| Speciality |
Trauma
Surgery |
| Institution |
Cook
County Hospital,
Rush Medical College,
Chicago
|
| |
|
| Country |
United
States |
| |
|
| Length
(years) |
1 |
| Number
of posts |
1 |
| Trauma
Director |
John
Barrett MD |
| |
|
| The
Unit |
| Full
time faculty |
7 |
| Description |
Cook County Trauma
Unit treats 5,000 Level 1 trauma patients per year. 40% of
these require surgial intervention by the trauma service or
other surgical subspecialties. 450 laparotomies and thoracotomies
are performed annually. The trauma unit has its own 16 bed
critical care unit which admitted 650 patients last year and
treated more than 40 multiple organ dysfunction patients.
Our new trauma unit has opened. This facility includes two
major resuscitation rooms with built in X-ray, a ten bed resuscitation
and evaluation area and a 16 bed critical care area. The trauma
service also participates in the critical care management
of our hospital's burn patients. |
| |
|
Research
activities
|
The division
of trauma supports a full time research program staffed by
1 or 2 research fellows and a research nurse. Clinical and
basic science protocols ar established and on-going.
|
| |
|
| Fellowship
Program |
| Clinical
responsibilities |
The
fellowship provides exposure to injury prevention, trauma
systems responsibilities planning, education of prehospital
personnel, resuscitation, in-depth surgical experience, critical
care, rehabilitation and trauma registry functions. |
| |
|
| Research
opportunities |
The clinical research
fellow is expected to participate in research activities and
produce at least one peer reviewed publication. |
| |
|
Teaching
resposibilities
|
The fellow will participate
in daily teaching rounds which include the intake discussion
as well as intensive care rounds. In addition, the fellow
will give a monthly lecture to the residents and medical students
on a trauma or critical care topic. |
| |
| Certifications |
|
| Salary |
$39,000 |
|
|
| Applicant
requirements |
Board eligible in general surgery
|
| |
|
| Contact |
| Contact
Name |
Kimberly Nagy MD,
Fellowship Director |
| Address |
Trauma
Office (M3241),
Cook County Hospital
1835 West Harrison Street
|
|
|
| City |
Chicago |
| State |
Illinois |
| Postcode |
60612 |
| Telephone |
312 633 8075 |
| Fax |
312 633 7540 |
| Email |
trauma@rush.edu
|
| Webpage |
www.rush.edu/patients/surgery/cctraumaunit.html
|
| |
|
| Updated |
06.01.2000
(5:1) |
