Trauma Surgery as Residency not Fellowship

[mintleaf80]

maybe this has been discussed already, but i didn't see it when i searched.... i've been thinking about trauma surgery....the biggest point against it is the 5 year general surgery residency needed before trauma fellowship....a couple of ppl told me however that there are some surgery residencies that are specifically geared towards trauma surgery, in the same vein as ENT, urology, plastics....does anyone have more info?? thanks!

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[Lloyd Christmas]

Check out Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. They take a lot of trauma call (q4) and you are required to take a year off for either research or to do a critical care fellowship - making it a mandatory 6 year program. If you do the critical care fellowship, you are able to do both the critical care and gen sugery boards (most trauma surgeons do trauma/critical care fellowships). Plus they get good operating experience there.

 

[Pilot Doc]

maybe this has been discussed already, but i didn't see it when i searched.... i've been thinking about trauma surgery....the biggest point against it is the 5 year general surgery residency needed before trauma fellowship....a couple of ppl told me however that there are some surgery residencies that are specifically geared towards trauma surgery, in the same vein as ENT, urology, plastics....does anyone have more info?? thanks!

Any competent general surgery chief resident could take a trauma surgery job without fellowship training. (And could certainly get one as they are not at all competitive)

That having been said, certain residencies are more trauma heavy. Look for a residency in a big city that has it's own level I trauma center. You'll get more traum experience than you could ever want.

 

[fishmonger69]

just go to UT-Memphis or comparable gang city and enjoy your penetrating experience. blunt trauma is increasingly more non-operative and can be learned anywhere.