Career Center
Neurocritical Care Fellow
,
Four full-time UCNS certified neurointensivists are available as the core faculty. In addition, multidisciplinary faculty members from various departments support the fellowship. Our dedicated 28-bed Neuro ICU provides care to critically ill neurology, neurosurgery and ENT patients. Continuous EEG monitoring is available in all rooms. A portable CT scanner is housed in the unit. The neurocritical care team works very closely with the neurosurgery and the ENT team. The Neuro ICU call coverage is provided by 7 nurse practitioners and residents (neurology, anesthesia and neurosurgery) under supervision of the neurointensivists.
The fellow will rotate through medical/transplant ICU, trauma ICU, neurosurgery, stroke, epilepsy, and cardiothoracic ICU. Opportunities will be available to learn various procedures required in the specialty of critical care. The neurocritical care team is involved in various retrospective and prospective clinical trails, NeuroNext trials and industry sponsored trials. Fellows will be involved in all of these studies and will receive mentoring to enhance their research experience. Fellows will be on home overnight call 3 - 4 nights per week when on NICU months.
Fellows will be provided with an office cubicle with space for a computer and personal items, with locked storage. Fellows will be given an allowance for books.
The neurocritical care fellowship program features both a one-year and a two-year track.
The more traditional two-year track features:
1. Neuro ICU - 8 months
2. Medical/Transplant ICU - (MICU) - 3 months
3. Cardiothoracic ICU (CTICU) - 2 months
4. Trauma ICU - 1 month
5. Medical ICU Consult Service - 1 month
6. Stroke Service - 1 month
7. Neurosurgery - 1 month
8. Anesthesia - 2 months
Electives:
1. Research - up to 5 months
2. Palliative Care - 2-4 weeks
3. EEG - 2-4 weeks
4. Neuroradiology -2-4 weeks
The one-year track is for fellows who have completed post-graduate fellowship training in anesthesia critical care, surgical critical care or internal medicine critical care. Training on the one-year track includes:
1. Neuro ICU - 8-9 months
2. Stroke Service - 1 month
3. EEG - 1 month
4. Neuroradiology - 1 month
5. Anesthesia - 1 month (elective)
For neurosurgeons on the one-year track:
1. Neuro ICU - 4 months
2. Medical/Transplant ICU (MICU) - 3 months
3. Cardiothoracic ICU (CTICU) - 1 month
4. Medical ICU Consult Service - 1 month
5. Stroke Service - 1 month
6. EEG - 1 month
7. Anesthesia - 1 month
Eligibility
The one-year track is for fellows who have completed post-graduate fellowship in anesthesia critical care, surgical critical care, internal medicine critical care neurosurgery.
The two-year track is for fellows who have completed residency training in neurology, neurosurgery, or PM&R.