🇺🇸 Critical Care fellowships in United States

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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Duration

2, 3 or 4 weeks

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Mayo Clinic

Duration

All listed anesthesiology fellowships described as 1 year (index page); obstetric page: 'one-year'

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Massachusetts General Hospital

Duration

Cardiothoracic: 12 months

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Brigham and Women's Hospital

Duration

Cardiothoracic: 12 months (ACGME, since 1992). Regional/acute pain: 12 months (ACGME). Obstetric: one-year program.

Deadline

Regional: completed applications due 4 March 2026; match results 8 June 2026. Cardiothoracic and obstetric: no deadline stated (obstetric gives 5 Jan 2026 as registration opening only).

Funding

Starting salary for a PGY-5 in 2026 stated as $102,466 plus health, dental and disability insurance (all three pages).

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Johns Hopkins Hospital

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Duke University Hospital

Duration

Adult cardiothoracic: 12 months (two-year option listed on index). Obstetric: one-year ACGME-accredited. Neurosurgical anesthesiology: one year (ICPNT-accredited), two-year option with research year. Pediatric cardiothoracic: one year.

Deadline

Adult cardiothoracic page: applications due 3 March 2027, rolling from November 2026, interviews January-April 2027, Match Day 17 June 2027. Obstetric page shows 2026 cycle dates (rank list 9 June 2026, Match Day 16 June 2026), so its dates may be outdated.

Funding

Obstetric: laptop and a $1,500 educational stipend stated; no salary stated. Cardiothoracic: not stated.

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Stanford Health Care

Duration

Pediatric: one-year ACGME-approved

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UCSF

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UCLA

Duration

Pediatric Anesthesiology: one-year clinical fellowship, described as ACGME-accredited. Thoracic Anesthesiology: one-year. Other fellowship durations not stated on pages read.

Funding

Salary not stated. Pediatric page mentions four weeks of paid vacation; regional page says fellows can work as attendings 1-2 days per week with additional income.

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Cleveland Clinic

Duration

Adult cardiothoracic: 12 months (13 four-week modules); two-year commitment if combined with critical care (ACTA+CCM). Critical care: one year, ACGME accredited. Regional: one year. Liver transplant: one year, not ACGME accredited.

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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Duration

Standard 12-month pathway plus two 24-month tracks (Academic Pediatric Anesthesiology; Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology). Training typically begins August 1 of the year after the match.

Deadline

Main fellowship: applications accepted from early January until June 10. Advanced second-year fellowships: September 1 to November 30.

Funding

Two-year commitments 'enjoy a substantial salary enhancement'; academic-track second year is salary-supplemented. No amounts stated.

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Texas Children's Hospital

Duration

Pediatric anesthesiology: one-year ACGME-accredited. Pediatric cardiovascular anesthesiology: 12-month ACGME-accredited.

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Washington University / Barnes-Jewish

Duration

ACTA: one fellowship year (13 four-week blocks); Paediatric: 12 months; Critical care: 12 months

Funding

Stipend scale for 1 Jul 2026 to 30 Jun 2027 listed from PGY1 $71,239 to PGY9 $99,151 (page does not state which PGY applies to fellows); ACTA: four weeks vacation plus one week for a conference and a discretionary fund; paediatric: moving, board exam and SPA conference travel funding

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University of Michigan

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University of Pennsylvania

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MGH Dept of Anesthesia, Critical Care & Pain Medicine - research

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UT Southwestern (Neuroanesthesiology and Neurocritical Care)

Duration

12-month neuroanesthesiology; 24-month combined neuroanesthesiology and neurocritical care available

Deadline

Page says the application deadline is currently open, as is the interview period (no date)

Funding

20 hours PTO/discretionary days per ABA; $1,750 educational funds; $1,300 presentation funds (salary not stated)

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University of Pittsburgh / UPMC (Neuroanesthesia)

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UPMC Critical Care Medicine - Clinical Observership Program

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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - International Observership Program

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MD Anderson Cancer Center - Observer Program (Anesthesiology, Critical Care & Pain)

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Cleveland Clinic - International Anesthesiology Preceptorship

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SNACC - Neuroscience in Anesthesiology & Critical Care (research grants)

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SCCM - Research (Society of Critical Care Medicine)

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University of Pittsburgh - Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine (research)

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Johns Hopkins - Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine (research)

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University of Pennsylvania - Anesthesiology & Critical Care (research)

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Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCCA)

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UCSF - NIH T32 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (Anesthesia & Perioperative Care)

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Johns Hopkins - Anesthesiology, Critical Care & Pain Medicine T32

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Medical College of Wisconsin - Anesthesiology Research and Postdoctoral Training

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Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

Duration

Cardiothoracic: one-year ACGME-accredited. Critical care: one-year ACGME-accredited.

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University of Colorado Anschutz

Duration

Pediatric: 12 months ACGME; Critical care: one year (anesthesiology grads) or two years (emergency medicine grads)

Deadline

Pediatric: no deadline stated; SF Match opens Jan 5, rank lists due Jun 9, Match Day Jun 23 (2025 cycle timeline)

Funding

Pediatric: PGY-5 salary $93,432.46 for 2025-2026; up to $2,500 travel/education funds; 15 vacation, 5 sick/personal, 5 education days; standard benefits

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University of Florida

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University of Chicago Medical Center

Duration

Adult Cardiothoracic: one year. Pediatric: one year (ACGME-accredited). Critical Care: one year (ACGME). Obstetric: not explicitly stated (a separate two-year dual obstetric/critical care fellowship is mentioned).

Deadline

Obstetric: applications for the July 2027 position stated to open in January 2026; no closing date. Other pages: not stated.

Funding

Salary not stated. Pediatric page lists benefits (USD 1,500 educational allowance, 20 vacation days, 5 education leave days, optional moonlighting).

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University of Minnesota

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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Duration

One year, ACGME-accredited

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Thomas Jefferson University

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Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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University of Virginia

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University of California, Irvine

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UCSF — Critical Care Anesthesiology

Duration

1-year anesthesiology track; 2-year emergency medicine track

Deadline

Applications are due March 1 of the year before fellowship; the programme encourages submission by February 1. Confirm the live cycle.