Join the Acute Care Surgeons at New Mexico’s only Level I Trauma Center. Applications process begins March 1 through SAFAS. Interviews will be conducted June through Aug. 2022.
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The Division of Acute Care Surgery at the University of New Mexico has had an ACGME accredited Surgical Critical Care Fellowship since 2017. We currently offer an AAST-accredited Acute Care Surgery Fellowship and an Emergency Medicine-Surgical Critical Care Fellowship. Both are designed to provide excellent training in the management of critically ill surgical patients and all phases of Trauma care.
The fellowships are overseen by eight acute care surgery faculty and one EM/CC faculty. The fellows also benefit from training with intensivists from other specialties including emergency medicine, anesthesia and medical critical care.
One-year experience focusing on the management of critically ill surgical and trauma patients. Rotations include Trauma Surgical Burn ICU, Cardiothoracic/Vascular/ECMO ICU, Neuro ICU, and 2 months on the Trauma Surgery Service. Electives in Palliative Care, MICU, advanced US, Nephrology, and other relevant areas are offered.
The AAST-accredited ACS fellowship is a 2-year fellowship designed to give fellows training in all facets of acute care surgery. The first year is the traditional SCC fellowship with time spent on the Trauma service and taking overnight call. Rotations include Trauma Surgical Burn ICU, Cardiothoracic/Vascular/ECMO ICU, Neuro ICU, and on the Trauma Surgery Service. Electives in Palliative Care, MICU, advanced US, Nephrology, and other relevant areas are offered.
The second-year fellow rotates on the night float, trauma and emergency general surgery services, gaining complex operative and decision-making experience. At approximately the 3-4-month point, the fellow graduates to the “Fellow in Exception” (FIE) role. They will be appointed as an instructor in the Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, and be credentialed as a member of the medical staff.
As an FIE, the ACS fellow will spend the remainder of their fellowship rotating as the attending on the Trauma and EGS services, with approximately one week of service on trauma and one week of service on EGS per month.
In this role, they will round on the inpatients, see consults and trauma activations in the hospital, operate, take call, and staff clinic in an identical manner to the ACS faculty. They will also have rotations on the Cardiothoracic Surgery, Vascular Surgery, and HPB to further develop operative skills.
Please see the AAST ACS fellowship page for more information about the curriculum. https://www.aast.org/acute-care-surgery/fellowship-applicants
A 2-year experience for graduates of an Emergency Medicine Residency who are eligible for ABEM certification. The first year of the track is an immersive and meaningful experience in surgical care, participating in all phases of the patient’s care, including in the operating room.
Core rotations in Trauma, emergency general surgery, night float, surgical oncology, and vascular surgery will provide an excellent experience managing surgical patients. The second year of the fellowship is similar to the traditional SCC year with an addition of one MICU month and more time in the Cardiothoracic/Vascular/ECMO ICU.
We are recruiting two fellows for the two-year AAST ACS fellowship per year. Preferred applicants will have completed an ACGME-approved surgical residency and be Board certified or eligible. We are not able to support graduates from international surgical residency programs
Graduates of ACGME-accredited Emergency Medicine Residency who are eligible for ABEM certification .
Fellowship Program Director, Coordinator & Associate Directors
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Jasmeet S. Paul, MD, FACS Department of Surgery 1 University of New Mexico MSC10 5610 Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 |
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Program Coordinator Chenoa Jennings 505-272-6434
Associate Program Director Trauma and Emergency Surgery Track Annie Moore, MD
Associate Program Director Emergency Medicine Track Jessica Mitchell, MD |
