Training Program
The Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery at UTHealth offers a two-year neurocritical care fellowship for applicants who are board certified or eligible in one of the following areas:
- Neurology
- Emergency Medicine
- Anesthesia
- Internal Medicine
We also offer a one-year fellowship track for eligible candidates who have completed post-graduate training in one of the following:
- Neurosurgery
- Medical Critical Care
- Anesthesia Critical Care
- Surgical Critical Care
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Our primary goal is to train the best neurointensivists in the country. The educational curriculum is specifically designed to train physicians with a strong base in general critical care with an emphasis on neurological and neurosurgical emergencies.
The neurocritical care program is the primary team managing all cases in the Neuroscience ICU. Our multidisciplinary program is staffed with neurointensivists of diverse backgrounds collaborating in a high-acuity patient care environment. Our unit is equipped with multimodality monitoring capability including:
- ICP monitoring, including brain oximetry
- Ventriculostomy and lumbar drains
- CPP
- Continuous video EEG monitoring
- Invasive and non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring
- Transcranial dopplers
- Portable MRI scanner
Our mission statement is “To Inspire Pride and Passion for Neurocritical Care”.
Our vision statement is “To Be Innovative Leaders in Advancing Knowledge and Best Practice for the Treatment of Acute Neurologic Diseases”.