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PEER Challenge

Congratulations to Good Samaritan as the 2025 PEER Challenge winner

Good Samaritan defeated Vanderbilt in the PEER Ultimate Championship Series to become our first 2-time PEER Challenge Champions.

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Peer Challenge Bracket (Round 5) PDF ↑

Final bracket results

PEER Challenge Bracket: Round 5 (PDF)

The PEER Challenge is a single elimination tournament that matches up residency programs against each other in a showdown of clinical knowledge.

The winning program is crowned after a live competition, the PEER Ultimate Championship, each year at ACEP Scientific Assembly. In addition to valuable bragging rights, the grand prize includes a full year of complimentary PEER for Programs.

The 2026 Schedule

Sign up for the Qualifying Round by May 28 at peer@acep.org.

  • June 4 (Thursday) | 4 pm CST — Qualifying Round
  • July 9 (Thursday) | 4 pm CST — Round 1
  • August 6 (Thursday) | 4 pm CST — Round 2
  • September 3 (Thursday) | 4 pm CST — Round 3
  • October 5 (Monday) — Semi-Finals at ACEP26
  • October 6 (Tuesday) — Finals at ACEP26
 

The Competition

Each round features clinical questions from the PEER suite of board prep content. Every match will be moderated by one of the PEER Editors-in-Chief.

Speed matters — the quicker a question is answered, the more points earned.

Multiple residents from each program can play in the first three rounds — the program’s score is averaged, and different residents can play in each round.

PEER Board Prep

The Prizes

  • Complimentary ACEP26 registration for four residents from each of the final four residency programs
  • Free PEER for Programs for the entire winning program for the 2027-2028 academic year
  • Bragging rights for an entire year, plus some championship bling!

 

The 2025 Winners

Congrats to the 2025 PEER Challenge winners and the Good Samaritan participants:

  • Christopher DiNicola, DO
  • Sherif Shehata, MD
  • Sunil Shah, MD
  • Arthur Speziale, DO

Congrats to the 2024 PEER Challenge winners

After score verification, the inaugural ACEP24 PEER Ultimate Championship resulted in a tie. Good Samaritan University Hospital (New York) and the University of Central Florida/HCA Florida Healthcare now share the title as the smartest emergency medicine residency programs in the world!

Good Samaritan University Hospital in New York

  • Paxton P. Aung, DO
  • Sunil Shah, MD, MBA
  • Sherif Shehata, MD
  • Arthur Speziale, DO

University of Central Florida/HCA Florida Healthcare

  • Natalie Diers, MD
  • Drake Dixon, MD
  • Darielys Mejias Morales, MD
  • Nicole Vuong, MD
 
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