Neurocritical Care ACGME Fellowship Position

Neurocritical Care ACGME Fellowship Position

Date Posted: Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Company: University of California, Irvine

The Department of Neurology at the UC Irvine School of Medicine offers a two-year neurocritical care fellowship accredited by the United Council for Neurological Subspecialties fellowship. The training is based at UC Irvine Medical Center, Orange County's only Level I trauma center and certified comprehensive stroke center.

The medical center's UC Irvine Health Douglas Hospital has advanced neuroimaging capabilities, including a 3-tesla MRI and a 64-slice CT scanner. Video EEG capabilities with off-site access to the recording allow for 24-hour monitoring of epilepsy patients. There are 12 dedicated neurointensive care unit beds. Our team of neurointensivists includes neurocritical care fellowship-trained physicians from the Department of Neurology.

The 24-month curriculum includes rotations in other intensive care units, anesthesiology department, epilepsy/EEG division, and interventional pulmonology. Elective rotations are negotiable depending on each fellow's interests. The fellow is expected to assume an increasing level of responsibilities and eventually lead the rounds with a team of midlevel practitioners and residents. Fellows are expected to teach residents and medical students and lead the journal club.

Fellows are exposed to a wide variety of cases and are expected to become proficient in ventilator management, ventriculostomy management, and reading continuous EEG recordings. They also are expected to master various procedural skills, including traditional and ultrasound-guided central venous line placement, arterial line placement, multi-modality monitoring, lumbar puncture, and endotracheal intubation.

The Fellowship program is designed to provide extensive training in patient safety, quality improvement, quality monitoring and reporting.
Upon completion of the fellowship, fellows will be experienced in managing a wide range of neurological, neurosurgical, and medical critical care conditions.

Requirements:
Applicants to the Neurocritical Care Fellowship program must be graduates of a program accredited by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) in one of the following residency training programs: neurology, neurological surgery, internal medicine, anesthesiology, surgery, or emergency medicine.

Completion of an ACGME-accredited residency program, DEA license and California medical license prior to start of fellowship. Candidates must be board-certified or eligible for certification in primary specialty.

Salary range:Salary range:
Instructor –The base salary for this position is $74,800-$93,241
- The posted UC salary scales  set the minimum pay determined by rank and/or step  posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. “Off-scale salaries” and other components of pay, i.e., a salary that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive condition.

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Open date: July 8, 2024

Next review date: Monday, Feb 17, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Monday, Jun 30, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Please contact:
Brigette Reefer
reeferb.edu
Education Manager
Neurology Residency & Fellowship Programs

Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
Completion of an ACGME-accredited residency program, DEA license and California medical license prior to start of fellowship. Candidates must be board-certified or eligible for certification in primary specialty.

Applicants should complete an online application profile and upload the following application materials electronically to be considered for the position:
Cover letter—Please discuss current and future plans
Curriculum Vitae
Contact Information for 3-5 References

Additional documents if selected for interview
Statement of Contributions to Diversity
Teaching Statement
Teaching Evaluations

Basic qualifications (required at time of application)

Completion of an ACGME-accredited residency program, DEA license and California medical license prior to start of fellowship. Candidates must be board-certified or eligible for certification in primary specialty.

Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

Cover Letter - Cover letter—Please discuss current and future plans

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