Medical College of Georgia & Childrens Medical Center

Affiliated with Georgia Regents University — Augusta, GA

  • Trauma only
  • Critical Care only
  • Trauma & Critical Care
  • Acute Care Surgery
  • Advanced Practitioner
  • Duration: 1 year
  • Positions available: 2
  • Salary: (Commensurate with PGY 6&7)
  • Program Director: Steven B. Holsten, Jr., MD, FACS

Last updated: August 04, 2014


Georgia Regents Center (GRMC) is a state-designated Level 1 trauma facility located in Augusta Georgia, in the heart of the Central Savannah River Area. It Provides tertiary care to not only people residing in 136 counties in Georgia, but also to those residing in adjacent counties in South Carolina.

The Surgical Critical Care Fellowship program at the Georgia's Regents University (GRU) Medical College of Georgia is a 12-month intensive program designed to train surgeons at the PGY-6 level or higher. Fellow's will participate in the care of patients across six separate intensive care units during their tenure. A multidisciplinary approach to the care of the critically ill patient is stressed throughout the year. In addition to this experience, fellows will also have the opportunity to participate in the teaching of surgical residents and medical students along with having the experience sitting on and participating in various ICU committees providing valuable input to the functioning of each unit. Upon the completion of the program, fellow's will be ready to assume administrative roles in the managing of Surgical and/or Trauma intensive care units and have the knowledge to care for critically ill patients.

Program started 2011

How to apply

Qualifications: The applicant must have successfully completed a five-year general surgery residency and be either board certified or eligible to take the American Board of Surgery qualifying examination. Successful completion of the program will qualify the fellow to sit for the examination for the "Certificate of Added Qualifications in Surgical Critical Care" from the American Board of Surgery.

Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University
Fellowship Program
Room BI-4070
1120 15th Street
Augusta, GA 30912
sccfellowship@gru.edu

About the hospital

  • Beds: 632
  • ICU beds: 117
  • Annual ED visits: 77281
  • Annual trauma admissions: 1400
  • Trauma faculty: 7

Fellowship procedures

  • Blunt trauma: 85%
  • Penetrating trauma: 15%

Location

1120 15th Street
Augusta, GA 30912

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