The Division of Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery has been at the forefront of surgical critical care since the emergence of the specialty.  Founded by Frank B. Cerra, the division started one of the first surgical critical care fellowships in the country, which is now one of the largest.  Our board-certified surgical intensivists study and utilize the latest in advanced, life-saving technologies to provide cutting edge multidisciplinary intensive care for all critically ill patients in partnership with specialties throughout our academic health care system.  The University of Minnesota Medical Center, our primary teaching hospital, has been an ECMO center of excellence since 2007, and a platinum center of excellence since 2017. Our surgical practice provides expertise in emergency surgery, abdominal surgery, infections, trauma, and the management of surgical conditions in complex, complicated patients.  

Our Mission

  1. To provide the type of clinical and compassionate care we would expect for our own family
  2. To educate leaders in acute care surgery and multidisciplinary critical care
  3. To contribute to meaningful, life sustaining research in critical care and emergency surgery

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Faculty

Interim Division Chief:
Robert Bulander, Jr., MD, PhD

Professor
Jeffrey G. Chipman, MD
Gregory J. Beilman, MD
Melissa Brunsvold, MD, FACS
 

Associate Professor:
Christopher Tignanelli, MD
Jennifer Rickard, MD, MPH

Assistant Professors:
Jorge Granja, MD
James V. Harmon, MD, PhD
David Martin, MD
Daniel Kendrick, MD  

Conferences & Meetings

University of Minnesota Medical School, Fairview

Tuesday
7:00-9:00 am General Surgery Grand Rounds/M&M
12:00-1:00 pm General Surgery Indications Conference
1:00-2:00 pm Surgical Critical Care Teaching Conference

Wednesday
7:30-9:00am Combined MICU/SICU Conference (last Wednesday of the month)

Thursday
4:00-5:00 pm SICU Conference/Journal Club

Regions Hospital

Tuesday
12:00-1:00 pm SICU Journal Club/M&M

Thursday
6:30-7:30 am Chief's Meeting
7:30-8:30 am Multidisciplinary Conference (Trauma/Critical Care)

Hennepin Healthcare (HCMC)

Tuesday
7:00-8:30 am Grand Rounds

Wednesday
12:00-1:00 pm SICU Presentations (1st Wednesday)

North Memorial Medical Center

Thursday
7:30-9:30 am Surgical Case Presentation (2x/mo)
7:30-9:30 am Journal Club (1x/mo)
7:30-9:30 am   Attending Staff Presentations (1x/mo)

 

Fellowship

Our Surgical Critical Care Fellowship program at the University of Minnesota is a one-year ACGME-accredited program open to physicians who have completed at least three clinical years in one of the following specialties: anesthesiology, emergency medicine (additional requirements), neurological surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedic surgery, otolaryngology, surgery, thoracic surgery, vascular surgery or urology.

We offer a comprehensive combination of clinical experiences and research opportunities for fellows to apply new advances in critical care. 

Alumni

 

2023-2024
Mohammad Al Zoubi, M.D.
Nora Burkart, M.D.
Muhammad Ikram, M.D.
Kevin Kirkland, M.D.
Derek Tessman, D.O.

2022-2023
Mohannad Al-Tarakji, M.D.
Umakanth Avula, M.D.
Brandon Lyle, M.D.
Riann Robbins, M.D.
Sophia Toraby, M.D.

2021-2022
Ahmad Abutaka, MBBS
Joseph Brandt, D.O.
Arnes Huskić, M.D.
Lukas Mueller, M.D.
Jared Tomlinson, M.D.

2020-2021:
Mirza Ahmad, M.D.
Leith Brown, D.O.
Lucas Deschenes, M.D.
Kendall McEachron, M.D.
Branden Petrun, M.D.

2019-2020:
Brent Bauman, M.D.
Rick Siel, M.D.
Jacob Swann, M.D.
Irwin White-Gittens, M.D.

2018-2019
David Martin, M.D.
Neil Mashruwala, M.D.
Rachel Morris, M.D.
Ehren Rudolph, M.D, Ph.D.
Salma Shaker, M.D.

