Research activities Fellowship Program Clinical First year of the fellowship is a one year RRC accredited residency in responsibilities Surgical Critical Care. Th second year fellow is a member of the faculty of the Department of Surgery with the rank of Instructor. The second year fellow also attends in the SICU in blocks of 5 to 7 days each month. There are large trauma and ICU databases which allow the opportunity to participate in retrospective reviews of a variety of topics. Opportunities also exist to participate in prospective clinical studies, both within Vanderbilt and in multi-institutional investigations.
Opportunities also exist for basic science research and collaboration with other departments.