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TRAUMA FELLOWSHIPS

 

 

TRAUMA FELLOWSHIPS

Speciality Critical Care
Institution Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, University of Toronto
Country Canada
Length (years) 1
Number of posts 1
Trauma Director Bernard R. Boulanger, MD FRCS FACS
 
The Unit
Full time faculty
Description Sunnybrook Health Science Center, University of Toronto, is the largest adult trauma unit in Canada. It is located in Northern Metropolitan Toronto, a city of approximately 3 million with a catchment area of 5 to 6 million.

The Critical Care service is a multidisciplinary team providing primary patient care to a total of 34 beds in closed cardiovascular and medical-surgical intensive care areas. The medical-surgical intensive care area admits approxiamtely 1000 patients annually. These patients are divided equally between trauma, medical and surgical populations. The team also provides daily consultant care in airway and respiratory management to a neurosurgical stepdown unit. The cardiovascular intensive care unit admits approximately 1200 postoperative cardiac and major vascular surgery patient annually.

Research activities
 
Fellowship Program
Clinical responsibilities In addition to graded experience in supervising a critical care team, this fellowship offers the opportunity for protected elective time in a variety of areas including airway management, critical care research, education, trauma resuscitation or trans-oesophageal echocardiography.
Research opportunities All areas of trauma and clinical care.
Teaching responsibilities
Certifications May be eligible for inclusion as part of a 2 year training program accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Salary
Applicant requirements Eligible for RCPSC certification, American Board eleigible or hold equivalent national certification in Anaesthesia, Internal Medicine or Surgery and be eligible for licensure in the province of Ontario.
 
Contact
Contact Name Dr. Cameron Guest
Address1 Department of Anesthesiology, M3-200
Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue
City Toronto
State Ontario
Postcode M4N 3M5
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Updated 01.12.98