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

• Duration: 1 or 2 years
• Positions available: 3
• Salary:
• Program Director: S. Annie Moore, MD FACS

Last updated: February 03, 2026

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The Division of Acute Care Surgery at the University of New Mexico has had an ACGME accredited Surgical Critical Care Fellowship since 2017, and an AAST-accredited Acute Care Surgery Fellowship since 2020. Both are designed to provide excellent training in the management of critically ill surgical patients and all phases of Acute Care Surgery care.

UNM offers both a 1-year Surgical Critical Care Fellowship (1 position) and a 2-year AAST-accredited Acute Care Surgery Fellowship (2 positions per year).

The University of New Mexico Hospital (UNMH) in Albuquerque is the State’s only ACS verified Level 1 Trauma Center and only academic medical center and is the primary teaching hospital for the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. UNMH has 629 beds and has approximately 25,000 admissions, performs 19,000 surgeries annually, and had 80,000 ER visits. UNMH cares for a diverse patient population with complex and urgent surgical needs over a large geographic catchment area.

The one-year SCC experience focuses on the management of critically ill surgical and trauma patients.  Rotations include Trauma Surgical Burn ICU, Cardiothoracic/Vascular/ECMO ICU, Neuro ICU, Palliative Care, and Trauma Surgery. Electives in Prehospital/Austere Medicine, advanced Ultrasound, MICU, Airway, Nephrology, Trauma Program Management, and others are offered.

The 2-year AAST-accredited ACS fellowship is designed to give fellows training in all facets of acute care surgery. The second-year fellow rotates on the night float, trauma and emergency general surgery services, gaining complex operative and decision-making experience. At approximately the 3-4-month point, the fellow graduates to the “Fellow in Exception” (FIE) role. They are appointed as an instructor in the Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, and are credentialed as a member of the medical staff. 

As an FIE, the ACS fellow spends the remainder of their fellowship rotating as the attending on the Trauma and EGS services. In this role, they round on the inpatients, see consults and trauma activations in the hospital, operate, take call, and staff clinic in an identical manner to the ACS faculty. They also have rotations on the Cardiothoracic Surgery, Vascular Surgery, and Hepatobiliary Surgery to further develop operative skills.

Program started 2017

How to apply

[email protected]  - (505) 925-7671 (phone) , (505) 272-8145 (fax)

Qualifications: ACS Fellowship: We are recruiting two fellows for the two-year AAST ACS fellowship per year. Applicants will have completed an ACGME-approved surgical residency and be Board certified or eligible by the start of their fellowship training. We are not able to support graduates from international surgical residency programs or applicants who require visa sponsorship.

SCC Fellowship: We are recruiting one fellow for the one-year SCC fellowship per year. Applicants will have completed an ACGME-approved surgical residency and be Board certified or eligible by the start of their fellowship training.

SAFAS

Research opportunities

Fellows participate in numerous scholarly activities, including clinical trials, quality improvement projects, protocol development, and others. Fellows attend the Acute Care Surgery Research Conference twice per month.

Location

2211 Lomas Blvd NE
Albuquerque, NM 87104
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