Critical Care Medicine Fellowship

Our multidisciplinary, comprehensive critical care medicine curriculum trains well-rounded intensivists capable of treating the critically ill and injured patient with any variety of pathophysiology.

Overview

ABA/ABEM and ABIM/ABEM tracts

Our EM/CCM curriculum is standard for both fellowship tracts, with our fellows being placed in ACGME-approved Anesthesia Critical Care Medicine (ACCM) or Internal Medicine/Critical Care Medicine (IM/CCM) ACGME-approved training slots. The Divisions of Critical Care Medicine within the Departments of Anesthesiology, Internal Medicine, and Surgery all support this multidisciplinary fellowship training curriculum.

Education

Our fellowship offers a plethora of clinical, didactic and research educational opportunities.

Attendings from our various ICUs are world-renowned educators and researchers in an assortment of CCM fields. They offer bedside teaching pearls on shock, mechanical ventilation, disease pathophysiology, acute stabilization and resuscitation optimization, antimicrobial therapy, and ethical considerations, to name a few.

Our required didactic lecture series has five hours of lectures each week, and our novel Multi-Disciplinary Critical Care Lecture Series (MDCCLS) draws in attending experts from pulmonary, anesthesiology, acute care surgery, emergency medicine, toxicology, ultrasound and more to provide evidence-based education for fellows.

Fellows are also involved in creating mini lectures to provide daily educational opportunities for the rotating house staff. Fellows are required to take the annual Multi-Disciplinary Critical Care Knowledge Assessment in-training exam to help identify any knowledge gaps and prepare for board examination. This overall experience allows our fellows to complete their fellowship with a deep breadth of knowledge regarding the critical care medicine specialty. Our goal is to make you an excellent, well-educated intensivist.

Curriculum

Our 24-month curriculum conforms to ACGME Critical Care Medicine Fellowship training requirements of anesthesiology and internal medicine and includes:

  • Total clinical ICU Blocks (multi-disciplinary mix) = 18-20 blocks
    • MICU: 6-8 blocks
    • SICU: 5-7 blocks
    • CTICU: 4-6 blocks
    • CCU: 1 block
    • Neuro ICU: 1 block
  • Selectives = 3 blocks (Mix of required electives: interventional pulmonary/bronchoscopy, nutrition, palliative care, ultrasound, surgical airway, etc.)
  • Electives = 3-7 blocks (tailored to individual interests)
  • Required educational / research / administrative / QI responsibilities
  • Required completion of a scholarly activity
  • If in the CCM tract, you will also complete the prerequisite/required medicine time not obtained during EM residency training
How to apply

People

Program Director
Brian Wessman, MD

Brian Wessman, MD

Division Chief for Critical Care Medicine; Program Director, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship; Professor, Anesthesiology; Emergency Medicine

Administrative support: Sang Nguyen

 

Program Manager
Kara Bockius

Kara Bockius

Program Manager, Anesthesiology; Critical Care

Fellows
Larry Benjey, MD

Larry Benjey, MD

Fellow (Critical Care), Anesthesiology; Emergency Medicine

Brandon Chaffay, MD

Brandon Chaffay, MD

Fellow (Critical Care), Anesthesiology; Emergency Medicine

David Dukes, MD

David Dukes, MD

Fellow (Critical Care), Anesthesiology; Emergency Medicine

Brittney Gordon, MD

Brittney Gordon, MD

Fellow (Critical Care), Anesthesiology; Emergency Medicine

Joshua Helm, MD

Joshua Helm, MD

Fellow (Critical Care), Anesthesiology; Emergency Medicine

Raelyn Lorson, MD

Raelyn Lorson, MD

Fellow (Critical Care), Anesthesiology; Emergency Medicine

Nizar Osmani, MD

Nizar Osmani, MD

Fellow (Critical Care), Anesthesiology; Emergency Medicine

Aunaly Palmer, MD

Aunaly Palmer, MD

Fellow (Critical Care), Anesthesiology; Emergency Medicine

Ina Prevalska, MD

Ina Prevalska, MD

Fellow (Critical Care), Anesthesiology; Emergency Medicine

Farina Shafqat, MD

Farina Shafqat, MD

Fellow (Critical Care), Anesthesiology; Emergency Medicine

William Spinosi, DO

William Spinosi, DO

Fellow (Critical Care), Anesthesiology; Emergency Medicine

Craig Sweeney, MD

Craig Sweeney, MD

Fellow (Critical Care), Anesthesiology; Emergency Medicine

Aaron Wille, MD

Aaron Wille, MD

Fellow (Critical Care), Anesthesiology; Emergency Medicine

Alumni
2021

Danny VanValkinburgh, MD (ABA/Anesthesiology)

Maura Walsh, MD (ABA/Anesthesiology)

Shaynnna Mann, MD (ABA/Anesthesiology)

Jonathon Thorndike, MD (ABIM/Medicine)

Robert Klemisch, MD (ABIM/Medicine)

2020

Stephanie Charshafian, MD (ABA/Anesthesiology)

Andrew DeMars, MD (ABA/Anesthesiology)

Avi Ruderman, MD (ABA/Anesthesiology)

Daniel (Zach) Adams, MD (ABIM/ Medicine)

2019

Anton (Travis) Manasco, MD (ABA/Anesthesiology)

Amjad  Musleh, MD (ABA/Anesthesiology)

Christina Thomas, MD (ABA/Anesthesiology)

2018

Keith Azevedo, MD (ABA/Anesthesiology)

Matthew Greer, MD (ABA/Anesthesiology)

Thomas Lynch, MD (ABA/Anesthesiology)

David Page, MD (ABIM/Medicine)

Kate Pollard, MD (ABIM/Medicine)

2017

Julianne Dean, DO (ABA/Anesthesiology)

Ann Tsung, MD (ABA/Anesthesiology)

Aimee Wendelsdorf, MD (ABA/Anesthesiology)

2016

James Hall, MD (ABA/Anesthesiology)

Jesse Mecham, MD (ABA/Anesthesiology)

Trent Wray, MD (ABA/Anesthesiology)

Robert Cambridge, DO (ABIM/Medicine)

Matthew Mitchell, MD (ABIM/Medicine)

2015

Diego Casali, MD (ABIM/Medicine)

2014

Tom Cooper, MD (ABA/Anesthesiology)

Hanh Truong, MD (ABA/Anesthesiology)

Christopher Palmer, MD (ABIM/Medicine)

Kelly Smith, MD (ABIM/Medicine)

2013

Enyo Ablordeppey, MD (ABIM/Medicine)

2012

Jake Keeperman, MD (ABA/Anesthesiology)

2011

Nick Mohr, MD (ABIM/Medicine)

Brian Wessman, MD (ABIM/Medicine)