Laser
Burn Reconstruction, Pediatric
Wound Healing
Clinical, Academic, Research
The
Burn
Center
at
MedStar
Washington
Hospital
Center
(MWHC)
is
recruiting
a
Burn
Surgery
Clinical
Fellow
for
the
academic
year
2023-2024.
We
have
a
flexible
training
program
that
exposes
one
BE/BC
general
surgeon
or
plastic
surgeon
to
all
aspects
of
burn
care
at
a
large
urban
burn
center
with
catchment
radius
of
100
miles
in
our
nation’s
capital.
MWHC
is
the
largest
teaching
hospital
in
the
MedStar/Georgetown
system
and
is
home
to
MedStar’s
level
I
trauma
center
as
well
as
the
MedStar
Heart
and
Vascular
Institute.
The
Burn
Center
at
MWHC
is
an
American
Burn
Association
verified
burn
center
that
just
celebrated
its
50th
anniversary;
a
half-century
of
providing
ground-breaking
surgical,
critical,
and
rehabilitative
care
that
has
benefited
the
health
and
well-being
of
individuals
across
the
Washington
Metropolitan
region
including
firefighters,
members
of
law
enforcement,
and
10
people
injured
during
the
terrorist
attacks
on
the
Pentagon
on
Sept.
11,
2001.
We
admit
over
500
patients
annually
and
treat
thousands
more
as
outpatients,
giving
trainees
the
patient
volume
to
prepare
for
a
full-time
career
as
a
burn
surgeon.
Our
adult
volumes
are
combined
with
pediatric
burn
care
experiences
that
result
from
our
collaboration
with
Children’s
National
Hospital.
Successful
applicants
will
be
BC
or
BE
in
General
Surgery
or
Plastic
Surgery
(may
also
be
BE/BC
on
SCC).
Upon
completion
of
the
one-year
burn
fellowship,
the
trainee,
if
meeting
the
ACGME-accredited
Surgical
Critical
Care
fellowship
requirements,
may
elect
to
complete
a
second
year
in
the
MWHC
Surgical
Critical
Care
Fellowship.
This
will
allow
the
trainee
to
sit
for
the
American
Board
of
Surgery
Examination
in
Surgical
Critical
Care.
The
trainee
will
acquire
in-depth
experience
in
the
management
of
the
entire
spectrum
of
burn
and
complex
wound
care.
Fellowship
training
will
include
direct
experience
in
acute
resuscitation,
critical
care
management,
surgical
management
of
acute
burns,
nutrition,
physical
rehabilitation,
long
term
reconstruction,
psychological
therapy,
and
novel
wound
care
techniques
in
adult
and
pediatric
burn
patients.
The
fellow
will
also
manage
and
participate
in
other
patient
care,
including
desquamating
skin
diseases,
complex
traumatic
wounds,
and
general
wound
care.
Fellows
will
work
with
a
multidisciplinary
team
including
medical
students,
residents,
nurses,
advanced
practice
providers,
respiratory
therapists,
physical
and
occupational
therapists,
and
a
burn
psychologist.
The
MWHC
Burn
Center
provides
research,
education,
and
outreach
opportunities
using
an
established
and
productive
framework
that
includes
opportunities
such
as
journal
clubs,
morbidity
and
mortality
conferences,
burn
CME
conference,
multidisciplinary
rounding
and
meetings,
resident
teaching
conference,
and
local/regional
meetings.
The
program
will
facilitate
Advanced
Burn
Life
Support
(ABLS)
and
ABA
Fellowship
In
Training
(FIT)
certification
during
the
course
of
their
fellowship.
The
trainee
will
also
be
given
an
opportunity
to
participate
in
research,
submit
an
abstract,
and
present
at
a
national
meeting.
Jeffrey Shupp , MD, FACS
7/1/2026
7/30/2027
Yes
$0
6/30/2026
Domestic or International Applicants
Other