The Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care Fellowships offer advanced training in managing critically ill trauma and emergency surgical patients through comprehensive rotations at Miami Valley Hospital.
About the Program
Director: Mbaga Walusimbi, M.D.
The Boonshoft School of Medicine of Wright State University Acute Care Fellowship program is under the Division of Trauma and Emergency General Surgery. It is structured to enable development of advanced proficiency in the management of all aspects of care of critically ill trauma and emergency surgical patients. The program includes rotations in all disciplines at Miami Valley Hospital. The Department of Surgery has forged a collaborative relationship with other Departments at the Medical School and the clinical service lines of Miami Valley Hospital to provide a comprehensive educational experience.
For the purposes of patient care and resident/student education, the service is broken down into two Emergency General Surgery services and one SICU service. Each with an attending surgeon rotating on a weekly basis. Senior surgery residents run the EGS services separately. The ICU service is run by the fellow. The fellow takes a 12-hour call every other Friday for trauma and emergency general surgery, fully participating in the trauma bay resuscitations and decision making commensurate with their experience. There is always a trauma attending in house. The fellow has a shared weekly clinic for follow-up visits.