UCSF Fresno | Surgery

SURGICAL CRITICAL CARE/TRAUMA

The UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program offers a Surgical Critical Care/Trauma Fellowship through the department of Surgery. This one-year, ACGME-accredited Fellowship is based at Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno. CRMC is the only Level I Trauma Center serving California’s Central Valley with a population of 2 million. The trauma service is very active, admitting more than 2,500 trauma patients per year (80% blunt, 20% penetrating), with approximately 20% of these requiring ICU admission. Faculty support is strong with 7 surgery faculty members board-certified in surgical critical care.

The goal of the Fellowship is to enhance skills in the management of critically ill patients. For the patient with traumatic injury, management begins with initial evaluation and resuscitation and operative management and continues until discharge. The Fellow is involved in comprehensive critical care management issues, such as multidisciplinary committees and protocol development. A second year to allow for further research pursuits or MPH (via California State University, Fresno) is also available.

The Fellow is expected to take advantage of the wealth of clinical and trauma registry data available for clinical research. Facilities and opportunities for laboratory investigations are also available. The Fellow also participates in the education of surgical and emergency medicine house staff and medical students on the trauma service.

Rotations
Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Trauma Service
Burn Unit
Cardiothoracic Critical Care Unit
Medical Intensive Care Unit
Pediatric Critical Unit

Fellow
Jason Tomlin, MD
Residency: Loma Linda University Medical Center
Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine

Faculty
Krista L. Kaups, MD, FACS, Program Director
James W. Davis, MD, FACS
John F. Bilello, MD, FACS
Steven N. Parks, MD, FACS
Ricard Townsend, MD, FACS
William J. Dominic, MD
Lawrence P. Sue, MD
Mary M. Wolfe, MD

Recreational opportunities in the area are rich and varied, and include three nearby national parks - Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon. Fresno is centrally located and is about a three hour drive to San Francisco, Los Angeles, the Monterey Peninsula and the central coast region around Morro Bay. Some funding is available for national and state conferences, as well as for travel to meetings for presentation of original work.

Residents interested in the Surgical Critical Care/Trauma Fellowship can either call the Department of Surgery at (559) 459-5196 or contact Dr. Krista Kaups, the Program Director, for further information. The FAX number is (559) 459-3719.

Application for Critical Care/Trauma Fellowship [ Apply Online | PDF | WORD ]