Acute Care Surgery Fellowship

A two year Acute Care Surgery Fellowship is offered in our busy Level I Adult and Level II Pediatric Trauma Centers. The first year consists of the fellow matching into our ACGME approved Critical Care Fellowship. The second year involves advanced surgical training in the Nation’s first AAST approved Acute Care Surgery Fellowship Program. The Acute Care Surgery curriculum includes trauma surgery, acute general surgery, pediatric surgery, thoracic surgery, vascular surgery, hepatobiliary surgery, neurologic surgery, orthopedic surgery, and interventional radiology. Electives are offered in burn surgery, colon and rectal surgery, thoracic surgery and Trauma systems [EMS experience]. Training is completed at the University Medical Center, Nevada’s only level I and Pediatric Level II Trauma Center. The Trauma Center cares for 4,500 patients a year and performs over 400 exploratory laparotomies and 75 thoracotomies a year. In addition there are over 3000 acute surgical cases per year.

Our busy Level I Trauma Center is in a metropolitan university setting. We evaluate 10,000 patients annually, 4,500 of which meet trauma activation criteria. Our mix is 80% blunt and 20% penetrating trauma, arriving from a 300+ mile radius, which includes Nevada and portions of Arizona, Utah and California.

We have the only "stand alone" trauma center west of the Mississippi River, with a dedicated trauma resuscitation area, CT scanner, angiography suite and three dedicated operating rooms for trauma and trauma ICU cases. A dedicated 14-bed Trauma Intensive Care Unit adjoins the Resuscitation and Operating areas.

In 2015, the Department of Graduate Medical Education at the University of Nevada School of Medicine is pleased to offer an Added Qualifications in Burn Surgery Program for fellows interested in Burn Surgery. This program runs simultaneously with the ACGME Approved Surgical Critical Care Fellowship and AAST Approved Acute Care Surgery Fellowship that currently exist. This program is optional and incoming fellows must indicate their interest at the beginning of fellowship.

This two-three month program is dedicated to treating acutely burned patients in the Burn Center at the University Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Upon completion of the program, fellows will receive a certificate of Added Qualifications in Burn Surgery and will be proficient to administer care and run a burn unit.

For more information about the program, kindly visithttps://www.unlv.edu/medicine/...

Prerequisites:

Requirements include completion of an approved residency in General Surgery and that the applicant be BE/BC. Applicants must also qualify for a Nevada medical license and malpractice coverage. In addition to clinical excellence, a documented commitment to academic excellence is essential.

How To Apply:

Please use the following online fellowship application service:

https://safas-sccpds.fluidreview.com/

Contact Information:

For inquiries or questions please contact:

Dr. Douglas Fraser, MD
Division Chief - Acute Care Surgery
Program Director - Acute Care Surgery Fellowship
1701 W Charleston Blvd
Suite 490
Las Vegas, NV 89102

[email protected] - (702) 671-2273 (phone) , (702) 385-9399 (fax)