 Anesthesia/Critical
Care Medicine Fellowship
Educational Mission
The University of Wisconsin Department of Anesthesiology aims to
train anesthesiologists as multidisciplinary critical care physicians
who are Board Eligible in Critical Care and use their expertise
in perioperative care, education, and investigation.
Program Overview
| General Information |
| Length of Program: |
1-2 years
Year one - base
Year two - research |
| ACGME Accredited: |
Fellows are expected to obtain
the Special Certificate in Critical Care from the ABA in a timely
fashion |
Faculty
Program Director
Jonathan Ketzler, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Staff
Internationally
recognized intensivists from medicine and anesthesiology are active
as critical care attending staff and mentors. Their day-to-day interaction
and availability are the backbone of the training program. Faculty
members have wide ranging expertise in clinical and research venues,
positions as editors and editorial board members, and leadership
roles in medical organizations and educational programs.
| Douglas
Coursin, MD |
Professor of Anesthesiology and
Internal Medicine |
| Richard
Cornwell, MD |
Assistant Professor of Medicine |
| Nizar
Jarjour, MD |
Associate Professor of Medicine |
| Jeffrey
Glassroth, MD |
Professor and Chairman of Medicine |
| Jeffrey
Grossman, MD |
Professor of Medicine and Vice
Dean of Clinical Affairs |
| Jonathan
Ketzler, MD |
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
|
| Dennis
Maki, MD |
Professor of Medicine and Chief
of Infectious Diseases |
| Mark
Regan, MD |
Assistant Professor of Medicine |
| James
Runo, MD |
Assistant Professor of Medicine |
| Jeffrey
Wells, MD |
Assistant Professor of Medicine |
| Kenneth
Wood, DO |
Associate Professor
of Medicine and Chief Section, Critical Care |
Additional critical care staff from surgery
and several surgical subspecialties also participate in the didactic
and educational program.
Curriculum
This ACGME accredited fellowship is 1 2 years in
duration (year 1 base, year 2 advanced research) and is tailored
to individual needs within ABA/ACGME guidelines. The base year centers
on clinical care in the 24 bed Trauma and Life Support Center (TLC)
of the University of Wisconsin Hospital, a busy tertiary care medical-surgical-surgical
subspecialty unit where the fellow is integrally involved in all
aspects of patient care, communications, and triage. Fellows participate
in daily teaching rounds and ongoing didactic sessions that include
critical care, pulmonary, infectious disease, Grand Rounds and Journal
Club. While on the service, fellows will rotate night call with
fellows in our ACGME approved concurrent Pulmonary Critical Care
program
Electives are available within a host of areas
including:
Medical - Infectious Diseases, Nephrology,
Transplant, Cardiology, Pulmonary
Surgical - Thoracic, Cardiac, Transplant
Subspecialty - echocardiography, bronchoscopy
Anesthesiology - cardiac, neuro, transplant, trauma
Pediatric - critical care (Basic and/or Clinical research)
Basic and clinical research opportunities are
available. Current areas under investigation include inflammatory
mediators, reactive airway modulators, nosocomial infection control,
genomics in the critically ill, outcomes and cost effectiveness
studies, and clinical trials involving anti-ischemics, transfusion
therapy, and sedatives.
For More Information
Jonathan Ketzler, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Critical Care Fellowship
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Wisconsin Hospital
B6/319, 600 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53792-3272
ketzler@wisc.edu
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