Emergency Department & Inpatient Consult Service

Overview 

The rotation through the Inpatient Consult Service provide residents with the opportunity to learn by providing care to patients admitted to the hospitals within the Oakland campus of UPMC including
  • Montefiore Hospital
  • Presbyterian Hospital
  • Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
  • Magee Womens Hospital
 
Patients are generally referred by other inpatient services for concerns related to
  • intracranial neoplasm
  • cranial trauma and facial fractures
  • septicemia
  • stroke
  • multiple sclerosis
  • ocular comorbities in the setting of conditions requiring hospitalization

     
In addition, the inpatient consult service is responsible for coverage of patients admitted to the ophthalmology service.