Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso is currently recruiting for a Surgical Critical Care Fellow to begin on August 1, 2025.

The program includes eight months in the Surgical/Trauma ICU, and two months dedicated to daytime Trauma and Emergency General Surgery. In addition, fellows rotate through a variety of selective services, including Pediatric ICU, Cardiovascular ICU, and Neurosciences ICU.

A structured didactic curriculum supports learning through both asynchronous and synchronous activities, delivered weekly during protected educational sessions. Ten surgical intensivists provide clinical and academic support to the SICU/TICU and the surgical critical care fellowship. Texas Tech Health El Paso also features an Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) program and is in the process of developing a burn program.

Training takes place within an ACS-verified Level I trauma center, serving as the surgical hub for a diverse and expansive region. The catchment area encompasses over 1.5 million people across El Paso, Texas; Las Cruces, New Mexico; and much of southern and southeastern New Mexico. Due to the proximity of the U.S.-Mexico border, located just three miles from El Paso, the center also receives patients from Mexico. The trauma service consistently manages a high volume of cases, exceeding 3,000 trauma admissions annually for the past three years.