Surgical Critical Care/Acute Surgery Fellowship
The Surgical Critical Care Fellowship is designed to allow fellows to develop advanced proficiency in the care of critically ill patients and to develop the qualifications to supervise surgical critical care units. This critical care education has now been supplemented with an additional year of comprehensive surgical training to create the Acute Care Surgery Fellowship Program.
Under the direction of Program Director Hasan Alam, MD, the Massachusetts General Hospital postgraduate Surgical Critical Care Fellowship is designed to allow fellows to develop advanced proficiency in the management of all aspects of the care of critically ill surgical patients and to develop the qualifications necessary to supervise surgical critical care units. Fellows spend several months in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit, working alongside surgical and anesthesia intensivists. This one-year fellowship is approved by the ACGME. We have recently expanded this training program to create a comprehensive Two-Year Acute Care Surgery Fellowship Program.
Available Acute Care Surgery Fellowship Positions
Applicants are invited to apply for fellowship positions in the division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
One position is available each year.
Two-year Acute Care Surgery Fellowship
The first year is an ACGME-approved Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, offered through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), followed by an additional year of Trauma, non-trauma Emergency Surgery, and broad-based experience in General, Vascular, Thoracic, Endocrine, and Hepatobiliary Surgery. Additional training in damage-control Orthopedics and essential Neurosurgical procedures is provided to fulfill the Acute Care Surgery requirements. Board Certification/Eligibility in General Surgery is required to be considered as a candidate.
Surgical Critical Care Curriculum
The selected individual would have full privileges as a staff surgeon, and be eligible for a faculty appointment at the Harvard Medical School.
| Required Clinical Rotation | Length |
| Surgical Critical Care | |
| Trauma/Critical Care (resuscitative and post-op management of complex surgical diseases related to general surgery and trauma) | 6 mos. |
| Electives in Critical Care (management of complex critical illness such as pediatric surgical care, neurocritical care, burns, etc.) | 3 mos. |
| Emergency and Elective Surgery | 15 mos. |
| Total | 24 mos. |
Rotations During Emergency and Elective Surgical Experience
| Clinical Rotations | Length |
The Division of Trauma , Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care provides training in:
| 12-15 mos. |
Electives
| 0-3 mos. |
| Total | 15 mos. |
Please return the completed application, a personal statement, a copy of your medical school transcript, a copy of your ECFMG certificate (if applicable), three letters of recommendation addressed to Hasan Alam, MD, and your CV, to the following address:
Hasan B. Alam, MD
Program Director, Surgical Critical Care/Acute Care Surgery Fellowship Program
Massachusetts General Hospital
165 Cambridge Street, Suite 810
Boston, MA 02114
Fax: 617-726-9121
Applications will be accepted through September 1 of each year. Massachusetts General Hospital is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Women and members of minority groups are encouraged to apply.
For further information, please contact:
Karen Spencer
Phone: 617-643-2438
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