Welcome to the University of Iowa Emergency Medicine Critical Care Multidisciplinary Track of the Anesthesia Critical Care Fellowship. Critical care is one of the fastest growing subspecialties in emergency medicine, and the University of Iowa is offering a 2-year comprehensive, interdisciplinary fellowship to train the next generation of emergency medicine critical care leaders. Our program is based in the Department of Anesthesia with clinical rotations throughout the 811-bed University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, and with cooperation from the Department of Emergency Medicine, the Department of Surgery, and the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine. Fellows will be training alongside fellows in other critical care fellowship programs, offering a rich environment for interdisciplinary training. Graduates will be eligible for certification through the American Board of Emergency Medicine Anesthesia Critical Care Medicine Pathway.

The Emergency Medicine Critical Care Track is a distinct track of the Anesthesia Critical Care Fellowship that prepares emergency medicine graduates for a broad-based multispecialty critical care practice.

Our fundamental philosophy is:

• To train excellent critical care clinicians with a broad multi-specialty critical care experience to manage diverse critical care patient populations in both academic and community settings,
• To advance the specialty of emergency medicine-critical care through scientific discovery, medical education, and quality improvement through ICU administration, and
• To develop leaders in emergency medicine to advocate for continuity of critical care from the prehospital environment through the emergency department, the intensive care unit, and recovery from critical illness.

With four pathways to board-certification now available to emergency physicians, we are excited to be on the forefront of training emergency medicine intensivists. We are looking for applicants who want to shape this movement through teaching, research, practice, and advocacy. You are joining a select group of emergency medicine intensivists, and we are excited that you are interested in joining us.

Quick Facts

• Multispecialty training in surgical, medical and subspecialty critical care
• 811-bed hospital with 103 adult critical care beds
• Rotations in 4 adult critical care units
• The University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics Emergency Treatment Center is a new facility (opened in 2009) that sees approximately 60,000 patients annually
• ACGME-accredited critical care fellowships in anesthesia critical care, surgical critical care, pulmonary and medical critical care
• ACGME-accredited emergency medicine residency with 27 current residents
• Located in a progressive Midwestern university community with excellent schools, recreation, and ranked as one of the top 5 Most Livable Cities in America (Livability 2018)

Program Certification

The University of Iowa has had an Anesthesia Critical Care Fellowship continuously accredited since 1994. The American Board of Anesthesia has approved the emergency medicine track curriculum, and graduates will be eligible for Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine board certification through the American Board of Emergency Medicine.