| Speciality |
Trauma
Anaesthesia |
| Institution |
Harborview
Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle |
| Country |
United
States |
| Length
(years) |
1 |
| Number
of posts |
1-2 |
| Trauma
Director |
Bruce
F. Cullen, MD |
The Unit |
| Full
time faculty |
20 |
| Description |
300-bed
Level 1 (adult and pediatric) trauma/burn center that serves
as trauma referral center for Washington, Alaska, Montana,
and Idaho, via extensive air ambulance system (7 rotary and
fixed wing aircraft); >16,000 trauma patients evaluated and
>4,000 trauma admissions (1995); |
| Research
activities |
Clinical
research activities in neuroanesthesia, neurotrauma anesthesia,
application of regional anesthesia techniques to trauma patients,
and pain management of trauma and burn patients. Basic science
research in opioid pharmacology, local anesthetic and meningeal
transport physiology, and mechanisms of microvascular endothelial
injury/leukocyte adhesion. |
Fellowship Program |
| Clinical
responsibilities |
Fellows
provide primary anesthesia services with faculty supervision,
and also supervise anesthesia resident trainees in the operating
room; clinical experience available in prehospital trauma
care (air ambulance and ground transport), emergency room
trauma care, and trauma pain management; night/weekend call.
|
| Research
opportunities |
At
mutual discretion of fellow and director, with access to all
ongoing research activities; typical non-clinical (research)
time is 25%, but can be increased to as much as 60% in selected
cases. |
| Teaching
responsibilities |
Anesthesia
resident trainees and medical students. |
| Certifications |
|
| Salary |
$40,000(+)
plus standard benefits package; salary may be increased through
additional (optional) night/weekend call. |
| Applicant
requirements |
1.
Univ. of Washington Application form
2. Five letters of recommendation
3. A narrative statement providing an explanation for your
choice of anesthesia subspecialty
4. A copy of your medical school transcript and Dean's letter
of recommendation
Washington state physician's license required; visa and
FMGEMS required if graduate of foreign medical school.
|
Contact |
| Contact
Name |
Sam
R. Sharar, MD |
| Address1 |
Fellowship
Director, Harborview Medical Center |
| Address2 |
Dept.
of Anesthesiology, Box 359724, 325 Ninth Avenue |
| City |
Seattle |
| State |
Washington |
| Postcode |
98104
|
| Telephone |
206
731 5765 |
| Fax |
206
731 8624 |
| Email |
sharar@u.washington.edu
|
| WebPage |
weber.u.washington.edu/~anesth
|
| |
|
| Updated |
13.08.98 |
