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The University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) /Denver Health Surgical Critical Care Fellowship is an ACGME/RRC approved training program whose goal is to educate fellows in the advanced care of critically ill and injured patients. Rotational experience includes trauma, cardiac, burn and pediatric, and general surgical critical care. The broad experience gained through diverse faculty and programmatic elements prepares the fellow for board examinations and a career in academic practice. The fellowship is designed to provide the critical care resident (CCR) with an education in the principles and practice of state-of-the art surgical critical care. This is accomplished by exposing the CCR to a broad array of surgical illnesses through teaching rounds, primary patient care, educational conferences, and specialized rotations. Upon completion of training, the CCR is expected to demonstrate proficiency in surgical critical care decision making, specific organ system support, evaluation of new technology and treatment techniques, ICU administration, outcomes assessment, research design, and interaction with patients, families and health care personnel. These clinical goals are accomplished by providing the CCR with a position dedicated to the intensive care units at Denver Health, The Children’s Hospital of Denver (TCH), and the University of Colorado Hospital (UCH). The fellowship is devoted to patient care with didactic, clinical and research components. CCR training consists of 12 months: eight months dedicated to general surgical critical care; one month in pediatric critical care; one month in a burn critical care; one month in cardiothoracic critical care; and one month in elective research. The clinical component includes experience gained by direct patient responsibility under supervision of teaching faculty and independent study on relevant topics. The didactic component includes taking part in multidisciplinary critical care rounds with Denver Health surgical attendings, surgical housestaff, trauma coordinators, social workers and attending physicians in Neurosurgery and Infectious Disease three times a week. Additionally, daily teaching rounds on all surgical ICU patients are conducted by a general surgery/trauma/critical care attending. There is a monthly multidisciplinary critical care conference which includes lectures by outside experts on a wide range of critical care topics. Other didactic elements include a Morbidity and Mortality Conference, Surgical Grand Rounds, and an Ethics Conference. Research may be conducted on a variety of critical care projects and the opportunity to take master’s level classes at the UCHSC in biostatistics and research methods exists. There is a weekly multidisciplinary research conference which focuses on basic science and critical care research.
Application Please download and complete the Application Form (DOC) (PDF). In addition, please submit the following:
Interviews will be granted on a rotating basis beginning March 1. Our program participates in the NRMP match. Submit all documentation to: Clay Cothren Burlew, MD FACS Program Director, Trauma & Acute Care Fellowship Department of Surgery Denver Health Medical Center 777 Bannock Street, MC 0206 Denver, CO 80204
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Clay Cothren Burlew, MD FACS Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Program Director, TACS Fellowship Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit at DHMC Associate Professor of Surgery, UCH
Contact Information: Department of Surgery Denver Health Medical Center 777 Bannock Street, MC 0206 Denver, CO 80204 Phone: 303-436-6558 Fax: 303-436-6572 E-Mail: Clay Cothren Burlew, MD
Ernest E. Moore, MD FACS Associate Program Director, TACS Fellowship Chief of Surgery, DHMC Professor of Surgery, UCH
Contact Information: Department of Surgery Denver Health Medical Center 777 Bannock Street, MC 0206 Denver, CO 80204 Phone: 303-436-6558 Fax: 303-436-6572 E-Mail: Ernest E. Moore, MD
Robert C. McIntyre, MD FACS Associate Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Co-Director of SICU, UCH Associate Professor of Surgery, UCH
Contact Information: Department of Surgery University of Colorado 4200 East Ninth Avenue, C-313 Denver, CO 80262 Phone: 303-315-5526 Fax: 303-315-5527
Frederick Karrer, MD Professor of Surgery, The Children's Hospital Dr. David R. & Kiku Akers Chair in Pediatric Surgery
Contact Information: The Children's Hospital 13123 E. 16th Ave. Aurora, CO 80045 Phone: 720-777-6571 Fax: 720-777-7271
Gordon Lindberg, MD PhD Director of Burn Center, UCH Assistant Professor of Surgery, UCH
Contact Information: University of Colorado
Denver Health: Gregory Jerome (“Jerry”) Jurkovich, M.D., Chief of Surgery and Trauma Services Professor of Surgery, UCH
Denis Bensard, MD FACS, FAAP Professor of Surgery, UCH
Jeffrey L. Johnson, MD FACS Assistant Professor of Surgery, UCH
Carlton C. Barnett, MD Associate Professor of Surgery, UCH
Fredric Pieracci, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery, UCH
Robert Stovall, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery, UCH
The Children’s Hospital: Frederick Karrer, MD Chairman, Department of Pediatric Surgery Professor of Surgery, UCH
Mortiz Ziegler, MD Surgeon-in-Chief, TCH Professor of Surgery, UCH
David Partrick, MD Director of Surgical Endoscopy Assistant Professor of Surgery, UCH
University of Colorado: Marty Zamora, MD Lung Transplant Program Director Associate Professor, UCH
Fareed Azam, MD Department of Anesthesia Assistant Professor, UCH
Pierre Moine, MD Department of Anesthesia Assistant Professor, UCH
Paul Wischmeyer, MD Department of Anesthesia Assistant Professor, UCH
Residents in our program must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or possess the appropriate documentation to allow resident to legally train at the University of Colorado.