Surgical Critical Care Affiliations & Clinical Sites

Valleywise Health

The Surgical Critical Care fellowship program is based at Valleywise Health, a 325-bed acute care hospital located near the heart of downtown Phoenix. Valleywise Health is a tertiary referral center for ambulatory care and long-term care within Maricopa County, as well as the state of Arizona. The hospital’s primary mission is to provide exceptional care, without exception, every patient, every time. Valleywise Health Medical Center sees a large case load in Level 1 Trauma, and the 45-bed Burn Center serves as the statewide burn center and regional burn center to parts of Utah and New Mexico.

Mayo Clinic - Arizona

Mayo Clinic - Arizona is a secondary site for the Surgical Critical Care program. The Mayo Clinic – Arizona embraces the same mission and philosophy as its parent institution in Rochester, MN, combining clinical care, education, and research to best meet the needs of the patient. Mayo operates a 20-bed multidisciplinary Critical Care Unit treating a wide range of critical illness.  In addition to medical and surgical critical care, this closed ICU model of care also treats cardiac, transplantation and neuroscience patients.

Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center

St. Joseph’s, a Creighton University Arizona Health Education Alliance hospital in central Phoenix, is a clinical site for the fellowship. Fellows rotate in its Surgical ICU, a Level I trauma center that is also home to the Barrow Neurological Institute, so fellows care for a high volume of trauma and neurosurgical patients. Site director: James Bogert, MD, FACS.

Elective sites

Elective rotations are available at Phoenix Children’s Hospital (pediatric ICU), Barrow Neurological Institute (neurocritical care) and Norton Thoracic Institute (transplant and ECMO).