About the Fellowship
The Department of Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Hospital have two fellowship positions available for surgeons interested in advanced burn care. Our one-year ACGME-approved Burn/SCC Fellowship allows candidates to be board eligible in surgical critical care and obtain a burn certificate at the completion of their training.
Clinical Experience
- Burn service: Six months at Parkland Memorial Hospital with exposure to acute and reconstructive burn surgery.
- Critical care: Three months in ICU settings, including SICU and CVICU.
- Electives (3 months): Options include anesthesia, PICU, neurocritical care, echocardiography, ECMO, and CCU.
- Trauma/ACS leadership: Fellows may spend 1–2 months as chief of the trauma and acute care surgery service (60–80 cases/month).
Program Volume & Scope
The burn service at Parkland Hospital is composed of six faculty members and admits over 900 patients per year, including adult and pediatric patients. The service performs over 600 burn and burn reconstructive cases per year and sees over 3,000 patients in our outpatient clinic. It is the only burn center in North Texas verified by the American Burn Association and the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. Additionally, Parkland Hospital admits over 2,000 trauma patients and performs over 3,800 EGS and trauma procedures annually.
Training Outcomes
During the burn component of their year, fellows become proficient in all aspects of burn care and burn reconstructive surgery. This includes acute burn management and resuscitation, inhalation injuries, escharotomies, fasciotomies, skin grafting, amputations, and application of skin substitutes. Training in reconstructive care includes multimodal laser training and reconstructive procedures from local flaps and adjacent tissue rearrangements to pedicle and free tissue transfer, including hand-specific burn reconstruction. At completion, fellows are prepared to treat burn patients in outpatient and inpatient settings.
Research Opportunities
Opportunities for research exist in basic science, clinical trials, and outcomes. The division is funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, and the American College of Surgeons. Eligible candidates can work on projects involving heterotopic ossification, muscle fibrosis, tissue regeneration, wound healing, nutrition, burn resuscitation, burn reconstruction outcomes, and quality improvement. Additionally, UTSW is a NIDDLR center for the BMS, allowing fellows to participate in outcomes data and multicenter institutional studies.
Eligibility & Application Requirements
- Eligible candidates must:
- Have completed training and hold an M.D. or equivalent degree
- Be board eligible or board certified in General or Plastic Surgery
- Selection: Based on interviews with UTSW faculty.
- Application materials:
- Curriculum Vitae
- Two letters of recommendation
- ABSITE reports
If interested, please send information to
Linda.Dultz@utsouthwestern.edu.
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