2008 and 2009 Fellowship
Positions Available
Critical Care Medicine National
Research Service Award (NRSA)
Experimental Therapeutics in Critical Illness
Program Director: Michael R. Pinsky, M.D.
Department of Critical Care Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
This NLHLBI-funded postgraduate training program offers motivated physicians and scientists interested in an academic career in Critical Care Medicine or related fields an excellent opportunity to work in one of the oldest and best established academic critical care medicine training programs nationwide in the world. This training program is multi-disciplinary and accepts up to 4 trainees per year, over a period of up to 3 years. Trainees should have completed training in anesthesiology, emergency medicine, internal medicine, or surgery. Training for a period of 1-3 years is provided in research theory and practice in basic science research relevant to the pathophysiology or treatment of critical illness. The program runs in parallel with our clinical Critical Care Medicine training program in adult CCM. Fellows can share a common clinical first year that leads to certification eligibility in Critical Care Medicine. This program uniquely encompasses both clinical and laboratory exposure via federally funded research projects in the fields of Immunobiology, Cellular and Organ-system Cardiopulmonary Physiology, and Outcomes Research in Healthcare Management. Examples of ongoing research include: molecular mechanisms of enterocyte intestinal epithelial barrier dysfunction; endothelial-vascular muscle cell interactions; inflammatory cell-mediated vascular endothelial interactions; myocardial function during ischemia and ventricular pacing; cardiopulmonary interactions in shock states; and long-term outcome of ventilator-dependent patients from critical illness; and the use of novel resuscitation techniques to improve survival and organ function in critical illness. These research plans are based on broad questions on which precise, well-targeted individual research training efforts can be developed. Interdisciplinary approach to investigation is a unique feature of our critical care medicine training program. The faculty form a diverse and expert group of senior scientists, all of whom have strong track records as effective basic science investigators and educators with long-term extramural funding for their research.
We are looking for applicants who wish to make a commitment to research, and have as a long-term stated goal a career in of academic critical care medicine via their primary specialty. Start dates are negotiable but usually coincide with July 1 and January 1 schedules.
Requests for information should be sent to:
Eileen McKenna
Recruitment Coordinator
UPMC - Department of Critical Care Medicine
3550 Terrace Street, 655 Scaife Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
mckennae@upmc.edu
(412) 647-3135
Updated 19-Mar-2008 | dmk |
