Description
1-year ECLS/CTICU fellowship. This is a non-ACGME fellowship designed to provided dedicated cognitive and psychomotor training in the specifics of cardiothoracic critical care. The trainee will spend 1 year immersed in our 28-bed high-volume CTICU. In additional to gaining subspeciality experience with cardiothoracic critical care (cardiogenic shock, post-cardiotomy, heart transplant, lung transplant, etc.) trainees will learn clinical and procedural skills necessary to apply and manage the highly-specialized therapies of extracorporeal life support and mechanical circulatory support. There will also be opportunities to be involved and/or lead extra-clinical efforts in the CTICU and Heart and Vascular Institute (HVI), including clinical leadership, education, QI, and research.
Candidates should be board-eligible or board-certified in critical care medicine (internal medicine, emergency medicine, anesthesiology, or surgery) and interested in building a career in cardiothoracic critical care medicine.
About UPMC/University of Pittsburgh Department of Critical Care Medicine
We are the nation's first and foremost stand-alone department of critical care medicine. From our historical roots in anesthesia, we have grown into a research powerhouse with globally acclaimed investigators who focus their endeavors on: sepsis and septic shock, resuscitation research, brain injury, organ dysfunction, support and recovery, health services research, health policy, e-research and medical ethics. Our clinical enterprise sees faculty and staff deliver care to critically ill and acutely injured adult and pediatric patients at 16 intensive care units across six UPMC hospitals.
Each year we train over 30 clinical fellows to be outstanding intensivist physicians. Each trainee completes a broad critical care curriculum that includes hands-on care, didactic education, and cutting-edge use of simulation and web-enabled learning. Use this website to find out more about what we do and to learn about the groundbreaking thought leaders from the University of Pittsburgh who shaped our profession.
Qualified applicants should send their CV to Ernestine Smoot smoote@upmc.edu, Academic Manager.
The University of Pittsburgh is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and values equality of opportunity, human dignity, and diversity. EOE, including disability/vets.
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