Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program

The UC San Diego Division of Acute Care Surgery offers an ACGME-accredited 1-year fellowship in surgical critical care leading to American Board of Surgery Certification.

If desired, second-year options include the American Association of Surgery for Trauma (AAST) certified Acute Care Surgery Fellowship or a Burn Surgery Fellowship. Two spots for the two-year SCC/AAST fellowships are offered annually, and one spot for the one-year SCC fellowship (to which a burn year can be added if desired).

UC San Diego also offers an ACGME-ccredited one-year fellowship in pediatric surgical critical Care leading to American Board of Surgery Certification. There is one spot for a pediatric surgical critical care fellow annually.

Applicant qualifications include:

1. Completion of an approved general surgery residency
2. California license (or eligibility)
3. Board eligible or certified by the American Board of Surgery
4. Established ability as a teacher of medical students and residents

To apply, please visit www.safas-sccpds.fluidreview.com to access the Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery Fellowship Application Service (SAFAS) website. Follow the instructions to register and create an account and be sure to upload supporting documents as requested.

For questions, please contact Azniv Mattos at amattos@health.ucsd.edu.

Our fellowship program participates in the National Resident Matching Program's (NRMP's) Specialties Matching Service (SMS).

• Mission Statement
• Philosophy
• Core Knowledge
• Goals and Objectives
• Surgical Critical Care Handbook 2025 - 2026
• View Our Current Fellows
• House Officer Documents, Terms, Conditions, Benefits - GME Office

Visit the UC San Diego School of Medicine website to learn more about Graduate Medical Education at UC San Diego.