Division of Trauma/Critical Care
The Division of Trauma/Critical Care has been organized to provide continuous care for the critically injured and seriously ill surgical patient and maximum educational benefits for the surgical house staff.
Level I Trauma Center
The University of Tennessee Medical Center provides Level I trauma care for a 17-county area in East Tennessee and adjacent portions of Kentucky and North Carolina. In 2009, there were 3,846 trauma admissions. Thirty-two percent of these patients required admission to a critical care unit. Approximately 19 percent of these patients arrived via helicopter. Trauma services members take primary care of patients on the trauma service and help coordinate specialty consultants such as neurosurgery, orthopedics, plastic surgery, oral surgery and other services whose help may be necessary.
Our Faculty
Six surgical attendings who have a special interest in the care of the trauma patients currently staff the trauma service. All of these faculty are fellowship-trained in trauma and surgical critical care. Residents on the trauma service include a senior resident, mid-level residents, and a first year resident. Mid-level providers are also a part of the service. Mid-level residents also spend three months on the surgical critical care service. There is an active educational program in trauma including multidisciplinary trauma conferences. Research in the basic science and clinical aspects of trauma and critical care is ongoing.
The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
Department of Surgery
1924 Alcoa Highway, Box U-11
Knoxville, Tennessee 37920-6999
(865) 305-9230
(800) 596-7249
FAX (865) 305-8894