The 2007 meeting of the Arizona Chapter of the American College convened at the Scottsdale Resorts November 4-5. During this meeting, six abstracts were selected for oral presentation from a number of submissions from Level 1 Trauma Centers throughout the state, including Scottsdale-Osborne, Maricopa Medical Center and Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center. From the group, a panel of judges selected two residents to present their research at the Committee on Trauma Region IX competition to be held in Los Angeles, California on December 8, 2007. Congratulations to Dr. Jodi Gerdes and Dr. Alissa Swearingen for their efforts, and good luck in the regional competition.

Dr. Jodi Gerdes Abstract;Click Here

Dr. Alissa Swearingen Abstract;Click Here

Updated Grand Rounds and Lecture Schedules from Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center and John C. Lincoln North Mountain Hospital. For more information, please visit http://www.aztracc.org/education

The Maricopa Medical Center Department of Surgery, Division of Burns, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care is offering an ACGME-accredited 1-year Surgical Critical Care (SCC) Residency beginning each July. Applicants must be board-eligible or certified by the American Board of Surgery by having completed an accredited general surgery residency prior to matriculation. Successful completion of the intense, multidisciplinary SCC program will qualify the Resident for the American Board of Surgery Examination in Added Qualification for Surgical Critical Care.

Maricopa Medical Center is a busy, inner-city 449-bed Level I Adult and Pediatric Trauma Center (www.aztraumacenter.com) and home to the Arizona Burn Center (www.azburncenter.com). SCC residents will benefit from a cooperative educational relationship between the faculty of Maricopa Medical Center and the Mayo Clinic Hospital (Arizona) Critical Care Unit, a private, highly specialized 208-bed healthcare facility. Each site has its own ACGME-accredited general surgery training program and provides continuous, in-house intensivist coverage serving as an additional educational resource for the SCC resident.

A significant didactic curriculum and self-learning goals will be achieved under the guidance of board-certified critical care faculty. This intense, multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional approach will provide educational exposure that includes the procedural and administrative skills necessary to care for critically-ill patients, manage critical care units, teach critical care curricula, and conduct quality critical care research. Furthermore, the many facets of trauma and acute care surgery as well as significant exposure to burn surgery will be provided in order to give each SCC resident the opportunity to maintain their general surgical skills and allow long-term flexibility with job opportunities as a surgical intensivist and trauma and acute care surgeon.

If desired, further formal operative experience may be obtained with an additional 12-month fellowship in the field(s) of trauma and acute care surgery or burn surgery. This additional operative training will yield either a Trauma & Acute Care Surgery Certificate from Maricopa Medical Center or a Burn Certificate from the Arizona Burn Center.

Interested individuals should send:

1. A letter of interest, including long-term goals,
2. An up-to-date curriculum vitae,
3. Two letters of recommendation.

Patrick J O’Neill, PhD, MD, FACS (Program Director)
The Trauma Center at Maricopa Medical Center
2601 East Roosevelt Street
Phoenix, AZ 85008
Fax: 602-344-5705

For questions or additional information:
Sydney Zordani (Program Coordinator)
Phone: 602-344-5637