Los Angeles County-Harbor UCLA
United States,
Torrance,
California
Institution Information
| Hospital: |
Los Angeles County-Harbor UCLA |
| Address: |
1000 W. Carson St.
Torrance,
California
90502
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Fellowship Information
| Compliance: |
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| Fellowship Type: |
Surgical Critical Care/Trauma |
| Number of Years: |
1 |
| Number of Positions: |
1 |
| Description: |
The Department of Surgery, Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA seeks one fellow in Surgical Critical Care to commence July 1st, 2017. Qualified applicants should have completed a residency in general surgery by this date. We will consider an applicant who has completed three years in general surgery if it is anticipated that the individual will return to the core program and graduate. This one year fellowship in SCC is an ACGME accredited program in the Department of Surgery and is administered by the Division of Trauma/ Acute Care Surgery/ Surgical Critical Care. Graduates will be eligible to sit for the American Board of Surgery certification examination for added qualification in SCC. Harbor-UCLA is a robust ACS level I trauma center; one of only four in the Los Angeles County system. There are required rotations in the Harbor-UCLA adult Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU), the Harbor-UCLA Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit (CTICU), the Los Angeles County- University of Southern California (LAC + USC) Burn Center and the Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). There are also rotations dedicated to research and an elective rotation (one month each). Interested applicants please send a CV and three letters of reference to: dplurad@dhs.lacounty.gov |
Program Director Information
| Name: |
David Plurad, MD, FACS |
| Address: |
1000 W. Carson St.
Box 42
United States
Torrance,
CA
90502
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| Phone: |
310-222-8228 |
| Email: |
dplurad@dhs.lacounty.gov |
Published on: 04/07/2017
Last Revised on: 07/22/2020