Cardiothoracic Critical Care Fellowship: Transplant & ECMO Mastery

AdventHealth; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

AdventHealth Orlando invites graduating critical care fellows and practicing intensivists to apply for a one-year, non-ACGME cardiothoracic critical care fellowship focused on heart and lung transplantation, ECMO, and advanced mechanical circulatory support.

Participants follow an individualized educational plan, engage in supervised CTICU practice with electives, and complete a mentored project in research, education, or patient safety, with formal mentorship and teaching opportunities.

Qualifications

• Board-certified or board-eligible in critical care medicine.
• Graduating fellows seeking advanced training in CTICU and transplantation are welcome.
• Qualified applicants from internal medicine, emergency medicine, anesthesiology, surgery, and neurology backgrounds are welcome.

Responsibilities

• Heart and lung transplantation: pretransplant stabilization, perioperative critical care, graft dysfunction, and postoperative complications.
• ECMO and ECPR: patient selection, support configurations, supervised cannulation, circuit management, troubleshooting, and liberation from support.
• Cardiogenic shock and mechanical circulatory support: multidisciplinary shock management, Impella, intra-aortic balloon pumps, and durable ventricular assist devices.
• TEE and bedside cardiovascular ultrasound: supervised imaging and hemodynamic assessment to guide clinical decisions.
• Post-cardiotomy management and rescue: ventricular failure, bleeding, tamponade, refractory respiratory failure, and cardiac arrest.

Skills

Critical care medicine

Board-certified/board-eligible

Transplantation interest

Education

Fellowship trained in Critical Care Medicine

Job description

AdventHealth Orlando invites graduating critical care fellows and practicing intensivists to apply for a one-year, non-ACGME cardiothoracic critical care fellowship focused on heart and lung transplantation, ECMO, and advanced mechanical circulatory support.

Participants follow an individualized educational plan, engage in supervised CTICU practice with electives, and complete a mentored project in research, education, or patient safety, with formal mentorship and teaching opportunities.