• Trauma only
• Critical Care only
• Trauma & Critical Care
• Acute Care Surgery
• Advanced Practitioner
• Burn Surgery

• Duration: 1 year
• Positions available: 2
• Salary: $81,500
• Program Director: Patrick McGonagill, MD, FACS

Last updated: September 04, 2025

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The University of Iowa Healthcare currently has TWO Surgical Critical Care Fellowship positions starting July 1, 2026 or August 1, 2026 for one year. The Surgical Critical Care Fellowship program aims to provide hands-on clinical experience and advanced instruction in the following:

Management of shock, sepsis, acute respiratory failure, acute kidney injury, acute neurological conditions and other critical illness syndromes.
Pathophysiology of critical illness, including advanced cardiopulmonary physiology, hemodynamic and neurological monitoring, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and neurophysiology.
Care of patients with multisystem organ failure, acute infection, traumatic injury and post-surgical critical illness.
Communication skills, including patient and family interaction, end-of-life cares, and care of the geriatric patient.
Mechanical ventilation, extra-corporeal life support, and point-of-care ultrasound.
ICU procedures including endotracheal intubation, central venous catheterization and chest tube placement.
This training program employs a mix of hands-on clinical experience, interactive workshops, medical simulation and didactic education.

Program started 2026

How to apply

[email protected]  - (319) 356-7892 (phone) , (319) 356-3392 (fax)

Qualifications: All required clinical education for entry into ACGME-accredited fellowship programs must be completed in an ACGME-accredited residency program, an AOA-approved residency program, a program with ACGME International (ACGME-I) Advanced Specialty Accreditation, or a Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)-accredited or College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)-accredited residency program located in Canada. Eligibility for ABMS or AOA Board certification may not be satisfied by fellowship training.
Prior to appointment in the program, fellows must have completed at least three clinical years in an ACGME-accredited or AOA-accredited graduate medical education program in one of the following specialties: anesthesiology, emergency medicine, neurological surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopaedic surgery, otolaryngology, plastic surgery, surgery, thoracic surgery, vascular surgery, or urology.

Submit a CV, Personal Statement and 3 letters of recommendation via email to Tara Maurer, Program Coordinator

Location

UIHC Dept of Surgery
Iowa City, IA 52242
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