Description

University of Iowa Healthcare has 2 Fellowship positions in Surgical Critical Care open for 2026-2027. Our fellowship is a one-year, ACGME accredited program offered by the Division of Acute Care Surgery, which consists of a core curriculum in the Surgical & Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit (SNICU), as well as elective ICUs CVICU, MICU, PICU & NICU. Upon completion of the fellowship, you will be Surgical Critical Care Board eligible with the American Board of Surgery. 

Requirements

All required clinical education for entry into ACGME-accredited fellowship programs must be completed in an ACGME-accredited residency program, an AOA-approved residency program, a program with ACGME International (ACGME-I) Advanced Specialty Accreditation, or a Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)-accredited or College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)-accredited residency program located in Canada. Eligibility for ABMS or AOA Board certification may not be satisfied by fellowship training.
Prior to appointment in the program, fellows must have completed at least three clinical years in an ACGME-accredited or AOA-accredited graduate medical education program in one of the following specialties: anesthesiology, emergency medicine, neurological surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopaedic surgery, otolaryngology, plastic surgery, surgery, thoracic surgery, vascular surgery, or urology. If stepping out if a resident rotation, documentation must be provided that one has a residency spot to go back to for completion of General Surgery Residency upon completion of the SCC Fellowship.