Acute Care Surgery Fellowship

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Regional One Health offer a AAST-accredited Acute Care Surgery Fellowship.

The 2nd year ACS fellow will integrate into the attending call schedule, cover trauma, surgical critical care, and emergency general surgery, staffing a resident teaching clinic and providing other didactic educational services to medical students and residents, and fellows. The ACS fellow will rotate in vascular/cardiac surgery for two months, and have the opportunity for 2 additional elective months if desired. Clinical research opportunities are abundant.

EPTC is the only Level One Center in the Mid-South and one of the busiest trauma centers in the country with ~ 30% penetrating trauma. The trauma service admits ~ 5000 patients per year. Operative trauma cases are high, fellows perform several hundred operations, including vascular, thoracic, and cardiac procedures.

Located in West Tennessee on the banks of the Mississippi River, Memphis is the second-largest city in the state and among the largest cities in the Southeast. The Greater Memphis metropolitan area has more than 1.3 million residents, and the city ranks among those with the lowest cost of living in the country. It is home to a vibrant restaurant scene, a revitalized Downtown the Midtown Arts District, many scenic neighborhoods, an active medical district, and a burgeoning airport in the midst of a $214 million modernization.

Memphis boasts multiple attractions, including Elvis Presley's Graceland, the Memphis Grizzlies, the Memphis Redbirds, the Memphis 901 FC, historic Beale Street, the National Civil Rights Museum, the second-largest urban county park in the United States, and the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.

Prerequisites:

We have an open 2nd-year position and are looking for a candidate who has completed a general surgery residency and surgical critical care fellowship.

Must have completed ACGME general surgery residency and ACGME surgical critical care fellowship.

How To Apply:

Please contact Dina Filiberto at [email protected]. Send cover letter and CV.