Fellowship in Surgical Critical Care

Duration: 1 Year(s)

NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York City

New York City, New York, USA

Course TypeFellowship

Course Specialty

Surgical Intensive Care

Overview

The Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program at NYU Grossman School of Medicine is an advanced training program designed to prepare surgeons for leadership roles in surgical intensive care, trauma management, and acute care surgery. The fellowship provides comprehensive exposure to the management of critically ill surgical patients across diverse healthcare settings while emphasizing evidence-based medicine, multidisciplinary collaboration, and advanced critical care techniques.
Fellows train at several major institutions including NYU Langone Health and NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, one of the busiest and most respected trauma centers in the United States. These institutions provide exposure to a large volume of trauma cases, emergency surgical conditions, postoperative complications, and critically ill patients requiring advanced organ support.
The fellowship curriculum focuses on the diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of complex surgical critical illnesses. Fellows manage patients with severe trauma, septic shock, respiratory failure, multi-organ dysfunction syndrome, major postoperative complications, vascular emergencies, abdominal catastrophes, and life-threatening surgical conditions. Training emphasizes rapid clinical assessment, evidence-based intervention, and multidisciplinary critical care management.
Clinical experience includes management of Surgical Intensive Care Units (SICUs), Trauma Intensive Care Units, emergency surgery patients, and complex postoperative cases. Fellows gain expertise in advanced ventilator management, hemodynamic monitoring, extracorporeal support concepts, nutritional support, renal replacement therapy, sepsis management, and advanced resuscitation strategies.
Procedural training is a major component of the fellowship. Fellows perform airway procedures, bronchoscopy, central venous catheterization, arterial line placement, chest tube insertion, tracheostomy procedures, ultrasound-guided interventions, bedside critical care procedures, and advanced invasive monitoring techniques. Training emphasizes procedural competence and patient safety.
The program maintains strong integration with trauma surgery, emergency general surgery, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, cardiology, pulmonology, infectious diseases, nephrology, and other critical care specialties. Fellows participate in multidisciplinary rounds, trauma activations, morbidity and mortality conferences, quality improvement initiatives, and complex case discussions.
Research and academic scholarship are important components of training. Fellows may participate in trauma outcomes research, critical care clinical trials, sepsis investigations, healthcare quality improvement projects, surgical education research, and multicenter collaborative studies. Faculty mentorship supports academic productivity and career development.
Educational activities include grand rounds, journal clubs, simulation-based learning, board preparation sessions, trauma conferences, ultrasound workshops, multidisciplinary critical care conferences, and structured didactic lectures. Fellows work alongside nationally recognized experts in trauma surgery, critical care medicine, and emergency surgical management.
Graduates of the fellowship pursue careers in surgical critical care, trauma surgery, acute care surgery, academic medicine, intensive care leadership, and hospital-based critical care programs. The fellowship prepares surgeons for board certification in Surgical Critical Care and leadership positions within modern critical care systems.

Admission Intake

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Fee (INR):

Stipend (INR):

Fellows receive annual stipends according to NYU Langone Health Graduate Medical Education policies.

Accomodation:

Hostel Facility

Scholarship:

Eligibility

Must possess an MD or equivalent medical degree
Completion of an accredited General Surgery Residency Program or equivalent
Must apply through the Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery Fellowship Application Service (SAFAS) when applicable
Curriculum Vitae (CV) required
Personal statement required
Letters of recommendation required
Medical training records required
Board eligibility or board certification in General Surgery preferred
ECFMG certification required for IMGs
Strong academic and clinical performance preferred
Interest in trauma surgery, critical care, emergency surgery, or academic surgery preferred

Minimum Education

MD (Doctor of Medicine)

Admission Process:

Step 1:

Complete an MD or equivalent medical degree from a recognized medical school.

Step 2:

Successfully complete an accredited General Surgery Residency Program or equivalent surgical training.

Step 3:

Prepare required application materials:

Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Personal statement
Letters of recommendation
Training evaluations
Board examination information
ECFMG certificate (for IMGs)

Step 4:

Apply through the appropriate fellowship application platform when applicable.

Step 5:

Applications are reviewed by the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Selection Committee.

Step 6:

Selected candidates receive interview invitations.

Step 7:

Applicants participate in interviews with faculty members and fellowship leadership.

Step 8:

Final selection decisions are made according to institutional and fellowship matching processes.