• Duration: 1 year
• Positions available: 2
• Salary: Dependent on funding source
• Program Director: Marc Jeschke, MD PhD

Last updated: April 05, 2021

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The Ross Tilley Burn Centre at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, a verified centre by the American Burn Association, part of the Department of General Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Toronto is currently offering positions for a Total Burn Care and Critical Care clinical fellowship.

The Ross Tilley Burn Centre admits over 300 patients a year and sees over 2000 outpatients. This fellowship is designed to provide an integrated experience of ICU, operative, and reconstructive management of burn patients, complex wound patients, as well as SJS/TEN or other complex dermatologic patients.

The candidate must have completed their residency in General or Plastic Surgery and be eligible to write the Board examination in their specialty. The candidate must have a strong interest in burns, trauma, and critical care. In association with the clinical fellowship we also offer cutting-edge research in a well-funded laboratory in association with the Sunnybrook Research Institute.

The fellow will be taking responsibility for total care of the burn patient. This will include complete medical care, critical care, and surgical care of patients with acute burn injury. Progressive responsibility in follow-up care and post burn rehabilitation will be expected. There will be some opportunity to develop skills in post-burn reconstructive surgery, but the primary intention of the fellowship is to provide training in total acute and rehabilitative care of burn patients. Fellows will work under the supervision of the five burn surgeon-intensivists, and will be given progressively increased and graded responsibilities. Fellows are also expected to participate in day-to-day teaching of medical students and junior residents assigned to the burn centre.

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Facility Description:

The Ross Tilley Burn Centre is a state-of-the-art facility providing tertiary care for the majority of burn injury patients in Ontario. We are the only program in the province that provides a wide range of services, from admission to follow-up and reconstructive surgery. We are the largest burn centre in Canada and admit an average of 300 patients annually. We are equipped with a dedicated intensive care unit and operating room. We are home to the only tissue bank in Ontario that stores temporary skin to treat major burn injuries. We also care for patients with NSTI and large/complex wounds.

We admit every burn patient in Ontario who requires admission to a burn centre; this is crucial to burn care and avoids referral or transport delays across the province. Approximately 30 per cent of patients treated at the burn centre come from the Greater Toronto Area, and 70 per cent come from other areas of Ontario.

The Ross Tilley Burn Centre was the first burn centre in Canada and the second outside the United States to be verified by the American Burn Association. Burn Centre Verification is a joint program of the American Burn Association (ABA) and the American College of Surgeons (ACS).

A comprehensive burn program provides exceptional care. Our patient care team is made up of a group of highly skilled health-care professionals. This includes burn surgeons, nurses, a pharmacist, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, a physiatrist (rehabilitation physician), respiratory therapists, dietitian, social worker, speech language pathologist, psychiatry, geriatric physician, critical care physicians and other support staff.

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Hospital Beds: 575
Hospital ICU beds: 80
Burn ICU beds: 10
Burn floor beds: 4
Annual burn admits: 300

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Faculty: Burn 5, Trauma 6

Number of burn procedures performed, on average, annually by fellow: 200 per fellow

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SCC Board eligible at completion of training (Yes/No): N/A (Canadian program)

ACGME verification status: N/A (Canadian program)

ABA verification status: verified

How to apply

marc.jeschke@sunnybrook.ca

Qualifications: The candidate must have completed their residency in General or Plastic Surgery and be eligible to write the Board examination in their specialty. The candidate must have a strong interest in burns, trauma, and critical care.

All interested candidates should forward their CV and three references to:

Marc Jeschke, MD PhD
Director, Ross Tilley Burn Centre
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
2075 Bayview Ave. Suite D704
Toronto, ONCANADA M4N 3M5

Fellowship Coordinator Name/Contact Information:
Shahriar Shahrokhi MD FRCSC FACS
Ross Tilley Burn Centre
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
2075 Bayview Ave. Suite D716
Toronto, ON CANADA M4N 3M5
shar.shahrokhi@sunnybrook.ca

Research opportunities

In association with the clinical fellowship we also offer cutting-edge research in a well-funded laboratory in association with the Sunnybrook Research Institute.

Location

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto, ON M4N 3M5
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