| Speciality |
Trauma
Surgery & Critical Care |
| Institution |
Grady
Memorial Hospital, Emory University, Atlanta, |
| Country |
United
States |
| Length
(years) |
2 |
| Number
of posts |
1 |
| Trauma
Director |
David
V. Feliciano MD |
| |
|
| The
Unit |
| Full
time faculty |
5 |
| Description |
Grady
Memorial Hospital is a tertiary care facility and the largest
hospital |
|
in
Georgia with 1024 beds. As a partially taxpayer-supported
facility for |
|
indigent
patients in Fulton and DeKalb counties, it is also the only
hospital |
|
in an eight county area that functions as a Level I trauma
center. Grady |
|
admits
nearly 50,000 patients per year, including 3400 trauma patients,
|
|
70%
of whom have penetrating injuries. The state's regionalized
burn |
|
center
is housed at Grady and provides comprehensive, acute and |
|
non-acute
care for burnvictims. The hospital has just completed an |
|
extensive
renovation costing $318 million. Thenew operating rooms, |
|
surgical
intensive care unit (SICU), neurosurgical intensive care |
|
unit(NICU),
step-down unit opened in April, 1994. |
| Research
activities |
| |
|
| Fellowship
Program |
| Clinical
|
Although
specifically tailored to the fellow's goals, each fellowship
meets |
| responsibilities |
the
objectives endorsed by the American College of Surgeons Committee
|
|
on
Trauma, and the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
Due |
|
to
the large volume and high percentage of patients with penetrating
|
|
injuries,
the fellowship provides superb operative experience, so that
each |
|
fellow
is competent in all surgical aspects of trauma. |
| Research
|
Opportunities
exist for both clinical and basic science researchsoith the
|
| opportunities |
assistance
of a full-time research director. A Master in Public Health
|
|
degree
from Emory University can be obtained during the fellowship
period |
|
with opportunity for research in injury prevention. |
| Teaching
|
| responsibilities |
| Certifications |
| Salary |
$37,000 |
| Applicant
|
Board
Eligible General Surgery |
| requirements |
| |
|
| Contact |
| Contact
Name |
Grace
S. Rozycki, MD, FACS |
| Address1 |
69
Butler Street, Room 302 |
| Address2 |
| City |
Atlanta |
| State |
Georgia |
| Postcode |
30303 |
| Telephone |
(404)
616-3553 |
| Fax |
(404)
616-7333 |
| Email |
| WebPage |
| |
|
| Updated |
28.06.98 |
