Surgical Critical Care & Acute Care Surgery Fellowship Program

Overview

It is the goal of our program to produce a well-rounded surgeon with clinical competence in the care of critically ill patients.

Boasting extensive clinical experience from a broad and diverse population base, the UofL Health - UofL Hospital is the Level-I Trauma Center that services Kentucky and Southern Indiana. While a majority of the training is completed at the UofL Health - UofL Hospital, fellows are given the opportunity to pursue elective rotations at UofL Health - Jewish Hospital (cardiovascular ICU and transplant critical care) and Norton Children's Hospital (pediatric critical care). All sites are within a 5-minute walk from the UofL Health - UofL Hospital. 

The goal of our program is to produce a well-rounded surgeon with clinical competence in the care of critically ill patients. At the completion of the fellowship, the trainee will have factual knowledge and technical skills with respect to preoperative, evaluation, operative management and postoperative care of patients with critical illness.

Training will include techniques for both life-saving and diagnostic procedures, not only their performance, but the correct interpretation within the scope of the critical illness. Trainees will be competent in the interpretation of radiographic studies to include head, chest and abdominal and pelvic CT scan, abdominal ultrasound and vascular angiographic studies. Fellows will be knowledgeable in the application of monitoring techniques applicable to surgical critical care and be aware of the indications and contra-indications to these approaches.

It is anticipated that upon completion of the fellowship in surgical critical care, that fellows will be prepared to play an active role in the socioeconomic, political climate and unit administration that has impact on the care that they are able to provide to patients. They will also develop the presentation skills that will allow them to deliver an effective medical presentation and effective communication of complex diseases processes among other healthcare providers.