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Trauma/Surgical Critical Care

This is a one year, ACGME approved, Fellowship in Surgical Critical Care, with an optional second year concentrating on Trauma Surgery. The Critical Care portion of the Fellowship is centered upon six months at Charity Hospital, the regional Level I Trauma Center serving southern Louisiana. The 10-bed SICU and 13-bed step-down unit provide a large experience in the Critical Care of Trauma and General Surgery. This experience is rounded out by three months at the 13 bed SICU of the New Orleans Veterans Affairs Hospital, which has a general surgical, surgical subspecialty, and large Cardio-thoracic surgery patient population. There are two month-long electives available in Cardio-thoracic ICU, Burn Surgery/ICU, Transplant ICU, and Medical ICU/Anesthesia. The teaching faculty consists of nine critical care- boarded surgical intensivists, with varied backgrounds. There are two positions a year available. Call is every other night from home with 1 in-house trauma call every other week. Both basic science and clinical research opportunities are available. The optional second year in trauma is flexible with opportunities for operative experience, gaining a Master's degree in Public Health, basic science and clinical research, and an education in Trauma systems formation and management. Applicants completing a General Surgery residency are preferred, but those applying during their third year of surgery training will be considered.

Salary: HO VI, HO VII

Inquiries regarding a Fellowship in Trauma/Critical Care should be addressed to:

John Hunt, MD, MPH
Program Director, Trauma/Critical Care
LSU School of Medicine
533 Bolivar Street
5th Floor
New Orleans, LA 70112
jhunt2@lsuhsc.edu

Vascular Surgery

Dr. Malachi Sheahan is the Program Director for the vascular surgery program. Each year, one individual is trained in the subspecialty of vascular surgery following the completion of 5 years of general surgery training. Applications are accepted from October through January each year. Applications are reviewed and individuals will be notified by mail if they are approved for an interview. Interviews are conducted in March of each year. Applicants to the program must participate in the National Residency Matching Program.

Adequate operative and management experience is obtained primarily through the vascular services at the Medical Center of Louisiana (both Charity and University campuses) and the Veterans Admininstration Hospital, as well as ample opportunities to work with attendings at other affiliated and private hospitals in the New Orleans area. The exposure to a wide variety and volume in vascular reconstruction (aortic, peripheral, renomesenteric, carotid-vertebral, venous valve reconstruction, and venous bypass) has distinguished the LSU Vascular Surgery program from other training programs. Proficiency in diagnostic and therapeutic radiology procedures and noninvasive laboratory methods are an important component of the LSU program.

Inquiries regarding a Fellowship in Vascular Surgery should be addressed to:

Malachi G. Sheahan, MD
Chief, Section of Vascular Surgery
533 Bolivar Street
5th Floor
New Orleans, LA 70112
msheah@lsuhsc.edu