Department of Critical Care Medicine

NEWS

SPORTLIGHT ON OUR RISING STARS Video Interviews

CRRTeams 2010 Conference
Pittsburgh, PA - October 21, 22 [info]

Fellowship Application - Important Dates

Pediatric CCM Clinical Fellowships:
Application is made through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS)

- Applicants may begin applying July 1st.
- Applications accepted August 1 - Sept 30
- Interviews: August 1 - October 31
- We accept J-1 & H-1B visas

Adult CCM Clinical Fellowships:
Critical Care - IM
Critical Care - EM
Critical Care - IM/EM
Critical Care - Surgery
Critical Care - Anesthesia

February 15
Completed application deadline for early consideration.

March/April
Interviews for early decision candidates

June 30
Completed application deadlines for regular consideration

August/September
Interviews for regular decision candidates

Critical Care - IM application
Critical Care - EM application
Critical Care - IM/EM application

Adult CCM Research Fellowships:

National Research Service Award T32 [info]
IMPACCT [info]
CRISMA research fellowship [info]

Events / Calendars

Adult CCM Educational Events

Pediatric CCM Educational Events

Medical Student CCM Educational Events

CCM Professor Rounds

Grand Rounds/Research Conference Schedule

Scientific Meetings

CCM Journal Club

University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Calendar

John Kellum's work on Acute Kidney Injury featured in Reuter's Health Video

John Kellum's recent article "Higher dialysis intensity doesn’t improve recovery from acute kidney injury: a meta-analysis" provides important insight into the treatment of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI). This work was featured on The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast. Click here to view the video.

Supercourse - Epidemiology, the Internet and Global Health

Now available through Pitt, Supercourse is a repository of lectures on global health and prevention designed to improve the teaching of prevention. Supercourse has a network of over 65000 scientists in 174 countries who are sharing for free a library of 4421 lectures in 31 languages.
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Michael Pinsky, MD awarded Honorary Professor

Michael R. Pinsky, MD, Vice Chair of Academic Affairs was awarded the title Honorary Professor of the Universidad de Iberoamerica at a ceremony in San Jose, Costa Rica on March 18, 2010.
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Pitt faculty dominate symposium in Bogota, Colombia

Drs. Murat Kaynar, Juan-Carlos Puyana and Michael R. Pinsky form the Department of Critical Car eMedicine faculty and Dr. Hernando Gomez, a first year clinical fellow from our department were the primary speakers at a two-day symposium in Bogota, Colombia entitled “Tissue perfusion and the prevention of renal failure.” READ MORE

The Mission of the Department of Critical Care Medicine is to provide exemplary care for critically ill patients, conduct cutting edge research related to life-threatening acute medical problems, and educate tomorrow’s leaders in the field of critical care medicine.