For the Trauma & Acute Care Surgery Fellowship (which includes a year of Surgical Critical Care training), applicants must have completed a RRC-approved General Surgery Residency and be Board Eligible in General Surgery. Prospective TACS Fellows are selected to interview on the basis of their prior academic performance. We invite approximately 10 candidates, and evaluate prospective Fellows based on the following academic characteristics:
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Performance in General Surgery Residency
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Letters of recommendation
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Honors and Awards, such as AOA
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Strong transcript grades
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Research Experience
Please download and complete the application form. In addition, please submit:
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Curriculum vitae
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Letters of recommendation from the department Program Director and 2 additional faculty members
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Personal statement
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Notarized copy of medical school diploma
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Medical school transcript
Interviews will be granted on a rotating basis beginning June 1, 2008. Our program participates in the NRMP match. All documentation should be submitted to:
C. Clay Cothren, MD FACS
Program Director, Trauma & Acute Care Fellowship
Department of Surgery
Denver Health Medical Center
777 Bannock Street, MC 0206
Denver, CO 80204
Eligibility and selection are nondiscriminatory with regard to sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, disability, or veteran status. The candidate must be a graduate of LCME (Liaison Committee of Medical Education) accredited medical school, or graduate of an AOA (American Osteopathic Association)-Accredited college of osteopathic medicine, or a foreign medical graduate who holds a valid ECFMC (Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates) certificate, or has a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in a U.S. licensing jurisdiction. The candidate must be a U.S. citizen; or hold a valid U.S. resident alien card; or possess, or be eligible to obtain, all three of the following—valid passport, valid 1-94 card (obtained upon entry to the U.S.) that indicates D/S J-1 (Duration of Status for J-1 visa), and J-1 visa sponsorship from the ECGMG to train at the CU medical school in the specific training program. The Candidate must also be able to legally work in the United States.