Overview
The Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care at the University of Chicago offers 3, one-year ACGME accredited critical care fellowship positions. We offer a high acuity, diverse clinical experience while emphasizing fellow education with daily protected didactic time. Fellows are encouraged to develop their skills as a team leader and educator throughout the whole of their training year.
Clinical Rotations
Fellows will have the opportunity to participate in patient care, supervise residents and teach medical students in a multitude of intensive care environments.
- Cardiovascular & thoracic ICU (3 months) – Fellows have the opportunity to care for perioperative patients many of whom require mechanical circulatory support devices including IABP, Impella, LVAD, RVAD, ECMO and others. In the CT ICU, fellows will care for patients undergoing heart, lung and multiorgan transplantation. UCM has performed more triple organ (heart/liver/kidney) transplants than any other center in the U.S.
- Surgical/Trauma ICU (3 months) – UCM has one of the busiest level one trauma centers and one of the highest rates of penetrating injury in the country. Fellows work in a multidisciplinary team with surgical and anesthesia intensivists caring for patients with traumatic injuries and following major surgeries including liver transplant, kidney transplant, pancreatic and major oncologic surgery.
- Medical ICU
- Neurologic/Neurosurgical ICU
- Echocardiography
- Radiology
- Electives – fellows may choose any critical care related rotation that may interest them. Electives may be between 1-6 weeks in length. Popular rotations have included critical care nephrology, mechanical circulatory support, blood bank medicine, palliative care, research
Didactics
Fellows receive daily protected time to participate in fellow specific didactics including:
- Journal club
- Critical care concepts
- Quality improvement/M&M
- Multidisciplinary faculty didactics
- Multidisciplinary case discussion
- Board preparation - anesthesia applied, critical care ECHO and critical care exam
Faculty
Allison Dalton, MD, Fellowship Program Director
Associate Professor, Vice-Chair for Education
Stephen Estime, MD
Associate Professor
Nisha Jain, MD
Assistant Professor
Aalok Kacha, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Junaid Nizamuddin, MD
Associate Professor
Michael O’Connor, MD
Professor
Daniel Rubin, MD
Associate Professor
Sajid Shahul, MBBS, PhD
Professor, Vice-Chair for Research
Avery Tung, MD
Professor, Section Chief, Critical Care Medicine
Kyle Hogarth MD
Professor
John Kress MD
Professor
John McConville MD
Associate Professor
Babak Mokhlesi MD
Associate Professor
Ted Naureckas MD
Professor
Jason Poston MD
Associate Professor
Lawrence Gottlieb, MD
Professor
Selwyn Rogers, MD
Professor
Kenneth Wilson, MD
Professor
Tanya Zakrison, MD
Associate Professor
Brian Williams, MD
Associate Professor
Susan Rowell, MD, MBA
Professor
Fernando Goldenberg, MD
Professor
Scholarly Activity
Fellows are encouraged to participate in research or quality improvement projects with our dedicated faculty. Fellows may join a faculty member who has a project already underway or may design a new project of their choice.
Dual Fellowship Opportunities
We happily accept applications for those who would like to pursue dual fellowship training in Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia or Obstetric Anesthesia.
Application
We participate in the San Francisco (SF) Match. For more information about the SF Match, please visit https://sfmatch.org/specialty/critical-care-anesthesiology-fellowship/Overview.