Surgical Critical Care Fellow at Texas Tech Surgery Department AEC building

The program includes eight months in the Surgical/Trauma ICU, and two months dedicated to daytime Trauma and Emergency General Surgery. In addition, fellows rotate through a variety of selective services, including Pediatric ICU, Cardiovascular ICU, and Neurosciences ICU. A structured didactic curriculum supports learning through both asynchronous and synchronous activities, delivered weekly during protected educational sessions. Ten surgical intensivists provide clinical and academic support to the SICU/TICU and the surgical critical care fellowship. Texas Tech Health El Paso also features an Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) program and is developing a burn program. Training takes place within an ACS-verified Level 1 trauma center, serving as the surgical hub for a diverse and expansive region. The catchment area encompasses over 1.5 million people across El Paso, Texas; Las Cruces, New Mexico; and much of southern and southeastern New Mexico. The trauma service consistently manages a high-volume of cases, exceeding 3,000 trauma admissions annually for the past seven years. Qualifications: Applicants must have completed, or be on track to complete, an ACGME-accredited five-year General Surgery Residency by August 1, 2026. Please note: Our institution does not sponsor visas, and the department does not accept J-1 Visa applicants. The fellowship runs from August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2027. Send CV and 3 LOR's to [email protected] OR Apply through SAFAS website. See our page for additional information. https://elpaso.ttuhsc.edu/som/surgery/Fellowship/default.aspx