Emergency Medicine
The Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Comanche County Memorial Hospital is a three-year program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The program has six resident slots per year.
Our facility is a 263-bed, Level III trauma hospital located in Lawton, Oklahoma. We are the regional referral center for Southwest Oklahoma – you can practice big city medicine without the commute!
Our Emergency Department is newly remodeled. We have recently added 30,000 square feet of space, 34 beds, and five trauma beds. A helipad was also built on top of the ER. The Emergency Department currently sees approximately 55,000 patients per year.
Mission:
The mission of our residency training program is to provide high quality, compassionate emergency medicine physicians who are adaptive, self-reliant and capable of working in any environment.
Vision:
Statewide and region leader in emergency medicine education and health care delivery; and significantly impact the health and well-being of our state and region.
– Program Director
Emergency Medicine Curriculum
PGY 1
6 blocks – Emergency Medicine
1 block – OB/GYN
1 block – Cardiology
1 block – Anesthesia
1 block – General Medicine (Hospitalist/Inpatient)
1 block – Pediatrics/Inpatient (St. Francis)
1 block – General Surgery
PGY 2
7 blocks – Emergency Medicine
1 block – Rural Emergency Medicine
1 block – Opthamology
1 block – Cardio Thoracic ICU
1 block – PICU (St. Francis)
2 blocks – Pediatric ER (OU Children’s)
PGY 3
8 blocks – Emergency Medicine
1 block – Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
1 block – Trauma ICU (OU Medical Center)
1 block – Elective
1 block – Intensive Care Unit
Didactics
Didactics are held every Thursday from 6:30am-11:30am. This time is protected from other resident duties in the hospital and attendance is mandatory unless on certain offsite rotations or on vacation.
Didactics typically include lectures from core faculty, case review, procedure and ultrasound teaching, resident lectures, and guest lectures from other specialties.
Affiliations
Comanche County Memorial Hospital Emergency Medicine Residents complete the majority of their training within the hospital. Residents will complete several rotations outside of the hospital at affiliated sites.
Comanche County Memorial Hospital is affiliated with the following locations:
St. Francis Health System – Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Inpatient Pediatrics
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Oklahoma University Medical Center – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Trauma
The Children’s Hospital – OU Medicine – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Pediatric Trauma
Jackson County Memorial Hospital – Altus, Oklahoma
- Rural Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine Core Faculty
William Bickell, M.D.
Medical School:
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Residency:
Brooke Army Medical Center
Dave Behm, D.O.
Medical School:
Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency:
Osteopathic Medical Center of Texas – Fort Worth, Chicago Osteopathic Hospital
James McClay, D.O.
Medical School:
University of North Texas Health Sciences Center
Residency:
William Murry, D.O.
Medical Director
Medical School:
Oklahoma State University
Residency:
Comanche County Memorial Hospital
Robert Suter, D.O.
Medical School:
Des Moines University
Residency:
Rachel Shing, M.D.
Medical School:
Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency:
UCLA Ronald Reagan & Olive View – UCLA Medical Center