Our ACGME certified fellowship program in Critical Care Medicine consists of one year of training in Critical Care units and complimentary specialty fields. The year is structured to meet the needs of individuals who have completed a core residency in anesthesiology and seek additional training and certification in Critical Care Medicine.

(A) The fellow will spend 9-10 months in a combination of 5 Critical Care Units. The proportion of time in each unit will depend on the previous experience and training goals of each individual. The objective of these rotations is to expose the fellow to a broad range of medical and surgical patients, as well as teaching from anesthesiologists, surgeons, and internists who are Critical Care practitioners.

1) Emory University Hospital Cardiothoracic/vascular ICU:

This 18 bed unit serves the surgical caseload at this tertiary referral hospital. The fellow will be supervised by Critical Care Anesthesiology faculty and will, in turn, supervise anesthesiology residents and students during their ICU rotations. We enjoy excellent day to day working relationships with the surgeons and internists who refer patients to the Critical Care Service. The patient mix includes transplants, major cardiothoracic cases, VADs and vascular patients.

2) Emory University Hospital Multidisciplinary ICU:

3) Grady Memorial Hospital Surgery/Trauma ICU:

This 20 bed unit serves the surgery and level 1 trauma services at this busy 750 bed county hospital. The fellow will be supervised by Critical Care Surgery faculty and will supervise residents and students in surgery and emergency medicine.

4) Grady Memorial Hospital Medical ICU:

This 20 bed unit serves the Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine services for the hospital. The fellow will be supervised by Critical Care Pulmonary Medicine faculty and will supervise residents and students in surgery, emergency medicine, and family medicine.

5) Neurosurgical ICU / Neurology ICU at Emory University Hospital:

This 28 bed state-of-the-art Neurologic ICU manages both surgical and non-surgical patients. It is under the direction of Neurocritical Care attendings. The fellow will integrate fully into the care team. This rotation is 1-2 months depending on the fellow's experience and interest.

6) Electives:

The fellow will spend 2-4 months on electives related to the practice of Critical Care Medicine. The following electives have been designed, however additional customized electives are possible:

1) Renal medicine
2) Infectious Disease
3)Transthoracic echo

The fellowship is designed to train candidates to become expert practitioners of Critical Care Medicine and as such does not have specific time set aside for research. Fellows will be encouraged to become involved in ongoing clinical research and will be supported in their efforts to complete projects in which they have been involved. The opportunity to spend additional time in research is available.

Fellows will be expected to participate in and present at regularly scheduled conferences both at the individual unit level and at the departmental level. Critical Care and additional subspecialty and interdisciplinary conferences are held at least weekly in each of the core units. In addition, as described above, a major function of the fellow is the direct supervision of less experienced individuals. The fellow will be expected to teach Critical Care principles and skills to house staff and students in all the core units.

Christine Lallos , M.D.
Program Director, Critical Care Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology
Emory University Hosptial
1364 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30322
Phone: (404) 778-3900
FAX: (404) 778-5194
email: clallos@emory.edu