Emergency Critical Care Medicine Fellowship – IM Specialization

Requirements

Critical care rotations: Medical (Required)

• BWH Medical ICU – 12 weeks
• VA MICU - 2 weeks
• South Shore Hospital ICU - 24 weeks

Critical care rotations: Non-Medical (Required)

• BWH Surgical ICU – 4 weeks
• BWH Thoracic ICU – 6 weeks
• Cardiac Surgery ICU - 4 weeks
• MGH Blake 12 ICU (Liver Transplant) - 2 weeks

Selective rotations

• BWH Cardiac Echocardiography
• BWH Cardiovascular ICU
• BWH ECMO
• BWH Infectious Diseases
• BWH Neurological ICU
• BWH Neurosurgical ICU
• BWH Nutrition
• BWH Pulmonary Vascular Medicine
• BWH Renal
• BWH Transplant
• BWH Ultrasound
• BWH/DFCI Palliative Care
• Boston MedFlight Critical Care Transport
• Research
• Navajo Reservation Rural Health Elective
• Vacation – 8 weeks

Curriculum

The overarching goal of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Emergency Medicine/Critical Care Fellowship Program is to train the next generation of clinician-scientists through the provision of extensive and intensive clinical training. Graduates of the program will acquire the cognitive knowledge, procedural skills, interpersonal and communication skills, professional attitudes, and practical experience necessary for the practice of critical care medicine. The program is designed to prepare fellows with the clinical and research skills required to advance the practice of both emergency medicine and critical care medicine, as well as to contribute to novel areas of scientific inquiry that improve patient outcomes.

The curriculum includes the required 24 months of clinical training. This period includes at least 16 months of meaningful direct patient care with responsibility for hospitalized patients with a broad range of medical and surgical conditions, with an educational emphasis on multisystem physiology and its correlation with clinical disorders. The training also includes at least 12 months of clinical experience in critical care medicine, of which 6 months are devoted to the care of critically ill patients in the medical intensive care unit and 6 months are devoted to the care of critically ill non-medical patients. There are no more than 12 months of required intensive care unit experience during the 2-year training period.

The curriculum is outlined below and includes detailed competency-based goals and objectives. Critical care rotations include the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Medical Intensive Care Unit, a tertiary referral center ICU; the Veterans Affairs Medical Intensive Care Unit, which provides fellows with increased responsibility in leading the development and implementation of patient care plans; and the South Shore Hospital Intensive Care Unit, a high-volume community mixed medical-surgical ICU that provides fellows with additional experience in the management of diverse critically ill patients across a broad spectrum of pathology. Non-medical critical care rotations include the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Surgical Intensive Care Unit, including the care of postoperative, burn, neurosurgical, cardiovascular, and trauma patients; the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Thoracic Intensive Care Unit, including postoperative care for thoracic surgical patients and advanced procedural training in airway management, chest tube insertion and management, and exposure to percutaneous tracheostomy; and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Surgical Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit and Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit.

How to Apply

• Please submit all required materials listed below by email to our fellowship coordinator, Kate Baxter, kbaxter1@mgb.org.
• Completed application form, typed and saved as a PDF (via email)
• Curriculum Vitae (CV), includes awards, honors, and publications (via email)
• Current photo (via email)
• Personal statement, limited to one single spaced page (via email)
• United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1, 2, and 3 scores (via email)
• In-service/In-training exam scores sent directly from the institution via email
• Medical school transcript sent directly from the institution via email
• Three (3) letters of recommendation, including one letter from your current Residency Director or Department Chair, submitted directly from the recommender by email to kbaxter1@mgb.org

Emergency Critical Care Medicine Faculty

Michael Billington – Emergency Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Director, BWH

Raghu Seethala – Emergency Critical Care Medicine Division Chief, BWH

Peter Hou

Annette Ilg

Stephen Hallisey

David Lewandowski

Thiago Oliveira