The University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) /Denver Health Surgical Critical Care Fellowship is an ACGME/RRC approved training program whose goal is to educate fellows in the advanced care of critically ill and injured patients. Rotational experience includes trauma, cardiac, burn and pediatric, and general surgical critical care. The broad experience gained through diverse faculty and programmatic elements prepares the fellow for board examinations and a career in academic practice.
The fellowship is designed to provide the critical care resident (CCR) with an education in the principles and practice of state-of-the art surgical critical care. This is accomplished by exposing the CCR to a broad array of surgical illnesses through teaching rounds, primary patient care, educational conferences and specialized rotations. Upon completion of training, the CCR is expected to demonstrate proficiency in surgical critical care decision making, specific organ system support, evaluation of new technology and treatment techniques, ICU administration, outcomes assessment, research design and interaction with patients, families and health care personnel. These clinical goals are accomplished by providing the CCR with a position dedicated to the intensive care units at Denver Health, The Children’s Hospital of Denver (TCH), and the University of Colorado Hospital (UCH).
The fellowship is devoted to patient care with didactic, clinical and research components. CCR training consists of 12 months, four months at Denver Health and eight months at University Hospital. Fellows can devote time in the surgical intensive care unit, pediatric intensive care unit, burn/trauma unit, cardiothoracic ICU and neuroICU. The clinical component includes experience gained by direct patient responsibility under supervision of teaching faculty and independent study on relevant topics.
The didactic component includes taking part in multidisciplinary critical care rounds with Denver Health surgical attendings, surgical housestaff, trauma coordinators, social workers and attending physicians in Neurosurgery and Infectious Disease three times a week. Additionally, daily teaching rounds on all surgical ICU patients are conducted by a general surgery/trauma/critical care attending. There is a monthly multidisciplinary critical care conference which includes lectures by outside experts on a wide range of critical care topics. Other didactic elements include a Morbidity and Mortality Conference, Surgical Grand Rounds and an Ethics Conference.
Research may be conducted on a variety of critical care projects and the opportunity to take master’s level classes at the UCHSC in biostatistics and research methods exists. There is a weekly multidisciplinary research conference which focuses on basic science and critical care research.
Application
Please submit your application using the SCC and ACS Fellowship Application Service.
Conference Schedule
| Conference | Frequency | Responsible Individual |
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| Denver Health | ||
| SICU Attending Rounds | Daily | DHMC Faculty |
| Multidisciplinary Critical Care Conference | Monthly | Clay Burlew, MD |
| SICU Checkout Rounds | Daily | Critical Care Fellow/Clay Burlew, MD |
| Morbidity and Mortality Conference | Weekly | DHMC Faculty |
| DHMC Surgical Research Conference | Weekly | Ernest E. Moore, MD/Mitchell Cohen, MD |
| Trauma & Critical Care Teaching Conference | Weekly | Clay Cothren Burlew, MD |
| Multidisciplinary Trauma Conference | Monthly | Barry Platnick, MD |
| Critical Care Teaching Conference | Weekly | Critical Care Fellow |
| Trauma Council | Monthly | Barry Platnick, MD |
| Injury Prevention Committee | Quarterly | Ryan Lawless, MD |
| Ethics Committee Meeting | Monthly | Sharon Langendoerfer, MD |
| Disaster Management | Monthly | Eric Campion, MD |
| University of Colorado Hospital | ||
| SICU Attending Rounds | Daily | Critical Care Faculty |
| Grand Rounds | Weekly | Richard Schulick, MD |
| Morbidity and Mortality Conference | Weekly | General Surgery Faculty |
| Dept. of Surgery Research Conference | Weekly | Richard Schulick, MD Ernest E. Moore, MD |
| Surgery Teaching Conference | Weekly | Gordon Lindberg, MD |
| Basic Science Conference | Weekly | Robert C. McIntyre, MD |
| Children's Hospital Colorado | ||
| SICU Attending Rounds | Daily | Critical Care Faculty |
| Radiology Rounds | Daily | Critical Care and Radiology Faculty |
| Morbidity and Mortality Conference | Weekly | Pediatric Surgery Faculty |
| Pediatric Grand Rounds | Monthly | CHCO Faculty |
| Surgery Teaching Conference | Weekly | Mortiz Ziegler, MD |
| Trauma Conference | Weekly | Denis D. Bensard, MD |
Faculty
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Clay Cothren Burlew, MD FACS
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Robert C. McIntyre, MD FACS Contact Information: |
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University of Colorado: Jason Brainard, MD Patrick Duffy, MD
Lisa Ferrigno, MD, MPH Laura Harmon, MD
Juan Paul Idrovo, MD Erik Peltz, DO Lauren Steward, MD Catherine Velopulos, MD, MPH Anne Wagner, MD Frank Wright, MD Arek Wiktor, MD
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Denver Health: Denis Bensard, MD FACS, FAAP Eric Campion, MD Mitchell Cohen, MD Charles Fox, MD Ryan Lawless, MD Ernest E. Moore, MD FACS Fredric Pieracci, MD, MPH K. Barry Platnick, MD
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Residents in our program must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee or possess the appropriate documentation to allow resident to legally train at the University of Colorado.