• Trauma only
• Critical Care only
• Trauma & Critical Care
• Acute Care Surgery
• Advanced Practitioner

• Duration: 1 Year
• Positions available: 1
• Salary: PGY-6: $69,631 (current as of 2024)
• Program Director: Christopher Kinnard, MD, FACS

Last updated: November 26, 2024

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The University of South Alabama offers a one-year fellowship in surgical critical care. USA Health University Hospital is the only level I trauma center on the Gulf Coast from Pensacola to New Orleans and receives patients from both urban and rural facilities. Our surgical critical fellow is exposed to a variety of patients from trauma and the surgical subspecialties. The fellowship consists of nine months in the Surgical-Trauma Intensive Care Unit, two months of electives, and one month of vacation. There is opportunity for rotations in the Medical ICU, Burn ICU, and Neuro ICU. Weekly critical care conferences are led by attendings. The fellow is expected to prepare a department grand rounds presentation during their fellowship year. The fellow also participates in the weekly trauma process improvement conference and attends the monthly trauma peer-review conference. Clinical research is encouraged but not required. Plenty of opportunities for community outreach and engagement.

What sets USA apart from other Surgical Critical Care Fellowships is the size of our program. We have a small surgery department and a small hospital, so it is easy to get to know everyone, including the consulting services we work with on a daily basis. This also allows us to have good working relationships with all of the services in the hospital. This small size also allows for more autonomy for the fellow. During the fellowship, we treat our fellow more as junior faculty instead of a PGY-6. Lastly, the fellowship is customizable within ACGME standards and can be tailored towards the fellow's future goals.

Program started 2013

How to apply

ckinnard@health.southalabama.edu  - (251) 471-7971 (phone) , (251) 471-7334 (fax)

Qualifications: Applicants must be board certified or board eligible in general surgery. Select candidates who have completed a minimum of three years of general surgery residency, be in good standing in an ACGME approved residency, and be eligible for Alabama licensure may be considered.

Please submit an electronic application and letters of recommendation through the Surgical critical care and Acute care surgery Fellowship Application Service (SAFAS): https://safas.smapply.io/

Location

2451 University Hospital Dr
Mobile, AL 36617
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