Surgical Critical Care Fellow, Dr. Chopko leading a surgical skills session for surgery residents
Our fellowship is a one year clinical program with nine months of critical care and three months of operative experience. Our program also meets the requirements administered by the American Board of Surgery for Certificate of Added Qualifications in Surgical Critical Care.
Clairice Cooper, MD, receives certificate of fellowship (2018).
Our program provides the scholarship, experience and mentorship to prepare graduates to care for critically ill patients.
To achieve the main goal, the training program has four secondary goals which emphasize the core competencies identified by the ACGME and uses guidelines or directions found in the ACGME Surgical Critical Care program requirements.
These secondary goals are:
In addition to our program goals, the Fellowship is required to meet the milestones identified by the ACGME.
Crystal Whitney, MD, 2019 graduate, with program director William Flynn, MD.
Prospective fellows are required to have completed an ACGME accredited residency program in General Surgery. In addition, applicants must be certified or eligible for certification by the American Board of Surgery.
Please note that we sponsor J-1 visas only.
Applications will only be accepted via the Surgical critical care and Acute care surgery Fellowship Application Services (SAFAS).
The following items are required for your application submission:
Chief, Division of Critical Care, Associate Professor, Program Director: Critical Care Fellowship
Erie County Medical Center, DK Miller Building, Third Floor, 462 Grider Street Buffalo, NY 14215
Phone: (716) 898-5283; Fax: (716) 898-5029
Email: wflynn@buffalo.edu
Clinical Assistant Professor, Associate Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program
Erie County Medical Center, DK Miller Building, Third Floor, 462 Grider Street Buffalo, NY 14215
Phone: (716) 898-5283; Fax: (716) 898-5029
Email: mschopko@buffalo.edu
Megan Kellogg
Erie County Medical Center, DK Miller Building, 3rd Floor, 462 Grider Street, Buffalo, NY 14215
Phone: (716) 898-5283; Fax: (716) 898-5029
Email: mkellogg@buffalo.edu
Megan Kellogg
Erie County Medical Center, DK Miller Building, 3rd Floor, 462 Grider Street, Buffalo, NY 14215
Phone: (716) 898-5283; Fax: (716) 898-5029
Email: mkellogg@buffalo.edu