2017-2018
Samuel Baughman, M.D.
Maxwell Busch, M.D.
Kristin Colling, M.D.
Vicente Undurraga Perl, M.D.

2016-2017
Osama Alsaied, M.D.
Loren Bach, M.D.
Kelsey Berndt, M.D.
Nicholas Davis, M.D.

2015-2016
Patrick McGonagill, M.D.
Rachel Ott, M.D.
Jennifer Rickard, M.D.
Kyle Schmitz, M.D.

2014-2015
Kelly Galey, M.D.
Luke Hawes, M.D.
Urogupatei Iyegha, M.D.
Ashley Marek, M.D.

2013-2014
Monica Chaudhuri, M.D.
Ryan Deisler, M.D.
Jennifer Roberts, M.D.
Khaled Zreik, M.D.

2012-2013
Joseph Farhat, M.D.
Jon Gayken, M.D.
Kristin Ritter, M.D.
Elizabeth Ziemba Colsen, M.D.

2011-2012
Jose Esguerra, M.D.
Jeremy Ludtke, M.D.
Sarah Storrs, M.D.
Raid Yousef, M.D.

2010-2011
Robert Bulander, M.D.
James Kong, M.D.
Ryan Fey, M.D.
Torfi Hoskuldsson, M.D.

2009-2010
Kaysie L. Banton, M.D.
Mollie M. James, D.O., M.P.H.
Heather Townsend, M.D.

2008-2009
Michael Diodato, M.D.
Christopher Kasal, M.D.
Samuel Marquez, M.D., M.A.
Christopher Nielsen, M.D.

2007-2008
Jessica Gutierrez, M.D.
Sheryl Sahr, M.D.
Angelo Santos, M.D.
Greg Sherr, M.D.

2006-2007
Jared Bernard, M.D.
Michael Galle, M.D.
James Harmon, M.D.
Jeremy Juern, M.D.

2004-2005
Janet Bellingham, M.D.
Jon Fuerstenberg, M.D.

2003-2004
Mark Hill, M.D.
Charles Watts, M.D., PhD.

2002-2003
Bruce Bennett, M.D.

2001-2002
Jodie Taylor, M.D.

2000-2001
Jeffrey Chipman, M.D.
Victor Joe, M.D.
Rene Relos, M.D.

 

1999-2000
Robert Acton, M.D.
David Wong, M.D.

1998-1999
Susan C Seatter, M.D.
David Wong, M.D.

1997-1998
Walter Cholewczynski, M.D.
Suneel Khetarpal, M.D.

1996-1997
Mitchell Farber, M.D.
Barry Platnick, M.D.
Sarah Willard, M.D.

1995-1996
John K. Baxter, III, M.D.
Thomas J. Johnson, M.D.
Mary Li, M.D.

1994-1995
Terrence Liu, M.D.
David A. Provost, M.D.
Catherine M. Wittgen, M.D.

1993-1994
Gregory Beilman, M.D.
Akella Chendrasekhar, M.D.
Craig Walvatne, M.D.

1992-1993
Alan Beal, M.D.
Manuel Castro, M.D.
Thomas Veverka, M.D.

1991-1992
Paul E. Bankey, M.D.
Mark Cipolle, M.D.
Michael D. Pasquale, M.D.

1990-1991
Barry W. Feig, M.D.
Sharon Henry, M.D.
John E. Mazuski, M.D.

1989-1990
Anthony Bottini, M.D.
Paul Druck, M.D.
Lincoln Snyder, M.D.

1988-1989
Richard G. Barton, M.D.

1987-1988
Larry T. Micon, M.D.

1986-1987
Jerome H. Abrams, M.D.
Roderick A. Barke, M.D.

1985-1986
William K. Becker, M.D.

1984-1985
Steven D. Eyer, M.D.

1983-1984
Clifford Deutschman, M.D.

1982-1983
Arthur Santos, M.D.
Marvin McMillen, M.D., FACS