Combined ID/Critical care?

[mrdowntoearth]

Anybody knows if a combined ID/Critical Care specialty is possible? I read few posts about how Critical Care Medicine can be combined with other subspecialties, doesn't necessarily have to be with pulmonary. If so, how the fellowships work? Do I have to take 2-year ID fellowship first then apply for another 2-year critical care fellowship thereafter? Any programs that offer one combined fellowship?

Please advise. Thanks so much!

mrdowntoearth

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[pseudoknot]

Here is another thread with a helpful response or two:
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=488239

 

[xjohns1]

Anybody knows if a combined ID/Critical Care specialty is possible? I read few posts about how Critical Care Medicine can be combined with other subspecialties, doesn't necessarily have to be with pulmonary. If so, how the fellowships work? Do I have to take 2-year ID fellowship first then apply for another 2-year critical care fellowship thereafter? Any programs that offer one combined fellowship?

Please advise. Thanks so much!

mrdowntoearth

ucsf has taken medicine subspecialists and offered them 1-year critical care fellowships. this has happend recently for a cardiologist and is underway for a nephrologist. we also have an em-trained physician doing the same 1-year critical care fellowship. there is flexibility here.

 

[Zetterberg07]

I'm interested in this path as well.
Does anyone know what kind of career options you would have upon finishing? Would an ID/CC doc be pretty much limited to academics, or would it be possible to find a private group that would let you do both CC work and ID consults?