Trauma Surgery Fellowship

Length: 1 year
Number of positions available: 2
Type of fellowship: clinical and research
Facilities: Montreal General Hospital
Fellowship Program Director: Dr. Paola Fata

Information: The trainee must have successfully completed a full specialty program in general surgery. At the conclusion of this fellowship, the candidate is expected to prioritize and coordinate the acute resuscitation and treatment of the multiple injured based on advanced trauma life support principles.

The fellow will further learn to coordinate acute care between multiple services. He/she should be familiar with the operative and non-operative management of life and limb-threatening injuries and acquire decision making skills for complex multiply-injured patients. He/she will also be responsible for the ongoing care and coordination with other specialties in management of the trauma patients in the ICU, the wards, as well as involvement in the organization of appropriate rehabilitation.

The fellow will be expected to support the academic activities of the trauma program including support for rounds, journal clubs, morbidity and mortality, and teaching of resident trainees.

The fellow will also be expected to participate in research activities supported by the trauma program. These topics include: trauma registry queries, resuscitation research, and collaborative research with the emergency department, hematology/blood bank, interventional radiology, as well as multiple surgical specialties. Fellows may also propose their own novel initiatives that can reasonably be completed within one year. The fellow will be expected to present at a minimum of one academic conference.

The program will also train the fellows in the management and business principles of leading a major trauma center within a regional trauma system.

Dr. Paola Fata
Director, Trauma Fellowship Program
Program Director, General Surgery Program
1650 Cedar Avenue, L9.425
Montreal, Quebec  H3G 1A1
T:  514-934-1934 ext: 44334