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Advocate llinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago, IL University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago Urban Level I Trauma Center in Chicago with an active Surgical Critical Care Service providing consults on all SICU admissions. Interdisciplinary format with full surgical resident support. One year ACGME Approved Surgical Critical Care/Trauma Focused University of Illinois Sponsored Fellowship. Applicants: Candidates who have completed residencies in general surgery Start Date: July 1, of each year. Advocate Illinois Masonic is an urban Level I trauma center with 280 beds providing trauma coverage to the northern third of Chicago. Approximately 22% of the admissions are secondary to penetrating trauma. The SICU is a mixed 12 bed unit housing patients from the Trauma Service, Neurosurgery, General Surgery, Cardio thoracic Surgery, Vascular Surgery, ENT/, Plastics, Urology, and Obstetrics-Gynecology services with an adjacent 8 bed intermediate care unit. Your educational experience is under two experienced full time and one part-time board certified surgical intensivists. A very hands on approach to surgical critical care is emphasized as one progresses through the comprehensive surgical critical care curriculum. Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center is part of Advocate Healthcare an integrated healthcare delivery system and offers a competitive salary and benefits package. You have an exceptional opportunity to acquire intense hands-on trauma and critical care experience in an urban setting. We prefer candidates who will be completing an ACGME certified residency in general or cardiothoracic surgery. However, mid-level candidates with a minimum of 3 years in an ACGME certified residency program may apply, provided they have guaranteed 4th and 5th year positions. We look forward to providing interested applicants with additional information. Richard J. Fantus, MD, FACS Director, Trauma Services Chief, Section of Surgical Critical Care Clinical Professor of Surgery University of Illinois College of Medicine How to apply Ii is anticipated that STARTING LATE SPRING OF 2014 there will be a new on-line application at sccpds.org UNTIL THAT TIME or IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES......... please continue with the process below. We look forward to hearing from you. Interested applicants should first call 773-296-5073 or e-mail the program director at IMMC-SurgicalCriticalCare@advocatehealth.com and then mail or email with attachments the following: 1. Curriculum vitae and a brief personal statement 2. Three letters of recommendation (at least one letter from current or former Program Director or Chairman) Location 836 West Wellington Avenue Chicago, IL 60657 |