| Fellowship Type: |
Surgical Critical Care Only |
| Description: |
The University of Missouri, Division of Acute Care Surgery offers both one and two year training opportunities in surgical critical care, acute care surgery and burn surgery. The six full-time acute care surgeons, comprise the core of the multi-disciplinary educational program. Care delivery reflects the current ACS model combining the disciplines of trauma, burn, surgical critical care, emergency and elective general surgery into a single clinical and educational practice. A multidisciplinary team provides patient care, outreach education, and medical student, resident and fellow training. Faculty members are also active in both clinical and basic science research. University Hospital is an American College of Surgeons verified Level I trauma center, one of only three such centers in Missouri. The Frank L. Mitchell, Jr., MD Trauma Program evaluates over 1500 injured patients annually and the 18 bed dedicated Trauma-Surgical Intensive Care Unit and 14 bed dedicated Burn Unit offer ample opportunities for learning. |