Neurocritical Care Fellowship

Neurocritical Care Society; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

University of California San Diego (UCSD) offers a Neurocritical Care Fellowship with start in July 2027. The program is fully accredited by ACGME and UCNS and operates within San Diego's academic health system, providing two years of training for most specialties and one year for selected surgical specialties.

Fellows work across major clinical sites, gaining hands-on neurocritical care experience and ICU leadership.

Qualifications

• Two years of training for graduates of neurology, emergency medicine, internal medicine or anesthesiology residency programmes.
• One year of training for neurosurgery graduates or physicians who completed anesthesiology critical care or pulmonary critical care fellowship training.
• Experience with neurocritical care procedures and ICU leadership is expected.

Responsibilities

• Fellows train across multiple high-acuity clinical sites, including Stroke Centers and a Level I Trauma Center.
• Care for a diverse population of neurologic and neurosurgical critically ill patients.
• Engage in research, mentorship, and career development within UCSD's neuroscience ecosystem.

Skills

Multidisciplinary collaboration

ICU leadership

Neurocritical care procedures

Education

Neurology residency

Emergency medicine residency

Internal medicine residency

Anesthesiology residency

Neurosurgery residency

Job description

Company: University of California San Diego

Region: California

The Neurocritical Care Fellowship at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) has a vacancy for July 2027. The UCSD Neurocritical Care Fellowship Program is fully accredited by the ACGME and UCNS and is based within San Diego's only academic health system and the region's only medical center with dedicated Neurocritical Care Units (primary service). The program offers two years of training for graduates of neurology, emergency medicine, internal medicine, or anesthesiology residency programs, and one year of training for neurosurgery graduates or physicians who have completed anesthesiology critical care or pulmonary critical care fellowship training.
Fellows train across multiple high-acuity clinical sites, including two Joint Commission-certified Comprehensive Stroke Centers and a Level I Trauma Center, caring for a diverse population of neurologic and neurosurgical critically ill patients. The interdisciplinary program is led by board-certified neurointensivists from Neurology and Anesthesiology and provides extensive hands-on experience in advanced neurocritical care procedures, multimodal neuromonitoring, neurovascular and neurosurgical critical care, and ICU leadership. Fellows also benefit from a flexible curriculum integrating clinical training, research, mentorship, and career development, with access to UCSD's world-renowned neuroscience and bioengineering communities . We offer a comprehensive salary and benefits package to include support to attend national conferences.