timely, cost efficient and quality access to pediatric emergency and urgent care services
b)serve as a tertiary care pediatric emergency medicine resource for the surrounding communities
c)provide an environment, which promotes the interests of our specialty and its physicians and which is:
Professionally satisfying
Conducive to long term stability
Economically sound
Intellectually stimulating
Educationally productive
Clinically efficient and cost effective
Open to career development opportunities
Commensurate in matching responsibility and authority for department operations
d) Provide professional educational resources and commitment matched to those of Emory University School of Medicine and the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta for the support of undergraduate and graduate medical education to develop motivated, industrious, enthusiastic and knowledgeable physicians and other health care professionals
e) Provide administrative expertise in the field of Pediatric Emergency Medicine to Emory University School of Medicine and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston
f)Produce cutting edge research pertinent to Emergency Medicine.
Our vision is to become one of the top Pediatric Emergency Medicine divisions in the country.