| Speciality |
Trauma
Surgery & Critical Care |
| Institution |
Parkland
Memorial Hospital, University of Texas Southwestern |
| Country |
United
States |
| Length
(years) |
2 |
| Number
of posts |
1 |
| Trauma
Director |
Gregory
G. Stanford MD FACS |
The Unit |
| Full
time faculty |
6 |
| Description |
890 bed
hospital seeing 5,000 trauma admissions per year (60% blunt,
|
|
40% penetrating). |
| Research activities |
Fellowship Program |
| Clinical
|
Surgical
Critical Care areas at Parkland Memorial. These areas include
|
| responsibilities |
the Surgical
Intensive Care Unit, Neruosurgical ICU, Cardiothoracic ICU,
|
|
Burn ICU
and Paediatric Trauma ICU. The fellow will be directly |
|
supervised
by faculty in all the surgical intensive care units. The fello
and |
|
the SICU
service provides consultant services to all general surgery
|
|
patients
in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit and provide primary care
for all |
|
subspecialty
service patients in the SICU. |
|
|
|
A minimum
of 9 months is on ICU rotations. The fellow will be primarily
|
|
responsible
for a minimum of 500 patients during his/her fellowship while
|
|
under
the direction of the clinical faculty. The fellow will participate
in |
|
administrative
functions associated with intensive care units, including
|
|
quality
assurance, bed allocation and resource utilization. |
|
|
|
Emphasis
is on clinical care. Essentially a non-operative experience
|
|
although
some surgical procedures required during the care of critically
ill |
|
patients
will be the responsibility of the fellow and the SICU service.
Upon |
|
completion
of the fellowship the fellow should have succint knowledge
of |
|
cardiovascular
and pulmonary physiology and pathophysiology, ventilatory |
|
care
and cardiovascular monitoring and interpretation. The fellow
should |
|
be competent
in the management of multisystem trauma patients, |
|
recognition
and treatment of major post-operative problems in surgical
|
|
patients
and an appreciation of the critical care management of specialty
|
|
patients
including neurosurgical, cardiothoracic and pediatric. |
| Research
|
Research
activities are expected and supported. Participation in on-going
|
| opportunities |
clinical
trials is an integral part of the fellowship. Fellows are
also |
|
exposed
to multicenter trials and are expected to develop independent
|
|
research
activities. Funding will be arranged on an individual basis.
A |
|
second
year for research can be arranged. |
| Teaching |
| responsibilities |
| Certifications |
RRC Critical
Care Certification |
| Salary |
$40,000 |
| Applicant
|
Board
Eligible General Surgeon |
| requirements |
Contact |
| Contact
Name |
Joseph
P. Minei MD |
| Address1 |
University
of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Surgery |
| Address2 |
5323 Harry
Hines Blvd. |
| City |
Dallas |
| State |
Texas |
| Postcode |
75235-9031 |
| Telephone |
214 648
7295 |
| Fax |
214 648
5477 |
| Email |
| WebPage |
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| Updated |
24.05.98 |
