Congrats to UT Southwestern on Winning the PEER Challenge at ACEP26!

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas took the top honors in the PEER Ultimate Championship Finals, beating out Florida State University College of Medicine at Sarasota in an exciting head-to-head match.

The PEER Challenge is an annual single elimination tournament where residency programs face off in a showdown of clinical knowledge. This year's event took place live at ACEP Park in the Exhibit Hall at ACEP26.

The semi-finals were hosted by Michael McCrea, MD, FACEP, and the finals were hosted by Matthew Stull, MD, FACEP. Thank you to our hosts for bringing levity to an otherwise intense competition.

In the semi-finals, UT Southwestern at Dallas beat Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia to advance to the finals, while Florida State University at Sarasota beat Jefferson Health Northeast to advance to the finals.

Congratulations to the members of the UT Southwestern team — Nicolas Ronkar, MD; Keith Weissman, MD; Anna Rossini, MD; and Garrett Mamikunian, MD — and to their program director Dustin Williams, MD; associate program director Jedidiah Leaf, MD; and assistant program directors Samual Parnell, MD; Melissa Smith, MD; and Brian Milman, MD. As the grand prize winners, UT Southwestern will receive a full year of complimentary PEER for Programs for the 2027-28 academic year.

Thank you to all the participants of this year’s PEER Challenge. We hope to see you again next year at ACEP27 in Boston! Your team has until May 2027 to register for the 2027 PEER Challenge.