Critical Care & Acute Care Surgery
From admission to discharge, our patients are assured continuous, excellent care.
Our busy clinical environment is integrated with an academic atmosphere that stimulates and nurtures crucial research and professional development.
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Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Our Surgical Critical Care Fellowship program at the University of Minnesota is a one-year ACGME-accredited program open to physicians who have completed at least three clinical years in one of the following specialties: anesthesiology, emergency medicine (additional requirements), neurological surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopaedic surgery, otolaryngology, surgery, thoracic surgery, vascular surgery or urology.
An optional second non-accredited year is available for research opportunities. We offer a comprehensive combination of clinical experiences and research opportunities for fellows to apply new advances in critical care.
Recent News
10 Years On, Surgeons Recount Trauma Response to I-35W Bridge Collapse
Excerpts from UMN Health - Less than a mile away from the bridge, care teams at the University of Minnesota Medical Center Emergency Department received patients by ambulance, in the back of pick-up trucks and on foot.Image Source: https://flic.kr/p/5EnEii
“Those patients are called the ‘walking wounded’ and they present some additional challenges compared to patients who arrive by ambulance. We need to register them and assess their injuries efficiently,” said Kaysie Banton, MD, assistant professor within the University of Minnesota Medical School’s department of surgery and medical director for the current trauma program at the medical center. “On that day, our care teams had to handle many of these cases.”
“I was amazed at the spontaneous response of the medical center staff, many of whom returned to the hospital on their own to help,” Chipman said. “The team was unstoppable, driven to care for every person who was involved in the collapse if that’s what was needed.”
Contact us
Mailing address:
Surgical Critical Care
420 Delaware Street SE
Mayo Mail Code 195
Minneapolis, MN 55455
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Our faculty
Professor and Chief:
Jeffrey G. Chipman, M.D.
Professor
Gregory J. Beilman, M.D.
Associate Professor
Melissa Brunsvold, M.D., FACS
Assistant Professor
Robert Bulander, M.D., Ph.D.
Jorge Granja, M.D.
James V. Harmon, M.D., Ph.D.
Torfi Hoskuldsson, M.D.
Beth Lusczek, Ph.D.
Julie Ottosen, M.D.
Jennifer Rickard, M.D., MPH
Christopher Tignanelli, M.D.
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Administrative Contacts
- Christine Vincent
Division Administrator
612-625-2684
Vinc0013@umn.edu
Supporting:
Jeffrey Chipman MD - Nicole Falk
Executive Office and Administrative Specialist
612-626-6122
falkx188@umn.edu
Supporting:
Gregory Beilman MD - Colleen Powers
Executive Office and Administrative Specialist
612-625-7129
Power202@umn.edu
Supporting:
James Harmon MD, PhD
Torfi Hoskuldsson MD
Julie Ottosen MD - Leah Vierzba
Executive Office and Administrative Specialist
612-625-4424
vierz009@umn.edu
Supporting:
Melissa Brunsvold MD
Rob Bulander MD, PhD
Jorge Granja MD
Jen Rickard MD
Chris Tignanelli MD