Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Program Description
The Fellowship in Surgical Critical Care is based in the Department of Surgery. The Division of Surgical Critical Care is organized to provide continuity of care throughout the course of the acutely injured or critically ill surgical patient. The fellowship is an integral part of this organization and the candidate will be involved with all aspects of the patient's care. The fellowship is one year for Surgical Critical Care and two years when combined with Trauma. The fellow must be board certified or board eligible in General Surgery.
Our Facility
The fellowship centers around the function of the Division of Surgical Critical Care within the Department of Surgery. The Trauma Service cared for 3,846 patients in 2009, 32 percent of whom required a critical care admission. The majority of the Surgical Critical Care patients are admitted to the 32-bed Surgical Critical Care Unit. Critical care units which are occasionally used include a 10-bed Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit, an 18-bed Medical Intensive Care Unit, and an eight-bed Coronary Care Unit. Time may also be spent by the fellow on the Pediatric Trauma/Critical Care Service.
Expectations
The fellow will be involved with the Critical Care Service, which consists of six attendings from Surgery, two residents and fourth year medical students on elective. The critical care experience includes all aspects of surgical critical care. The fellow is expected to participate in resident, student, and nursing education. Conferences to be attended include those of the Division of Trauma/Critical Care and those of the Department of Surgery. Research is felt to play a vital role in trauma and critical care; therefore, the fellow is expected to conduct clinical and/or basic science research.
Contact For More Information
Ginger Hildebrand
Department of Surgery
The University of Tennessee Medical Center
1924 Alcoa Highway, U-11
Knoxville, Tennessee 37920
(865) 305-9230
1-800-596-7249
Fax: (865)305-8894
Email: gmiya@mc.utmck.edu
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