The Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Fellowship is open to individuals who have successfully completed a four-year residency in anesthesiology and are board eligible or certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) or have completed an accredited program in Canada. As required by the ABA, the duration of the fellowship is one year. An optional second year of research is possible (please refer to the Department of Critical Care Medicine website for research fellowship opportunities).
Surgical specialty ICUs include:
- cardiothoracic
- trauma/general surgery
- neurosurgical, obstetric
- liver and abdominal visceral transplantation
- general pre- and postoperative surgical critical care
Elective rotations may include:
- echocardiography
- radiology
- nephrology
- infectious diseases and general medical
- coronary care, surgical specialty ICUs
Please visit the Department of Critical Care Medicine’s Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine fellowship page for further information and application. The fellowship training program also offers two parallel research opportunities in either the Department of Critical Care Medicine Research Program or the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Research Program.
Application Process
The qualifications for the Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program are that the applicant will have completed an AGCME-Accredited Anesthesiology Residency Program in by the start of the fellowship. Upon completion of an application, fellows will be selected by a review committee on the basis of letters of reference and the interview.
For further information, please contact:
A. Murat Kaynar, MD, MPH
Director, Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
3550 Terrace Street Scaife Hall, Room 639
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Phone: 412-647-7980
Fax: 412-647-8060
Email: kaynarm@upmc.edu