General Goals and Objectives
The Arizona Trauma Center at Maricopa Medical Center (Phoenix) has an opening for a one-year Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Fellowship beginning July 2008. Applicants must have completed a General Surgery residency in an ACGME-accredited program. Applicants must also be American Board of Surgery eligible / certified and able to obtain licensure in the State of Arizona.
The overall objectives of the Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Fellowship are: 1) To provide the surgeon with the cognitive and technical skills necessary to deliver expert trauma care, and 2) To provide the complete spectrum of management skills to care for emergency general surgery patients.
The program curriculum consists of surgical critical care, trauma surgery, emergency general surgery, and operative exposure to all surgical subspecialties that contribute to the management of trauma patients. Participation in research programs will be expected and supported.
The Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Fellow will become a leader and integral member of the multidisciplinary trauma team. The Fellow will exemplify both compassion and critical thinking while actively contributing to the clinical and educational activities of the Trauma Center. Their daily work will have them in close cooperation with students, general surgery housestaff, and board-certified faculty surgeons.
How to Apply
Please send a letter of interest and a Curriculum Vitae to:
Sydney I. Zordani, BS (Sydney_Zordani@Medprodoctors.com)
Program Coordinator, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Fellowship
2601 East Roosevelt Street
Phoenix, AZ 85008
ph: 602-344-5637
fax: 602-344-0793