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For more information, please contact our program administrator, Patricia Cordero.
Welcome from our Program Director
On behalf of the faculty at HCA Florida Kendall Hospital, we deeply appreciate your interest in our Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program.
Mission statement
The HCA Florida Kendall Hospital Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program’s mission is to develop the next generation of physicians and physician leaders.
As a part of HCA Healthcare, we are driven by a single mission: Above all else, we are committed to the care and improvement of human life.
This program is designed to offer residents a rewarding, educational environment where residents are provided individualized learning opportunities by faculty and staff who support and sustain one another throughout quality care delivery. Our faculty are committed to ensuring the residents' clinical experience and educational needs are fulfilled while expanding residents' perspectives to be inclusive of cultures, values and ideals.
Program overview
The Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at HCA Florida Kendall Hospital in Miami, Florida is a one-year program.
During rotations in this fellowship, you gain experience managing critically ill surgical patients from all surgical subspecialties. The trauma and general surgical intensive care unit (ICU) is the core rotation and encompasses seven to nine months of the fellowship.
You also have rotations in the following hospitals:
- HCA Florida Kendall Hospital
- HCA Florida Aventura Hospital
Your level of responsibility grows as the fellowship progresses. By the end of the year, you should be competent in managing the full range of problems encountered by surgical patients in an ICU.
Throughout the fellowship, you learn from faculty how to manage patients, and you are mentored in the art of adult education.
The Surgical Critical Care Fellowship is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).
Salary
PGY6: $75,317 with $950 for on-call meals for a total of $76,267
Benefits
- Health and disability insurance on first day of employment
- Educational allowance as per GME policy
- Conference attendance as per program policy
- Paid BLS/ACLS/PALS/ATLS as required by the program
- Meals provided while working in the clinical environment
- Lab jackets
- Other items based on specific program need
Get to Know the Team
Michael Renda, DO
Program Director
Frequently Asked Questions
We are a new, small- to medium-sized program and your participation will not only lead to an excellent medical education for yourself, but will also give you a chance to participate in building the program. Our administration and faculty are extremely flexible, highly accessible and continually responsive to feedback in an effort to make the program the best it can be.
Clinical skills and knowledge can be acquired anywhere, but we make it our mission to provide an environment where each resident feels like they are an individual and that we want them to succeed. You will never be just a face in the crowd — you will form a close relationship not only with your peers but also with the faculty and administration, including the program director.
Some form of scholarly activity; research, QI or a case report is required for graduation. We have a dedicated faculty member who serves as our Research Director. Their role is to help develop research projects that align with each resident's particular areas of interest.
In addition, residents are required to participate in a QI project during their training. This is facilitated by our Physician Advisor. The core clinical faculty members are always on the lookout for patients who would be good candidates for a case report or abstract submission, and we already have one publication from an intern this year.